Vanilla is a flavor

I feel sorry for vanilla. It has somehow been demoted as a flavor.
Just because you can now get fifty-seven varieties of Ben & Jerry's each with up to seven ingredients (banana and caramel ice-cream with chocolate-covered fudge chunks, toffee popcorn pieces and a swirl of chocolate sauce...) doesn't mean than the good old standbys (strawberry, chocolate) are given any less shelf space, except, for some reason, vanilla. It is the ice-cream that you serve with pie or other desserts, because it won't clash. It is the non-flavor.
The word vanilla is even used as a euphemism for missionary position (read, "dull") sex.
The vanilla bean used to be considered an exotic and subtle spice, highly prized, used in sweet and savory dishes alike, and even in perfume (still a great way for girls to get attention from guys, especially if they are slightly hungry at the time). What went wrong?
I blame Mr Whippy (or even US Mr Whippy) for creating the most incredibly bland, articificial and boring ice-cream in the world, and insisting it is vanilla-flavored.
So, I propose that from now on, if something is boring (especially sex-related) it is called Mr Whippy, not vanilla.
Hmm, I can see how this idea may have some drawbacks...