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Do one legged ducks swim in circles? 

If someone asks if an answer is correct, and its clearly obvious to everyone it is, then the retort is "do one legged ducks swim in circles?"
"Is the sky blue?"
"Do one legged ducks swim in circles?"

Do one legged ducks swim in circles? 

"She just bit my head off. She PMS-ing?"
"Do one legged ducks swim in circles?"

bang (one's) head in circles

v. To bang one's head against the wall (literally or figuratively) while going around in circles dealing with obstinate entities on some endeavor.
I had to go to my boss, then accounting, legal, back to accounting, back to my boss, to operations, legal, and back to my boss again on this project. I've been banging my head in circles all afternoon. <bang (one's) head in circles>

Do one legged ducks swim in circles? 

If someone is trying to proove a point , but really has no idea what they are arguing , they might use this phrase "Do one legged ducks swim in circles?", it will throw the opposition for a while until the realise that no they dont , that would be stupid , thus is only good for short term evasion.

subject change is recommended before they realise :)
Fred:"so you actually understand quantum physics??"
Sam:"Does a duck with one leg swim in circles??"
Fred:"umm ??"
Sam:"look at the weather!!"
..
..
much later ...
Fred :" hey wait a minute , no !!"