# “Donald, duck!”

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Joke
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-joke-donald-duck-assassin
- Themes: humour, politics, blame
- Life situations: needing a laugh

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

An assassin pulls a gun on Donald Trump; the Secret Service shout “Donald, duck!” — and the gunman can't pull the trigger, he's too busy laughing.

## The story, as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

there was an assassination attempt somebody tried to kill him and they pulled out a gun and the Secret Service when they saw the gun they shouted out Donald Duck and the government couldn't pull him couldn't couldn't pull the trigger he was too busy laughing

## Teaching point

(Aside on our habit of always blaming someone; 'don't blame me for that joke'.)

## Reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

After a cheeky political joke, Ajahn Brahm immediately pleads: don't blame me, I heard it from someone else. Then the point. When people blame you for something you didn't do, why let it spoil your day? They simply got the wrong person. If someone calls you a dog, check for a tail. No tail, no problem.

## Source

- [How to deal with blame and criticism | Ajahn Brahm | 18 Nov 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39mEezTbMcc) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 6:59 to 7:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39mEezTbMcc&t=419s