Ya gotta love flying food.
Posted on 04/05/2005 7:38:55 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
Norwegian job ad seeks friendly Vikings
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Help wanted: Vikings. Must be friendly, tourist-oriented and interested in ancient Norse traditions. Crazed, bloodthirsty pillagers need not apply.
In a rare employment opportunity for Vikings, whose job market peaked about 1,000 years ago when they terrorized Europe in their longboats, southern Norway's Vestfold county wants to fill slots at its local historical park.
The ad, to appear in local media Saturday, will be simple: "Jobs available. Vikings in Vestfold," with a link to the center's Internet home page, said Lars Kobro, self-described chieftain of the Midgard Historical Center.
"More and more we see that tourists are interested in Vikings," Kobro said Tuesday. "They don't want just exhibits, but face-to-face encounters.
But the center is seeking to play down the Scandinavian Vikings' reputation as wild, murderous looters who pillaged and burned through much of Europe, a claim Kobro said was largely exaggerated in texts left by ancient English monks.
"They were really more traders and merchants," said Kobro. He said they are seeking a corps of about 50 part-time Vikings, ready to turn out at the center when needed.
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You bet! :)
My "English" ancestors were Vikings that came for dinner and stayed, so don't believe the revisionists.
Would they have us believe that English monks had enough time and frequent flier coupons to write Russian texts, too?
Ya gotta love flying food.
Hey, looks good.
I'll see your flying pancake and raise you a flying dorito over a flatop.Ya gotta love flying food.
haha!
Thank you. :)
Have you seen Lazamataz? My Tag line has been stolen again!
LOL!
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LOL! :)
Someone just sent me a picture yesterday that was found in my second cousin's picture album. It was of my sister and I when we were around 5-6. We both had very blond, almost white hair. I also have a plate I bought in an antique mart that has a picture of two girls in traditional garb and that always reminds me of us, too. I love all things Norwegian. M
Poochie cheese cake. LOL.
I am Meek's muse.
Do you have ancestry there or were you actually from there?
Especially ones with gun and bombs attached. :)
The top picture are of our natives (like your Indians)dressed in their classical cloths. The bottom picture are of Norwegian dressed in classical cloths.
Takk. Aren't they cute? :)
Will this work?? :)
If you want it changed in any way, just let me know. :)
Hey, thanks. Next really mindless, soap opera, fantasy type thread I come across, I will flag you.
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