# No mention yet of today's Google Doodle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299 "2013-02-14T17:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/1 "2013-02-14T17:42:09Z")
It so happens that today isn’t just Valentine’s Day, but also the birthday of George Ferris, inventor of the Ferris Wheel. So today’s Google Doodle mashes them both up. When you click the little heart button at the bottom, the two Ferris wheels spin, landing on different combinations of animals who glimpse each other and fall in love. My favorites are the chameleon and the squirrel, and ANYTHING with the octopus. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/2 "2013-02-14T17:57:51Z")
Love it! Thanks for the head’s up! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/3 "2013-02-14T18:01:13Z")
The rabbit and porpoise is really cute, too. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/4 "2013-02-14T18:15:57Z")
Octopus & duck FTW. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/5 "2013-02-14T18:18:40Z")
I got Fox and … NO ONE! He went home and watched some TV by himself. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/6 "2013-02-14T18:35:06Z")
Tortoise and the Hare…for the Win! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/7 "2013-02-14T19:08:50Z")
Yeah, I saw that big red heart shaped button sitting there begging me to push it. But I had more pressing issues at hand. Like talking to a bunch of strangers on a message board. 😃 I guess I’ll go click it now. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/8 "2013-02-14T19:16:22Z")
Thank you, I laughed so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/9 "2013-02-14T19:52:38Z")
My favorite was the bear and octopus going to eat sushi. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/10 "2013-02-14T20:11:47Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Octopus & duck FTW. The _Say Anything_ shoutout? Yep, my favourite. Disappointing that it’s a loop, though. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/11 "2013-02-14T20:49:17Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > My favorite was the bear and octopus going to eat sushi. 😃 my favorite. The look on the octopuses face.😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/12 "2013-02-14T20:59:24Z")
Oh, lord, I’m not going to get any work done the rest of the day, am I? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/13 "2013-02-14T22:21:33Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Oh, lord, I’m not going to get any work done the rest of the day, am I? You can burn through all of them in about two minutes. It’s a good two minutes, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/14 "2013-02-14T22:23:49Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Octopus & duck FTW. Yup. My fave too. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/15 "2013-02-14T23:06:06Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > It so happens that today isn’t just Valentine’s Day… Oh, crap. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/16 "2013-02-15T00:53:47Z")
I like the tortoise and the hare. Well done. Hah! The hare has a cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/17 "2013-02-15T15:36:20Z")
The Valentine’s Day/Ferris doodle was replaced with a meteor doodle. I saw it late last night but it was gone this morning. > **[Asteroid Google Doodle withdrawn in wake of Russia meteor strike](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9873235/Asteroid-Google-Doodle-withdrawn-in-wake-of-Russia-meteor-strike.html)** > > Google has withdrawn a Google Doodle put up in anticipation of Asteroid 2012 DA14's record close approach to Earth, following an unrelated meteor strike in Russia which left hundreds of people injured. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mention-yet-of-todays-google-doodle/650299/18 "2013-02-15T16:08:42Z")
I kinda liked the hippo and the bird, myself. All very fun. Poor octopus at the sushi place! 😉