Today is Greenland’s ‘National Day’. This public holiday is known as ‘Ullortuneq’, which meanings ‘the longest day’ as 21st June is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
In most countries, the National Day is a chance to celebrate important events in that country’s nationhood, such as independence or adopting a constitution. In a few countries, it may be celebrated on the feast day of the patron saint of that country.
Greenland uniquely takes a different approach. At such high latitudes, the switch of the seasons is paramount to the survival of the nation, so marking its national day on the summer solstice, the day when the sun has reached its highest latitude for the year and daylight hours are at a maximum makes a great deal of sense.
The use of the sun as part of the national identity of Greenland doesn’t stop with Ullortuneq. Greenland’s flag was designed by a local artist and adopted on 21 June 1985. Using the Danish colors, white represents the ice and red is for the sun.
Bada Bing!
Our cleaning lady just called and said she’s working from home today. She will send instructions.
Q: If men didn’t exist, who would protect you? Her: Protect us from who?
tRUMP: Excuse me, excuse me! I haven’t finished incriminating myself yet!
People in LA are deathly afraid of gluten. I swear, you could rob a liquor store with a bagel.
Iām at the age where, whenever I think of my age, I think, āI should go lie down.ā
Jim Gaffigan: They should bundle all the streaming services together and call it cable.
I realized I might have a road rage problem when my 4yo son started yelling “Pick a lane asshole!” in the grocery store.
The Roomba vacuum cleaner just beat me to a piece of popcorn I dropped on the floor and this is how the war against the machines begins.
I just won a competition to invent a silent doorbell. It’s always been my dream to get the no bell prize.
Today is the birthday, in 1948, of English composer and rock guitarist Joey Molland who with Badfinger, scored the hits ‘Come and Get It’ (written and produced by Paul McCartney), ‘No Matter What’, ‘Day After Day’ (produced by George Harrison) and ‘Baby Blue’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVnFJzggLHo
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