Don't ask me how I found this out, but I recently discovered that there exists on our planet a World Carrot Museum. Seriously. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's an enterprise located in the British Isles, but overseas readers will be delighted to learn that it is, in fact, a virtual museum, and thus they will be able to get just as much out of a visit as I possibly could.
I'm not quite sure how it all began. One can glean that the author is left handed, the names of his cats, and countries he's visited, but no particular statement as to why one would create an online carrot museum. But then, who cares, when you have the opportunity to learn about Carrots in Literature, discover where to attend a Carrot Festival, how to make antifreeze from carrots (useful at the moment), or peruse a list of people interested in collecting carrotabilia. I have to commend the attention to detail and sheer amount of research that has gone into this endeavour. I can assert with some confidence that it is unlikely that I will ever come up with a carrot-related enquiry for which they are unable to provide an answer.
There are also a bewildering collection of links including other unusual museums at the bottom of this page. No mention, though, of the rope museum I've been to, or the pencil museum a friend has visited.
I know it's customary to use hyperbole to make what you do sound more enticing, but I must admit to being somewhat befuddle by the tagline: 'Discover the Power of Carrots'. Perhaps they are the future of alternative energy. Orange gold...
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
All Things Ginger #2: World Carrot Museum
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Otepoti
John from the Carrot Museum. Basically started because there wasn't one! - Read about its full origins here: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/museumorigin.pdf
And do not forget to visit Mrcarrotface
ps yes carrots may have a future as a biofuel - Fuel for Cars?
Scientists now believe that bio fuels will be the answer to our energy needs when the oil runs out. One such fuel, perhaps within 10 years, will be carrots - it would take approximately 6000 carrots to drive one mile.
(From a famous carrot museum)!!
John
ps yes carrots may have a future as a biofuel - Fuel for Cars?
Scientists now believe that bio fuels will be the answer to our energy needs when the oil runs out. One such fuel, perhaps within 10 years, will be carrots - it would take approximately 6000 carrots to drive one mile.
(From a famous carrot museum)!!
John
ps yes carrots may have a future as a biofuel - Fuel for Cars?
Scientists now believe that bio fuels will be the answer to our energy needs when the oil runs out. One such fuel, perhaps within 10 years, will be carrots - it would take approximately 6000 carrots to drive one mile.
(From a famous carrot museum)!!
John
Thank you for the link to the origins of the museum - I had failed to locate it on my first visit. It's always interesting to hear how these things come into being.
I'm afraid I'm not convinced by the biofuel argument (biofuells in general are likely to do more harm than good), but it's nice that someone's done the sums.
Oh I totally agree that bio fuel is not the answer. We cannot grow plants to make fuel when we need that same land to produce food for an ever increasing world population.
The amount of corn to make a gallon of bio-fuel would feed one person in the U.S. for a whole year!
My carrots fuel me! -:)
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