Donut Day!

As if there weren't enough reasons to love Fridays already, today is (drum roll please......)

NATIONAL DONUT DAY!

At least according to Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' (or "Dunks" as we call it in Boston). 

Originally this holiday was designed as a way to honor the "donut lassies," women who helped men serving on the front lines in France during WWI. In addition to dispensing writing supplies and stamps, these volunteers cooked homemade meals for the troops. They soon discovered the soldiers' shallow metal helmets could be used to fry donuts. Necessity, it appears, is truly the mother of invention.

"Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?" – Matt Groening