We were trapped there last Christmas for a party that turned ugly quickly. The girls wanted to sing, so we went. Nobody was counting on the pros that show up there every weekend to practice. I mean these guys were taking the karaoke thing SERIOUSLY. I've experienced it before in cheap bars in other cities and it has always unnerved me. The secret I've learned is to talk quickly and without much thought to the person next to you so the singing doesn't enter your conscious thoughts. Drinking kills the pain, as well.
That's probably why they do the karaoke thing, to sell more booze. But the girls had fun and I drank a lot that night.
Things got weird later when the bar filled up with drunk Santas looking for a good time. One guy handed us a card displaying a stretched-out fat man with a Santa hat covering his little santa. I'm still not sure what business the man was in, but I wanted no part of it. Butchering songs is one thing, sexualizing Santa is something else entirely....
And yeah, that sold even more drinks. But at least the place has character and I love that more than a stuffy place where people sit around full of themselves. Ducky's probably makes more sense when you're drunk, so be sure to fill up if you go....