What is it with the Rubber Ducky?

WorkersWorkers (click here) travel on a speedboat past an inflatable Rubber Duck installation by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman on a lake at a botanic garden in Changsha, China, on Sept. 21, 2015. 

August 12 - 15, 2015 (click here) 

“DUCK” into BELLAIRE…let the
“QUACKIN” begin..The Bellaire Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the 28th ANNUAL RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL
This year’s festival is part of Bellaire’s 12 Days of Summer Celebration August 6
– August 15, 2015 with the highlight of the festivities being the Rubber Ducky Festival – including a quarter-mile race on August 15th – when 2000 yellow ducks are dumped into the Intermediate River with the Ducks stopping at RIVERSIDE MARINA, the finish line! ...

The world's largest Rubber Ducky. The Rubber Duck is everywhere. 

SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — A six-story-tall rubber duck (click here) paddled into the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday. 
KNX 1070’s Ron Kilgore reports the oversized bath toy is in town to help kick off the 2014 Tall Ships Festival in San Pedro.... 

There is something about this. There is definitely a Rubber Ducky phenomena.

"...Very special little pal...."

August 12 - 15, 2015

“DUCK” into BELLAIRE…let the “QUACKIN” begin..The Bellaire Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the 28th ANNUAL RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL
This year’s festival is part of Bellaire’s 12 Days of Summer Celebration August 6 – August 15, 2015 with the highlight of the festivities being the Rubber Ducky Festival – including a quarter-mile race on August 15th – when 2000 yellow ducks are dumped into the Intermediate River with the Ducks stopping at RIVERSIDE MARINA, the finish line!
- See more at: http://www.bellairechamber.com/rubber-ducky-festival-55/#sthash.JH0j5cUF.dpuf