Snakes on a...

It has the inevitability of a winter cold, or $4.00 a gallon gasoline in Nebraska. It has the good taste of discount fashion, the spontaneity of a political campaign speech. But it's our time and our culture, so here goes. The buzz around "Snakes on a [pick your object]" is contagious.

We here at CNET succumbed early and easily with our Snakes on a fire truck.

There is already a trailer for b-movie Snakes on a Train.

And there is everything from the lame to sublime:

Snakes on a grid

Snakes on a senate

Snakes on a cake

Snakes on a sudoku

You can build your own Snakes on a page. Last and wearing least, there's Playboy's Snakes on a playmate. Viewing that that will cost you money.

Meanwhile, I'm gonna got work on my screen play for "Gators on a...."