Meet TuD!
I'd like to introduce you to TuD! TuD turns 6 years old this month.
Keep your eyes peeled for him on Diabetes Hands Foundation, TuDiabetes, Facebook, Twitter (@diabeteshf, #TuDiabetes), Pinterest and Instagram!
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Comment by acidrock23 on March 7, 2013 at 5:07pm -
I was thinking ryhmes with dude, (atti)tude, etc. too. Interesting idea. Are we trying to bring more younger members in? I think that would be interesting although sometimes I'm leery of tossing ideas out around impressionable kids...
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Comment by Doris D on March 8, 2013 at 4:53am -
wow it has been 6 yearasdoin't seem real. i'm getting too old LOL!
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Comment by Elizabeth on March 8, 2013 at 7:10am -
TuD is just a few weeks older than Eric, who will be six on April 15th. <3
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Comment by Emily Coles on March 8, 2013 at 12:33pm -
Have any of you noticed TuD popping up anywhere else on the site, or on the internet in general?
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Comment by Judith on March 8, 2013 at 8:21pm -
Doris, I'm with you. Six years. Really? So maybe I've been here 5.5 years. Not quite, perhaps.......
Anyway, he's very cute, but I have never liked cartoons of any kind until Doonesbury came along, so I'm not a good one to ask. I suspect he'll be helpful in our long process of reaching out. It would be nice if he was a little more gender-neutral. Sorry. It's International Women's Day. Couldn't resist. Love you all. love TuD. just won't be a lot of help on this one.....
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Comment by Judith on March 8, 2013 at 8:28pm
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Mmmm. Thinking about it some more. It is really hard, artist though I am, for me to make the mental and emotional and imageric leap from Diabetes to Cute. I have never found anything Cute about The D. But maybe that's just me chanelling my Crotchety Old Lady.....Blessings on us all.....
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Comment by Judith on March 8, 2013 at 8:37pm
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Um. One more point. Associating The D with Cute is a little like the ADA saying eat all that you want, anything you want, and then "shoot up" to cover it. And it reminds me of the horrible HappyHappyHappy brochures I got from kaiser 7+ years ago at dx when I was so enraged that I spent a bit of time figuring out which of Portland's many beautiful bridges I should jump off.....Whoa! Sorry about that. It's late at night and I'm not feeling well....cuteness probably has a certain marketability in this day.......
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Comment by Judith on March 8, 2013 at 9:42pm
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At least his ethnicity is beautifully universal. That is a very good thing!...
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Comment by Judith on March 8, 2013 at 9:47pm
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And as for the phonetics: I say (TooDee)..Wonder how many others?...LOL...xx000
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Comment by Mike Ratrie on March 9, 2013 at 6:47am -
@acidrock - TUDE!!
@Emily - always great IMO to create a visual, humanizing(?) connection to your members. IOW, I like him!
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