Things I never knew

Back at work after a 5 day break.

Brain's dead but the work's been ok so far, so no tears in the ol' cranial tissue. Surfing, actually, for GeoDuck information. I just couldn't get that mental image out of my head. And surprise surprise, I find that the name itself is an actual term for the clam. Not some weird, local, dialecty name but an actual original name.

I surfed by a brief FAQ, which was hilarious. And very educational to boot.

The proper way to pronounce the word is "gooey-duck", not "gee-oh-duck". Unlike learning the proper way to pronounce words such as "Cthulhu" and "YHWH", this admittedly does not entail risk to your mortal soul. Nevertheless, if you one day happen to fall into a conversation with a group of geoduck aficionados, you don't want to instantly reveal yourself to be a clueless newbie outsider, now do you?

Heh. Cthulhu. Must be a gamer. lol

Then chanced upon the Wikipedia article, which was also pretty good. The things you never knew you never knew. There's GeoDuck farming, for crying out loud! Then again, why am I surprised? If it's shipped off to China and HK and SE Asia as a delicacy, then yeah, there's definitely money to be made. We're the guys eating the sharks to extinction, remember?


Anyways..... same ol'story..... full of useless information that'll never save my life :)