She was stereotyped by the students as the "duck lady" on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania where I served my first congregation right out of Princeton Seminary. Everywhere the duck lady went she seemed to broadcast her presence with a loud squawking that truly sounded like Donald Duck,
"Squzzzzz, Squazzzzz, Squzzzz, Squawzzz."
One day I was riding the bus down Chestnut Street. About a block before my stop the Duck Lady got on squawking away,
"Squazzzz, Squizzzz”.
She didn't pay the fare and the bus driver didn't challenge her. She headed right toward me! Stopped directly in front of me and in a clear voice said,
"Excuse me, may I sit there, I am very handicapped”.