[blam]

GGG

[areafiftyone]

WHEW Now our Viking Kittens can face the world again!

[Semper Paratus]

A BUMP for the "Pillage People".

[billorites]

[malakhi]

Vikings' Barbaric Bad Rap Beginning To Fade

Scandinavians invented rap music?

They are often brief and laconic

Hmmm... that is repetitively redundant.

[sergeantdave]

Viking bad rap fades? Ha!

That pass by the Cardinals in the final game to win in the last second will never fade.

[The G Man]

"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.

[4mycountry]

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!)

[elli1]

Did you know about this runestone in Minnesota, Blam?

http://www.vikingland.com/thingstodo/attractions/runestone/index.cfm

[PJ-Comix]

Actually the Normans were really Frenchified Vikings.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very good, my grampa was of viking stock, being of Danish descent!

[austinTparty]

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)

[evets]

Vikings numbers diminished because they we're gay.

[Jagdgewehr]

I’m not convinced. What explains my Norwegian wife’s ferocity?

[truth_seeker]

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.

[curmudgeonII]

Good heavens.
I've read 17 replies to this interesting post and haven't found a single reference to Hagar the Horrible.

[Fierce Allegiance]

The current rep of Scandanavians ain't so good , what with the articles of Norwegians wearing their skivvies for weeks at a time and all.

I say we need fully funded US Federal programs to stop the besmerchment of all scandanavians so as not to harm their self-esteem, and demand full reparations! I Similarly demand that any govenrment construction contract have mandatory particpiation "goals" at or above the 12% mark( Never to be called a quota, however) /sarcasm

[Landru]

Vikings did "Rap"??

Nawwww.

...what'd I miss.

[Cacique]

btt

[farmfriend]

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