Fun Facts

 January 16, 2013

Fun Facts

I did some research and I know you're all thinking - again.  And I found many sites offering up the latest fun trivia and/or knowledge about this day or the next.  Now I'm wondering who gets to decide what today, this week or this month are going to be recognized for.  

Oh I get that we obviously celebrate the biggies, President's Day, Martin Luther King Day and any other federal holidays set by the government.  I'm not questioning those.  In fact I would even support a few more days off and I suspect you would too.

 So in theory I suppose I could put out there on the web that today is: toss out your old toothbrush day, vacuum under your bed day (does anybody really do that?), feed a squirrel day or in some states we could change that to eat a squirrel day. Why couldn't we make today "no oral combat" (i.e., no arguing) day?  I would also like to have a "leave me alone" day.

Today is National Fig Newton Day as well as Do Nothing Day.  Would it be cheating if you ate a fig newton while doing nothing?  January is recognized, among other things, hot tea and oatmeal month.  A whole month for oatmeal?  Are hash browns getting equal recognition?  Because if they're not they should be.  I know I would rather eat hash browns than oatmeal.  That may not be fair because I just really like potatoes - any old way you want to cook 'em - they're all good.

I can't do much about the do nothing day - I think folks would notice at the office - but I do happen to have some "low calorie, low fat, low sugar, low taste fake newtons"  in the pantry.  Maybe if I heated them up and added just a wee bit of butter or sugar - or perhaps both - then I could not only celebrate the day but also the month if I washed down my fake newton with a cup of tea!  It'd be like killing two birds with one stone.  As for oatmeal I did that yesterday so I'm good for the month.

Just a heads up - tomorrow is hot buttered rum day so you better either celebrate that really early in the morning before going to work or when you get home.  Pretty sure that having a hot toddy at work is a no-no.

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Thought of the Day:

“Never be afraid to try something new.  Remember, amateurs built the Ark.  Professionals built the Titanic.”  -Unknown