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Lucky joyous June!
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month to be scoffed at (assuming you are some one that likes to scoff)
for around the world June is regarded as the second most popular month
of the year. The most popular is of course December, but December does
contain an advantage called Christmas! However, joyous June is regarded
as the luckiest month, especially to marry. Indeed, there is a saying:
Married in the
month of roses, June -
Life will be one long honeymoon!
Depending upon
whether you live north or south of the equator, June also contains the
longest and the shortest day of the year. And Australians don't miss out
on winter cheer in June either because in the Blue Mountains there's
Yulefest - our version of Christmas in June, July and August. (Why have
one Christmas when you can have four?!)
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 One
well known and two obscure facts about June!
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June is named after the Roman goddess Juno who was
goddess of marriage. (That's the well known fact!) |
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If you have a well or bubbling spring close by, you could
restore an old tradition and decorate it with flowers and greenery in June
in ceremonies called Well Dressings... send us a picture of your Well
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On June 15th 1878 the first motion picture was made. It
was a film of a race horse running. Its purpose? To solve the argument about
whether all four hooves were off the ground at full gallop. And yes - it
showed conclusively that all four hooves were in the air at once while it
runs. (Before this film was made, only the horse knew this fact!). |
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Fruity
facts - strawberries, the only fruits with seeds on the outside!
With June
heralding tennis and Wimbledon, and Wimbledon synonymous with strawberries,
what better fruity fact could we choose to focus upon this month?
Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C and flavinoids. (Flavinoids
are a fancy way to say antioxidants).
By the way, each
strawberry contains around 200 seeds...and the name strawberry is thought to
be from the word strewn - which describes the fruit on the plant, strewn
about the ground. Most children will say strawberries are their favourite
fruit!
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Where's nudie
Last month we
asked you what instrument nudie would play? The winner is Samantha Clifton
from Main Beach, Victoria. Her suggestion was a piano and her explanation
made us chuckle longer than any one else’s…so a well deserved month of
nudies will be heading her way soon.
This month we are
making things difficult and easy for you! Our nudie is in a bit of a cold
fix…but as it’s lower than freezing, nudie loves it! Not much to recognise
(snow looks much the same every where in the world) but we will tell you
that it is in a Scandinavian country and the capital of this country sounds
like an unholy kitchen utility! Email answers to
whereis@nudie.com.au and
the winner gets a month of free nudies!
Carrying
on the cryptic theme...nudie has been washed up on a beach and rescued by a
friendly dog. We can tell you that the beach is in Australia... but knowing
which beach sounds impossible - even for Tom Cruise! As a tie breaker...
tell us the name of the dog!
Email answers by
30th June 2008 to whereis@nudie.com.au
and the winner gets a month of free nudies!
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 nudie
us
First to
answer last month's call for deserving nudie addicts were Harriet and Elle
from Clayfield College in Brisbane. I hope the two of them will be
appreciated by their colleagues for we're sending enough nudies for every
student in this picture!
If you feel you and your colleagues would benefit
from a supply of nudies, email us with the reason why you should win
them...and please include a photo and a full address so we know where to
drop them off! Email your entry by 30th June 2008 to
nudieus@nudie.com.au
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New nudie website - step
into nudie gardens!
Stepping into
nudie gardens has been proving tougher than we first thought. But some
clever people have been working around the clock to make it happen...so keep
checking the website this month and be one of the first to venture into
nudie world!
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That's All Folks!
The nudie team!
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