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“Time to nut up or shut up!” — Zombieland, 2009

That’s right — it’s National Nut Day!

No doubt most of you have the day off from work, gathered with your family and friends, celebrating all those great National Nut Day traditions.

Um…any idea what those are?

Don’t feel bad.  No one really knows how National Nut Day got on the calendar…or if it was, in fact, originally dedicated to the food category of nuts as you might first expect.

Perhaps the founder created National Nut Day to pay tribute to all those crazy, kooky characters that make our lives more interesting — the ‘nuts.’

They act like nuts.  They drive us nuts.  Their brains are full of nuts.  And seriously — without them, wouldn’t life be a whole lotta boring?

(I think I prefer this version.  I’m going with it.)

There’s no data on when National Nut Day was added to the calendar, either.  So you have to wonder if the founder was thinking about real-life nuts — family, friends, wacky neighbors who borrow tools and don’t return them…argh! — or if he was including nuts from television and movies.

(I think I prefer this version.  I’m going with it.)

Then National Nut Day could pay tribute to Senor Chang from “Community.”  And pretty much everyone in the “Anchorman” and “Hangover” movies.  Gosh, there are so many nutty fictional characters.  Oh!  The original nuts — Chip ‘n’ Dale!

I’m sure you have your favorites as well.  And I hope you’ll salute them during your day off.

That’s right — during National Nut Day!