They put down the ducky

Interesting story this week, from CNN—and you don’t get to put this sentence together very often: a gigantic inflatable rubber duck that had been floating in Hong Kong Harbour suddenly deflated last Tuesday.

Here’s what it looked like in its heyday:

And here’s how it ended up:

A couple of thoughts about the CNN coverage:

Surely, since it was in water, the flattened fowl would resemble a poached, not a fried, egg? And I really like it that there’s a “duck team”.

The organizers of the art installation (well, not sure how to term it; it’s “installation art”, but can you say “installation art installation”? “Installation art exhibit”?) posted to their Facebook page that the deflation was planned and that the duck would be back in business tout de suite.

While we’re waiting, perhaps we should listen to something appropriate:

I'm telling you, I can't hear that song too many times.