DUCKING THE ISSUE

Love the pencil guy. Hate the duck. At least the pencil guy seems to have some connection to the page he’s on (Letters, Nov. 13). What’s with the cartoon duck? Last week’s explanation was, like the duck, lame.

KATHY ROGERS

Pacific Palisades

Lame? OK, how about this: The duck was the mascot for our Summer Splash issue in May, and everyone liked him so much, we asked him to stay.