The halls were decked, the pundits were quacking, Democrats said Florida was still too close to call.

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The top clip was President Obama being interrupted in the middle of a speech by a quacking duck ringtone on a reporter's cell phone.

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The perimeter of Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province, to take one example, now encompasses clutches of farmhouses, complete with vegetable plots, quacking ducks and free-range children.

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"Hilariously, for me, it comes down to the sound of a duck quacking, which is a sound effect that was in my version, used as a bleep noise to cover up an expletive, " Coulton said.

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