October 22nd – National Nut Day

It's true, today we celebrate all things nuts! The nutritious, delicious and environmental heroes of the food world. Nuts give us protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats. They make our hair shine and our skin glow. It's true, nuts are great, but let's get a little nutty! Instead of celebrating the nuts you eat let's celebrate our own nuts. Here are the five people I believe to have the biggest nuts!

By the biggest nuts, of course I mean nuts of steel, or to make it even more plain, tough...

Muhammad Ali-

Well known former professional boxer Muhammad Ali (Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) inspired millions not only through his athletic prowess, but also through his fearlessness when facing adversity. Three years after Ali became World Heavyweight Champion, he publicly refused to be conscripted into the U.S. military due to his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali’s example inspired Martin Luther King Jr to voice his own opinion against the war.
During his boxing career Ali was nick-named ‘The Greatest’ and contributed to a number of historic matches including 3 with Joe Frazier – which are often considered the greatest matches of all time. Known for his authentic style, Ali was known to ‘float like a butterfly and sting like a bee’, and for his pre-match ‘trash talk’ where he would often use rhyme. He really was a true sporting legend.
Ali was well known for taking a punch, and was thought by many to have the greatest chin of all time.

Sir Isaac Newton-

A man who had the balls to operate on himself, has big balls! One time, Newton forced a needle into his own eye socket and pressed on the back of the eyeball in order to change its shape - all in the name of science of course!

Bruce Lee-

Bruce Lee is known to be the most influential martial artist of all time, founding the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He was renowned for his immense level of physical fitness and his determination to become as fit & strong as he possible could. Lee would skip (jump rope) for up to 800 jumps… AFTER cycling! He would also toughen the skin on his fists by thrusting his hands into buckets of harsh rocks and gravel – over 500 times a day!

Theodore Roosevelt-

Ah yes, good ol’ Teddy Roosevelt. The 26th President of the United States of America. Everyone already knows this man had huge nuts, but few know just how big. He was born with asthma and near-sightedness. His father, who wanted a son so tough grown men would cringe at the mention of him, took Teddy outside and said:

“Theodore you have the mind but you have not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. I am giving you the tools, but it is up to you to make your body.”

Roosevelt, being pretty much awesome, responded by saying “I will make the body!”

He then beat asthma by sheer willpower and baddassery. Afterwords he became a champion boxer and Jujitsu blackbelt, just to piss off whatever was left of his asthma. When he became the president, he adopted a bear and a lion to keep as pets, because dogs and cats were too weak for him. He was shot while giving a campaign speech, and instead of treating it like a wimp, he continued to give the speech until he reached the end. With a bleeding bullet hole in his chest. Since he carried a pistol at all times, we’re guessing he could’ve shot the assassin at any point during the speech, but decided taking a bullet was manlier.

Chuck Norris-

There is only one man who can have the biggest nuts of all. The one and freakin' only Chuck Norris. He does not own people when he beats them; he powns them.  He squeezes orange juice out of a lemon! He can run so fast around the earth that he can punch himself in the back of the head. He is the only man that can have both feet on the ground and kick someone in the back of the face!

Happy National Nut Day!