Update: See bottom of post.

The gherkin gauntlet has been thrown down on Facebook in the one of the strangest challenge fan pages yet: a pickle facing off against Nickelback:

“Currently Nickelback has 1,380,820 fans. Can this dill pickle tickle your fancy and get more?”

As of this posting the pickle is closing in on 400,000 fans.

Look at all the love for marinated cucumbers:

“nickleback sucks and this pickle rocks”

“man i hate nickleback but i sure love pickles.”

“Nickelback does not add flavor and a delightful crunch to my turkey sandwich.”

It almost doesn’t seem fair for the pseudo-rock band. People don’t think pickles are everything that is wrong with the food industry after all.

Good thing they aren’t going up against a pickle that can sing.

The challenge would have been over by now.

Of course there’s always a radical in every group:

“Besides, I heard this pickle is anti-semitic. Nickelback may make shitty music, but at least they don’t hate the Jews.”

Update: The pickle broke the one million fan mark.

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