I was tempted to call this posting “Wigeons, French Vanilla, Rats…Oh My!” But I remembered that I’m not writing for the senior high school lampoon newspaper. As one of my past managers once told me after a rather small screw up, “You’re better than that.” I told him I wasn’t.

So, what’s all the interest in a duck? According to Google Hot Trends, these fowl are all the rage. What’s more, French Vanilla Ice Cream is also showing up as number 2 and is related to the duck. If you check related searches for Wigeons and French Vanilla Ice Cream they show up for each other along with some more concerning terms like: “chemicals” and “carbon 14.” Hmm. Sounds like someone poisoned ducks with chemicals embedded in tasty treats thousands of years ago (requiring carbon 14 dating). Case closed?

Actually, I haven’t the slightest idea why these two show up all of a sudden and what they have to do with each other. So, I have to apply the Everyone But You Mystery stamp to this one.

If you know why these two suddenly showed up, post your answer in the comments. I’ll donate $5 to charity if someone comes up with a good (and accurate) explanation. Until then, we have to go with my Neanderthal duck genocide theory, which, admittedly, is a bit thin. I put my trust in my collective readership to crack the code. I hope you come up with it so I’m not forced to cry fowl…cry fowl…see, I’m not better than that.

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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: A Little Bit of Everything, Mystery

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