Okay, so today's Daily Planet segment for CP24 was about fiddler crabs affected by the residue of an oil spill that occurred back in 1969, and how marine biologist Jennifer Culbertson is investigating why they appear intoxicated. At one point, narrator Jay Ingram says, "Jen's partner in solving the mystery of the drunken crabs is Emily Peacock."
In much the same way that Dave Barry is quick to notice good names for rock bands -- and yeah, The Drunken Crabs would be one of those -- the first thing that sprang to mind when I saw the word "mystery" was that this would be a good title for a Hardy Boys mystery. Or Nancy Drew. Yeah, I thought: The Hardy Boys Meet Nancy Drew in The Case of the Drunken Crabs--
...um, or maybe not.
This is why I usually don't say things out loud.
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