The towel act described briefly in yesterday's post can be seen on youtube. While it is another comedy team, it is the same fun. This is thanks to Marina:
I wondered yesterday how we still have so much hair on our bodies - 5 million hairs. This seems like a lot of follicles that aren't of use anymore. It is considered one of the aspects of human evolution where there are DNA 'leftovers' - vestigial structures.
These include wisdom teeth, hiccups, the pink tissue in the eye (leftover from a third eyelid), ear wiggle, lip twitching (left over from when we would bare our teeth), the human tail bone, and goosebumps - when we had hair this made us look bigger. The list and description of twelve of these can be found HERE and the Wikipedia article is HERE. There are many items listed in the Wikipedia article.
It was thought that the appendix was vestigial, but it now may be considered to have a purpose in our immune system to protect good bacteria in the gut.
I thought there must be some funny evolutionary jokes - that is jokes about evolution. But I found only one article with satirical evolution jokes/cartoons - a bored panda article HERE. Otherwise, there seem to be few evolution jokes, but there are lots of Easter Bunny jokes:
How do you know the Easter Bunny is really smart? Because he's an egghead.
How do bunnies stay healthy? Eggercise
What do you call a mischievous egg? A practical yolker
What's the difference between a bunny and a lumberjack? One chews and hops, the other hews and chops.
Why didn't the easter egg cross the road? Because he wasn't a chicken yet!
The Swiss celebrate the end of winter with a burning snowman. Known as the Böögg, it is often stuffed with explosives. If you want to know how to make a snowman burn, here's the LINK. The article describes the tradition and festival.
For those of us who love flowers, Japan's Hanami is the most famous and long-lived tradition around the globe. This takes place from late March to early May. This is the festival of cherry blossoms - Sakura. So I am hoping for more Japanese cherry trees to be planted in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Canada. The website advertises that we can make our own 90th Anniversary paper flags with the flag-mkaing kit.
Mississaugua Celebration Square has a Japanese Festival - this year it is on August 25th and 26th, 2018. The banner picture on the website shows drumming, dancing, and a music festival.
The celebration of Sakura Days happens in Vancouver, which has a great tradition of blossom trees. This is scheduled for April 14 and 15 and will take place at Van Dusen Botanical Garden, a truly wonderful botanic garden.
"Enjoy taiko drumming, martial arts, koto (Japanese harp), dance and singing performances. Participate in a tea ceremony, or learn about ikebana (flower arranging), origami (paper folding), haiku or calligraphy and try getting dressed in an authentic yukata".
I can only suggest that we celebrate this 90th anniversary by planting more cherry trees. Today's pictures feature the cherry grove at Royal Botanical Gardens, planted in 1966.
