It seems to be going around the Internet again about ice cream for breakfast being a good thing. And, it is. Well, it tastes good. I doubt it’s good for you. But I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV.

Anyway, this first started two years ago. No, three years ago. Whatever. A few years ago. There were reports that some Japanese scientists reported that ice cream was good for you. Naturally, all the reports I saw were all saying the same thing, but none actually linked to an actual source. The ones that did link to something were to dead links.

So, fake news, right? Well, not really. Some of the stuff said in the news stories was true, but some was complete B.S. So, let’s call it half true.

Switching gears slightly — we’ll come back in a minute, trust me on this — there was a report in 2012 that eating chocolate cake for breakfast was good for you.

I remember when that story came out. It reminded me of a comedy routine by Bill Cosby. This was back when Bill Cosby was good, as far as anyone knew. I knew there was something wrong with Bill Cosby when he was making commercials for New Coke.

Anyway, chocolate cake for breakfast was supposed to be good for you. And, like the Cosby routine, it’s full of half-truths.

Did you catch that?

No? Let’s do some math.

Chocolate cake being good for breakfast is a half-truth.

Ice cream being good for breakfast is a half-truth.

Okay, students, what’s one-half plus one-half? That’s right. It’s one. It’s a whole. And, that means that chocolate cake PLUS ice cream for breakfast is two half-truths, which makes one whole truth.

So, enjoy your breakfast! I will enjoy mine.