The Speedo 13/03/07 - 20/03/07

Dear Students,

Welcome to this week's edition of the Speedo. At the end of the week we have our big SAINT PATRICK's DAY PARTY!

FRIDAY 16th MARCH - 10p.m - CELTIC PUB

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE PERSON WHO WEARS THE MOST GREEN AND IF ANYBODY BRINGS A DOG, DRESSED UP LIKE THIS ONE, I WILL BUY THEM A BOTTLE OF VODKA!!!

Word of the Week - 'Fluff' and 'Belly Button'

Fluff is a mystery of life and we can get pieces of fluff on our clothes, on our furniture etc. 'Fluff' is a name for any little bits of material or matter that collect where we don't want them to collect.

'Fluff' can also mean 'something of little value' and it is used in England in quite a sexist way. A man can call his girlfriend 'my bit of fluff' but this is generally used when she is much younger than he is and he doesn't treat her as a serious girlfriend, just someone to have a bit of fun with! Not very nice!

'Fluffy' is also an adjective meaning soft and we would use it to describe things like little, fluffy baby rabbits or soft clothes, towels or pillows etc

Your belly button is on the front of your stomach (belly is another word for stomach) and when you were inside you mother, before you were born, you were connected to her by the 'umbilical cord'. When the umbilical cord is cut of at birth, you are left with a 'belly button'.

Also, there are 2 different types of people in the world. 'Innies' and 'Outies'. I am an 'inny' like in the picture below, so my belly button is more like a hole. Some people have belly buttons that stick out of their bodies... Uggghhhh!!

BELLY BUTTON FLUFF

If we combine belly button and fluff we have 'belly button fluff'. This is mysterious fluff which grows or collects or appears in our belly buttons, even when we wash them every day. Scientists have done experiements and decided that it mainly comes from clothes and body hair so women have less belly button fluff than men! You lucky girls!

Where does it come from?

The word 'goodbye' is used everyday in England by millions of people. We use it when we are leaving people. The word is actually a 'contraction of the phrase 'God be with you' In the old days English people often said 'ye' instead of 'you'. So that's where it comes from!

A LOOK AT CHUCK

Today I have found a picture of the young Chuck Norris, before he grew his amazing beard. I have shaved my face today in honour of Chuck as he once was!

If you spell Chuck Norris wrong on Google, it doesn't say "did you mean Chuck Norris", it simply says "run whilst you still have a chance"