The world as seen by a fish

Did you ever fancy you couldswim like the fishes?   I said like the fishes . . . not with the fishes . . . this is no mafiawish list.

According to some theories,at one time eons ago we not only swam like fishes but we were fishes.  Now, don’t getall excited . . . this isn’t a theological discussion . . .

Just for chuckles . . . let’sjust say for a moment that at some point in the very very ­very distant past that our ancestors looked something likeNemo.  

Like fishes we . . .humans . . . have a third eyelid.  Well,the remnant of one anyway . . . a piece that evolution has yet to erradicatfrom our biology. 

Look in the mirror.  See that little pink bit in the corner ofyour eye near your nose??  Women . . .you’ll recognize it as the spot where your eye make-up tends to collect. 

It’s called a nictitatingmembrane; a clear eyelid that can be drawn across the eyeball for protection.  Fish use them to flush out whatever annoyingparticles float into their eyeballs.

Unlike our fishy cousins’,our nictitating membrane is pretty much defunct . . . but, as the ladies know .. . it’s really good for keeping the gunk out of our eyes. 

Now you see?  If you had that you could swim more like the fishes and . . . well . . . see more like the fishes.  Wouldn't that be swell?

Carrot Cake with Canned Carrots

2 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoon BakingPowder

2 Teaspoon BakingSoda

2 TeaspoonCinnamon

1 Teaspoon Salt

2 Cups Sugar

1 1/2 Cups Oil

3 Cups Canned Carrots, Drained

4 Eggs

1/2 Cup Pecans

Icing

1 Box 10x Sugar

1 (8 Oz) PackageCream Cheese

1/2 StickMargarine

 

Mix ingredients in the order listed.

Stir in eggs oneat a time.

Then stir in nuts

The carrots will fall apart when you mix, so no need for chopping.

Pour in a 9 X 11 greased and floured pan

Bake at 350 until cake tests done (approx. 25-35 minutes)

Mix icing ingredients together and spread over cooled cake.

Oompa Loompa Doompadee Doo

I have a friend who told me that she was on this kick whenall that she was eating was carrots . . . bags and bags of those little babycarrots.  She ate so many over a periodof a few weeks that she actually turned orange.

She must have looked like an Oompa Loompa with a glandularproblem . . . my friend is pretty tall.

Is it really possible that eating too many carrots can causeyour skin to turn orange-ish?  Yeah,actually it is.

It’s a condition called carotenosis . . . it is caused byeating a lot of foods that contain carotene . . . a red or yellow hydrocarbonpigment . . .  egg yolks, sweet potatoes,beets, a variety of leafy vegetables and, of course, carrots. Carotene buildsup in your bloodstream and most people turn a sickly yellow color resemblingjaundice. It’s rarely fatal . . . apparently you have to try really, reallyhard to die of carotenosis.

The good news is you just have to stop eating carrots toresume your normal hue.