I've been seeing pictures of Big Bird all over the effin' net in the past day or two. Is there some significance to this I am unaware of, or is this just a coincidental 'hey, I'll post a picture of Big Bird doing something funny since I saw another one just now and it gave me an idea...' thing that happened to take off and turn into one of those 'memes' that have absolutely no significance at all?
(And I will ALWAYS quotemark the word 'meme' when used in this context, since it has so little to do with actual memetics - the only commonality being 'spread of an idea', but ridiculously oversimplifying the definition of what a meme is supposed to be. Yes, I'm one of those annoying people who likes using words correctly, so sue me.)