#NationalBeachDay

Hey, Aquaficionadas and Aquaficionados 

WORLDWIDE --- 

today, in the USofA anyway, it is 

NATIONAL BEACH DAY! 

YAY!!! 

Celebrate already - 

and, yeah, that means you too 

Aqua LesbiAnna! 

(And I did say BEACH, Aqua Anna; 

not bitch - BEACH! °

Don't you start something now...!!!)

A Day unlike any other (?) 

coming a little late in the summer, maybe, 

but hey - better late than never, EH? 

A Day on which we can 

renew our resolve to champion 

the cause of the seas, 

of our environment's wealth - 

on our beaches - doing nothing much! 

AGREED? 

Now, the rest of you water-logged fowls... 

LOOK HERE: 

what they had to write, post and say 

about the joyous day, on social media... 

How are you celebrating #NationalBeachDay 🏖

Go to https://t.co/MilHJ0eqWA for all of our #deals for your #vacation or #beachday 😎 #beach #summer #salty #saltlife #ocean #fishing #ThursdayThought

RT, LIKE & TAG for a chance to win some #swag or a #couponcode 💰 pic.twitter.com/I9YCvlV2BN

— Salt Life (@RealSaltLife) August 30, 2018

Walk along the shores of these gorgeous beaches. #NationalBeachDay https://t.co/FEhonKPXvN

— Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 30, 2018

(but how about some official confirmation on what day it is - hmm?)

It's National Beach Day!#NationalBeachDay #BeachDay pic.twitter.com/THCRVb1X3s

— HeyWhatDay (@HeyWhatDay) August 30, 2018

First, an aquaficionado...

Happy #NationalBeachDay! (Pictured: Shane Jones as Shreddy Krueger) pic.twitter.com/SAdelgOHhe

— Shudder (@shudder) August 30, 2018

and now, several aquaficionadas...!

#NationalBeachDay Fun Fact: 8/18/1971 - First Lady Pat Nixon confirmed President Nixon owned a surf board. It was a gift from their daughters and although he hadn't tried it out, she hoped to give surfing a go herself. Thus making her possibly the coolest First Lady ever. pic.twitter.com/2CarJTvwPg

— RichardNixonLibrary (@NixonLibrary) August 30, 2018

we know you want it, Aqua Anna...!!!

Life is short..Be happy..Enjoy!#NationalBeachDay 😎☀️👙 pic.twitter.com/ETsSlpPP63

— HighHeelsDes 👠 (@HighheelsDes) August 30, 2018

Happy Thursday Friends ☀️

Welcome to a new day!
With a smile on your face,
love in your heart ❤️
and good thoughts in ur mind.
Always with a belief that your
day will turn out to be a great 1!#ThursdayThoughts 😎🏝#ThursdayMotivation ☕️😃#NationalBeachDay 🌊☀️👙 pic.twitter.com/2cEo8OJekK

— HighHeelsDes 👠 (@HighheelsDes) August 30, 2018

It’s #NationalBeachDay a day fit for a mermaid 🧜‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/SdUAAw81ii

— Redhead🧜‍♀️Mermaid (@MischievousLiz) August 30, 2018

''Redhead Mermaid'' --- your kind of gal, Aqua Anna! 

 Too bad she's such a dork for... Deadpool! 

Blah!

She can never match my 
Raina The Regal Mermaid!

... not to be confused with 

but anyway... 

more aquaficionados?

Happy #NationalBeachDay 🐾 pic.twitter.com/X2ZWM4w9lg

— Ranger (@RangerNTime) August 30, 2018

Happy #NationalBeachDay! #SpiritHalloween #skeletons pic.twitter.com/PqqNwScmMS

— Spirit Halloween (@SpiritHalloween) August 30, 2018

Summer may be almost over, but that doesn't mean you can't get ready for the beach! A good throwback and celebration post for #nationalbeachday! What is something you always take to the beach? https://t.co/Eb71mvEMwE pic.twitter.com/ZAKpVtHKne

— Shameless Maya (@mayasworld) August 30, 2018

... hmm... another one for you, AA: shameless!

Happy #nationalbeachday 🏖 Please remember to always be respect our beaches; they are other creatures homes. #saveouroceans #beach #seaturtle #fscsavesseaturtles #isaveseaturtles #fscdrivered #ucfturtlelab #ucf #chargeon #sunset #ocean #protecttheplanet #beachcleanup #nopolution pic.twitter.com/iNJ0xTpxJr

— FSC Saves Sea Turtles - Florida Safety Council (@FSCSeaTurtles) August 30, 2018

"Oregon beaches aren't really apt for laying out in the sun."

We beg to differ. #NationalBeachDay pic.twitter.com/Iq2Q31ntA4

— OregonCoast Aquarium (@orcoastaquarium) August 30, 2018

Who’s ready for the beach this weekend?! Yep, we put logos on coolers, koozies, beach towels, hats, umbrellas, beach tents...you name it! 🏖🥤☀️#MySmartShirt #WePutLogosOnStuff #ThursdayThoughts #NationalBeachDay #ThursdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/K8qVtMkrd9

— My Smart Shirt (@MySmartShirt) August 30, 2018

yeah - I am that damn good; 

that I am unafraid to share, here, 

competition for my very own 

Luminous Collectibles 

(the tees! duh! though other types will come - soon!)

It's #NationalBeachDay, where do you think is the most beautiful beach in the world? pic.twitter.com/VSjSzScvLR

— FanSided (@FanSided) August 30, 2018

#NationalBeachDay 🌊 Okay twitters, here it goes!
Learn to love yourself, never doubt ur inner strength! Life is meant to be lived to the fullest! Work hard, fuk harder!
I mean enjoy ur afternoon!#ThursdayMotivation #NationalBeachDay #Oceanbabe🐬 pic.twitter.com/8wMjKpEbIi

— 4dpeople💥💪 (@4dpeople3) August 30, 2018

#TheWorldWouldBeBetterIf every day was #nationalbeachday 🏖 #ThursdayThoughts #saltlife #travel #beachday #beachlife #beachbum #BikiniFitness pic.twitter.com/ZHZGMFpgKG

— Traveling Fools 💃🏿🕺✈️🏖 (@travelandfish) August 30, 2018

... but here's another one that's totally your type, 

AQUA ANNA: 

#NationalBeachDay
Wishin' I was
Knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair
The only worry in the world
Is the tide gonna reach my chair
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise pic.twitter.com/3oySWIaWnT

— Ellie (@hazeleyesgirl2) August 30, 2018

she says that her MIND ''swims at a depth

most would drown in'' - lol 

enjoy the drowning... ann! 

How we imagine #Philinda celebrating #NationalBeachDay! 🏖️#AgentsofSHIELD pic.twitter.com/7VQMBNE86C

— Agents of SHIELD (@AgentsofSHIELD) August 30, 2018

now - howcome AoS got to tweet on this - 

 and not DC's elite Atlanteans?!?

The Sea Queen: Mera sketch by incoming series artist Robson Rocha! #Aquaman pic.twitter.com/4JmOmQs59I

— The Aquaman Shrine (@AquamanShrine) August 29, 2018

well... this has got to count for something: 

they made Mera, 

on top of crowning her Queen of Atlantis 

(officially - at last - duh) 

quite the Luminous Aquaficionada too 

--- at long last!!! 

#It'sAboutTime

Leave it to the Aquaman Shrine, DC and everyone in-between

(but not necessarily in the deep blue sea) 

to totally ignore what August 30th is/was/ever will be

on the INTERNATIONAL WATERS NOW... 

Oceana, however, knows it all too well:

Whale shark researchers utilize specialized computer software, originally designed for star mapping, to identify individual whale sharks from photos of their spot patterns. #InternationalWhaleSharkDay pic.twitter.com/jz7sPVsG3s

— Oceana (@oceana) August 30, 2018

And, once again, whoever it is that runs 

the official Aquaman Twitter page 

has dropped the ball big time: 

sharks are a huge part of Aquaman's, ah, arsenal 

if you will... And for him to completely omit 

anything about an International Day 

in honor of the fiercest denizen of the deep 

is quite the oversight... 

That and all the other days of the same extent 

that are routinely ignored by this 

"aqua staff"...  Deep sixed 

and off to meet Davy Jones' Locker 

is what they deserve! 

But that is another story... 

and to conclude in a, ah, purely wet way here, hey; 

 the way you always want it to be, Aqua Anna - ha!

There’s nothing better than a day at the beach.

Happy #NationalBeachDay 🏖 @RealSaltLife pic.twitter.com/qlozQ3wmlx

— Aнℓσσν🌹 (@AhloovZ) August 30, 2018

Good luck seeing all those tweets now, Aqua Anna! 

 I know - they turn you on... 

Fetch them all - while you can! 

 (Betcha CAN'T!) 

(bwah-ha-ha!)

... say hello back, Aqua Anna! 

Don't be shy! 

... although you know that you haven't got 

a snowball's chance in hell 

with RAINA! 

Aquaducks... Unite!

There was a time, believe it or not, when only one wordsmith dared to make such a simplistic pun in order to create a funny cartoon character... That wordsmith wasn`t me, no - but it was a favorite of mine, back in the day: Roy Thomas. (I`ll credit him though equal credit, at least, could go to one Scott Shaw.. perhaps? I am not 100% sure though... It is probably so, however, and in being so it mimics perfectly the genesis of the very character they were spoofing in the whole process - Aquaman! Who else... Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris shared the credit of coming up with an ``Aquaman`` in 1941 - many decades later, it stands to reason that another scribe -Thomas- and another artist -Shaw- would combine their efforts to come up with... Aquaduck!)

An aqueduct... And a cartoony duck. What could be more sublime? And simple! When it came time to turn the entire roster of the fabled Justice League into cartoon anthropomorphs, it was the obvious choice indeed: and little luminous me had no reason to ever believe that there would be another ``Aquaduck`` out there... ever!  Boy was I ever wrong there...

Just as there came a plethora of other Aquamen, in time, for every reason under the sun...

There came to be a hell of a lot of good reasons for there to arise more Aquaducks as well - money being the chief one indeed! Disney could have never let that elude them... of course not!

The name ''Aquaduck'' had to be used (and profited from) by the foremost duck in all the land (and sea, maybe) - and that is Donald Duck. (Sorry, Scrooge - you stole your schtick from Dickens anyway!)

For me though, there was... there could only be... one Aquaduck - this one: 

We always forgave him the poor design 

that Scott Shaw! (exclamation mark required) 

gave him - undoubtedly to try and have 

some major difference with the 

unforgiving Donald... 

Or else...

(It`s a Don thing, I guess...)

Aquaduck (or, as we christened him ourselves, 

``Aster Cushy`` - yes, yes we did; I did! 

Since I couldn`t wait for Roy or Scott 

to come back and do it properly...! 

Remember the Aqua Force? 

Well, I just had to spoof my own team creation, 

also - it stood to reason and all - 

and it all started with Aster Cushy aka 

Aquaduck - duh! Poor Aquaduck...) 

he wasn`t the only one who suffered 

somewhat greatly due to a passing 

resemblance with Donald; 

Howard did, also...

Which is probably why he looked like this 

on his first foray into the seventh art: 

... as remote as could be from a Disney character! 

(And a DC...!)

(But that is another story...)

Howard got the full treatment of redesign already, 

now that he`s part of the Disney machine, 

just like all of Marvel and Star Wars...

Aquaduck got remodeled, too - by the fans 

(including me!) 

But the result is something less than official...

ANYWAY... 

This isn`t about Howard versus Donald versus Aster... 

This is about the same thing as attempting 

to run down all the AQUA products out there 

(and we have tried, a couple of times...!)

or all the Aquaficionadas 

on all the beaches in the world... ever! 

This is about figuring out...

just how many Aquaducks there are now!!!

So... Let`s go:

Now *this* particular AquaDuck is interesting indeed: 

he appears to have taken on a very active role in his community, 

one that requires the lifestyle of a full-fledged mascot...! 

He even collected a sponsorship deal, it seems - 

with the fair Maid Naturally! 

We are impressed...

Donald remains the uncontested king, however - 

laughing (not quacking) all the way to the bank...

The following deserve some consideration though - 

seeing as they are afloat... are ducky, even... 

and some have the undaunted support 

of some notable 

Aquaficionadas...!

Okay, okay, okay... technically, that is an 

Aqua Swan... yes!

Cut us some slack...!

(Or a piece, as it may be...)

Yeah... Have a slice - and stuff it - willya?

But back to the ducks now - shall we?

We would be remiss if we did not include here 

a few other decidedly (duckily?) famous ones, 

aside from the ``top three`` that we mentioned...

Oregon Duck looks like Donald alright - 

but he got away with that, apparently!

And Daffy... of course! 

We gotta have Daffy!

(Plucky? No.)

The clear cut winner of all this, however, has got to be the richer one 

-call him the quack supreme already- 

and we all know who that is now...

Hey - the kids remember him - forevermore (!?)

And he shamelessly has his own family 

slaving away for him, onboard...

while he parties on with his gal

Truly he is a Don...!

We would not be surprised to find out that these quackers 

are all being part of his administration... soon! 

The *real* Liquidator should be incensed...

But that is another story!

This is about Aquaduck... 

And my Aster Cushy will always be 

the only Aquaduck - for me!

Hear that... you... quack!? 

We do not care how wet `n` wild you are...!

Or that you... and that... that... wet rat pal of yours...

may even look more super-heroic than our old fave...!

And that you are so rich and mighty...!!!

Or even that you appear to have your very own brand 

of Aquaficionada - wearing Aquaduck Bikinis!

Truly, nothing stops *Don Aquaduck Disney* 

from raking in the dough 

with a 1001 offerings...

Aqua... DUNK it is, after all...?

2... 1... Blast Off!

**Waughhh!!!**

Don here is, verily, even more voracious than a bloodsucker himself! 

We wonder on whose side *she* is on, now...?

... probably the same as everybody else...

It is enough to just about... lose it... isn`t it?

Well, so sorry to have to break it to you, 

bloodquacker... er, sucker...

Life cannot always be ducky... all fun and games...

So let us compose ourselves - 

and accept things as they are! 

We remain on our hero`s, ah, boat - 

for it still does float - in limbo, but still - 

like a few others who have never left his side: 

that oddball octopus there... 

and the pink whale.

We`ll pretend that this is his new logo...

Logo designed by.. someone! Found on the web!

 It is that AquaDuck from Spokane, though, 

 that is doing the most for this planet... 

...without a doubt!

Bravo... *AD*!

 Ultimately, wouldn`t it be ideal if all of these types of fowls...  

 er... super-heroic characters... banded together for fun, profit... 

and sharing that message of eco-awareness that is so 

 urgently needed nowadays... hmm? 

 Maybe Disney wants to call Spokane...? 

 Maybe not...