I don't mind a little whimsy, but this is <i>the top story</i>?!? People saw it at positions 2-30 and thought, <i>this needs more upvotes and attention</i>?!?<p>There are a nearly-infinite number of similarly fanciful digressions on the web; they have their place. But this is barely more than the 'cute animal pictures' explicitly discouraged in the HN guidelines.