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Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning To Fade
National Geographic ^
| 2-17-2004
| Stefan Lovgren
Posted on 02/18/2004 1:02:29 PM PST by blam
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:02:30 PM PST
by
blam
To: farmfriend
GGG
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:02:59 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
WHEW Now our Viking Kittens can face the world again!
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:05:36 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: blam
A BUMP for the "Pillage People".
To: blam
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:08:40 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: blam
Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning To Fade Scandinavians invented rap music?
They are often brief and laconic
Hmmm... that is repetitively redundant.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:09:20 PM PST
by
malakhi
To: blam
Viking bad rap fades? Ha!
That pass by the Cardinals in the final game to win in the last second will never fade.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:09:55 PM PST
by
sergeantdave
(Gen. Custer wore an Arrowsmith shirt to his last property owner convention.)
To: sergeantdave
Addendum - the Viking's mascot ought to be a folding chair.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:13:26 PM PST
by
sergeantdave
(Gen. Custer wore an Arrowsmith shirt to his last property owner convention.)
To: blam
"But it was also in the interest of the churchmen to exaggerate the atrocities of the Vikings in their reports"Hey, just like what Kerry did to Vietnam Vets.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:14:23 PM PST
by
The G Man
(John Kerry? America just can't afford a 9/10 President in a 9/11 world. Vote Bush-Cheny '04.)
To: blam; Zavien Doombringer; jriemer; MeekOneGOP; TheBigB; Constitution Day; mhking; ctlpdad; ...
Shouldn't that be "Rep"? As in, "Reputation"? Oh well.
Chant with me now: NO MORE BAD RAP! NO MORE BAD RAP! (Don't ZOT the poster, please!)
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:16:55 PM PST
by
4mycountry
(If new people are newbies.... does that make me an oldbie?)
To: blam
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:17:38 PM PST
by
elli1
To: blam
Actually the Normans were really Frenchified Vikings.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:18:18 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: billorites
Viking helmets never had horns on them. That was strictly an opera thing.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:19:42 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: blam
Very good, my grampa was of viking stock, being of Danish descent!
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:19:43 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: blam
Just when I'm getting sick of gossip articles on the Bush twins, vapid accusations, and silly commentary, I can count on you to post something of real interest.
Thanks. :o)
To: blam
Vikings numbers diminished because they we're gay.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:25:23 PM PST
by
evets
(Klinton/Kerry '04)
To: blam
I’m not convinced. What explains my Norwegian wife’s ferocity?
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:30:02 PM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(One sword, at least, thy right shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!)
To: 4mycountry; blam; yall
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:33:15 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(The Democrats believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years !!)
To: blam
The small populations of Scandinavia have had a very disproportionate influence, on western development.
Britain, Normans.
Discovery of North America. Later, Columbus used maps from the Vikings.
Mediterranean Norman empire, based in Bari, Italy (a relative of William the Conqueror).
Russia. The word Rus came from Swedish "vikings" and the elite Russian culture was largely installed from the Nordic one.
Western political philosophy. The "thing" was the nordic "town hall" meeting, or local legislative body. It became incorporated into British concepts, resulting with parliament (House of Commons).
With population of just 9 million, Sweden hosts Volvo and Saab, two good carmakers. Good enough to be purchased by major American carmakers (Ford, GM). Long leaders in safety and innovation.
To: blam
Good heavens.
I've read 17 replies to this interesting post and haven't found a single reference to Hagar the Horrible.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:40:41 PM PST
by
curmudgeonII
(Quitters never lose and cheaters always win.)
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