We all remember the yellow rubber duckie from childhood.

Like Ernie would sing on Sesame Street, "Rubber duckie you're the one. You make bath time lots of fun."

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So why when you're walking through a parking lot are you seeing rubber ducks on the dashboard of Jeeps?

Believe me, if you haven't seen it yet, you will now!

It's something I've been noticing for a for few years and was recently walking across a parking lot and passed a Jeep with 10 ducks on the dashboard.

I was with my friend who had never seen that before and she was totally confused.

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I told her the information I had heard years ago as to why Jeep owners are doing this, but went home and researched it just to make sure I was giving her the correct story.

And yes, it's a Jeep thing!

Just like how Jeep owners wave to other Jeeps on the road, they also give each other ducks.

In a recent Parade article it talked about the history of "Jeep ducking."

Photo by S. Tsuchiya on Unsplash
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Why Do Jeeps Have Rubber Ducks On The Dashboard?

This all started back during Covid.

A Jeep owner wanted to spread some joy so she placed a rubber duck with a note on another Jeep parked nearby.

It spread through social media and it became a thing.

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It's a way of spreading kindness.

You got to love that!

The article says,

"You never know what someone might be going through, and a little yellow duck just has a way of bringing a smile to the face."

How sweet is that.

If you own a Jeep, how many ducks do you have?

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