Most of us remember this famous song:
Rubber Duckie you’re the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Duckie I’m awfully fond of you
Vo-vo-dee-o!
Rubber Duckie, joy of joys,
When I squeeze you, you make noise,
Rubber Duckie you’re my very best friend it’s true
Oh, every day when I, make my way to the tubby
I find a little fellow who’s cute and yellow and chubby!
Rub-a-dub-dubby!
Rubber Duckie you’re so fine,
And I’m lucky that you’re mine.
Rubber Duckie, I’d love a whole pond of,
Rubber Duckie, I’m awfully fond of you!
Oh, every day when I, make my way to the tubby
I find a little fellow who’s cute and yellow and chubby!
Rub-a-dub-dubby!
Rubber Duckie you’re so fine,
And I’m lucky that you’re mine,
Rubber Duckie I’m awfully fond of you!
Words and music by Jeff Moss
First broadcast 2/25/70
The cute little critters that we all know and love made headlines today. Already famous to multiple generations for bathtub fun, duckie now stands on the threshold of new fame, accomplishing something that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sophisticated electronic equipment failed to do ….. track where the runoff from glacial ice melt ends up. The full story is at the following link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1746514020080921
I’m using this as my first posting today because
1) duckies are just plain fun, and we all need to laugh
2) it illustrates how sometimes we unnecessarily complicate life, when the simple things, the simple solutions prove to be the best. In this case, scientists created a variety of complicated and expensive instruments to track the water flow from the glacial melt. All of them disappeared without providing any reliable information.
Who would have thought, that our dear rubber duckie would be the tool scientists used to unlock the secrets of the glacier ice melt.
Carl
