> You're forgetting something. It's not "If it quacks...", it's > "If it quacks... and if it walks...". not really! The method I want to inject ONLY cares for quacking, NOT walking, so for this method, an object that quacks IS a Duck. The same happens with Ruby's to_s: Array (~Hawk) implements to_s, so for puts it is a String (~Duck) George. -g.