Today I am wishing you a Happy
National Carrot Day, as well as a Happy Wedding Ring Day! I think this is
fitting, as the consumption of carrots should improve your eyesight in order to
select the best ring possible. Well played, Unofficial Holiday Creator Gods!
With Valentine’s Day creeping up (only 11 days remain…), I think it’s very
thoughtful to have a National Holiday geared to giving a little reminder to
anyone wishing to use such a “romantic” day to pop the question, to maybe get
out there and get shopping! There’s not a lot of time left people!
No-so Fun Wedding Ring Fact: Did
you know in order to produce just two gold wedding bands six tons of waste are
produced through the mining and processing practices?! That’s crazy! One more
tick in the “reasons not to get married” box! It also proves my theory, by
providing another reason why Beyoncé is incorrect in telling men around the
world to “put a ring on it!” I mean, who is she to tell the masses what to do? Sure,
she has millions to spend on such things, but I highly doubt she’s willing to
pay for some random couple’s engagement ring, because they simply can’t afford
to follow her advice! Side note: I was just prompted to spell check how I
spelled “Beyoncé” because I didn’t include the “é”. She’s taking over
EVERYTHING! …end rant on BeyoncÉ…
Enough of this wedding ring talk,
let’s talk about one of my favorite vegetables: Carrots. Carrots are a root
vegetable that originally derived from parts of Europe and Asia. (Thank you Dr.
Duke for engraining this otherwise useless knowledge into my memory, to use as to
educate the masses!) Carrots contain a
high amount of beta-carotene, which is what gives them their beautiful, bright
orange color. It is also this beta-carotene, which provides us with vitamin A.
Why is this important? Well, this is the reason we tend to think carrots
improve our eyesight! This of course, is myth, but vitamin A does help in the
eyesight department. Carrots are good just on their own to snack on, as a
colorful side dish, or thrown into a lovely winter soup!
Fun Carrot Fact: Carrots have
been used to treat digestive problems (including intestinal parasites and
constipation) and even tonsillitis!
Kind of off topic, but does
anyone else think its funny that National Carrot Day and National Wedding Ring Day
are on the same day? Okay, so maybe that’s not actually funny, but I envisioned
some terrified young man presenting his prospective fiancé with a beautiful
diamond ring on a carrot, instead of in a ring box. Either I’m losing it due to
excessive school related workloads, or my brother’s unintentional attempt to
drown me as a baby, matched with several pushes down the stairs in a laundry
basket during my important developmental stages are finally catching up to me…
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