Had the television on, a while back, and there was a special about geoducks. I forget what channel. Harvesting them turned into a big deal, the narrator explained, when the Far East countries learned of them. Geoducks are exported there, for the same reasons and the same buyers who value tiger penis soup and other black-market aphrodisiacs.

And half a lifetime ago, I was I know not where when the radio was on, and there, big as life, came the Gooey Duck song. Only heard it the once. Talk about earworms! Gotta Dig A Duck, Gotta Dig A Duck A Day....it's been stuck in the grey matter ever since. It was the longest time before I found out what kind of ducks they were digging for.