Sundae School

It seems there's a battle brewing between my hometown of Ithaca, N.Y., and Two Rivers, Wis., over where the ice cream sundae was invented. Ithaca's schoolchildren have long been taught that their forefathers created this dessert, and along with the city's history of being Hollywood before Hollywood existed, it's a matter of some civic pride.

(Although, come to think of it, I don't know of any local monuments to either the sundae or the film industry, so maybe we're not that proud of either. Or maybe it's just that no one's thought of that, in which case I'll ask for my consulting fee now, thankyouverymuch.)

In fact, it would be lovely to see a giant sundae somewhere in the middle of town, but knowing Ithaca, some vegan/animal rights group would immediately set up an adjacent protest, assuming we could drag them away from the fistulated cow.

(UPDATE: CBS News, apparently predicting a slow news day, is hopping on the bandwagon.)