Again the Viking Horns

In article <4hi3kaF1i5c3aU1 DeleteThis @individual.net>,
"Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net DeleteThis @ojevind.lang> wrote:

> I see that in the expansion pack for Civ IV, "Warlords", the Viking leader
> will wear a helmet with horns. That is poor research on Firaxis' part. The
> Vikings did not wear horned helmets, for obvious reasons; they would not be
> a good idea in battle. The only horned helmets in history have been found in
> Celtic graves, and they were probably purely ceremonial.
>
> Öjevind Lång

I think the Vikings were in the beef (cattle) business.

Cliff Nelson

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Mr. Pink wrote:
> "Clifford Nelson" <cnelson9 RemoveThis @adelphia.net> skrev i melding
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> > In article <4hi3kaF1i5c3aU1 RemoveThis @individual.net>,
> > "Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net RemoveThis @ojevind.lang> wrote:
> >
> >> I see that in the expansion pack for Civ IV, "Warlords", the Viking
> >> leader
> >> will wear a helmet with horns. That is poor research on Firaxis' part.
> >> The
> >> Vikings did not wear horned helmets, for obvious reasons; they would not
> >> be
> >> a good idea in battle. The only horned helmets in history have been found
> >> in
> >> Celtic graves, and they were probably purely ceremonial.
> >>
> >> Öjevind Lång
> >
> > I think the Vikings were in the beef (cattle) business.
> >
>
> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
> invading england....
>
>
> > Cliff Nelson
> >
> > Dry your tears, there's more fun for your ears,
> > "Forward Into The Past" 2 PM to 5 PM, Sundays,
> > California time,
> > http://www.geocities.com/forwardintothepast/
> > Don't be a square or a blockhead; see:
> > http://bfi.org/node/574

According to the book Collapse, the Vikings insistance on cattle as a
foodsource was a major contribution to the demise of thier Greenland
colonies (which stood for over 400 years).
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"Clifford Nelson" <cnelson9.DeleteThis@adelphia.net> skrev i melding
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> In article <4hi3kaF1i5c3aU1.DeleteThis@individual.net>,
> "Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net.DeleteThis@ojevind.lang> wrote:
>
>> I see that in the expansion pack for Civ IV, "Warlords", the Viking
>> leader
>> will wear a helmet with horns. That is poor research on Firaxis' part.
>> The
>> Vikings did not wear horned helmets, for obvious reasons; they would not
>> be
>> a good idea in battle. The only horned helmets in history have been found
>> in
>> Celtic graves, and they were probably purely ceremonial.
>>
>> Öjevind Lång
>
> I think the Vikings were in the beef (cattle) business.
>

I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
invading england....


> Cliff Nelson
>
> Dry your tears, there's more fun for your ears,
> "Forward Into The Past" 2 PM to 5 PM, Sundays,
> California time,
> http://www.geocities.com/forwardintothepast/
> Don't be a square or a blockhead; see:
> http://bfi.org/node/574
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Vince <vinnyop.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:


>> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
>> invading england....

So that is the reason why so many brits today resemble cows?

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On 20 Jul 2006 07:26:29 GMT, kaj.stenberg.DeleteThis@helsinki.fi.invalid <kaj.stenberg.DeleteThis@helsinki.fi.invalid> wrote:
> Vince <vinnyop.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
>>> invading england....
>
> So that is the reason why so many brits today resemble cows?

Without being _too_ nasty to the remaining brits... our people _did_
take the prettiest ones back to Norway with them. You know, "Give us
your pretty daughter and we'll stop invading your country" "Oh, ok".
5 years later, it's "So...has she got a sister, then?"
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Mr. Pink wrote:
> "Clifford Nelson" <cnelson9 RemoveThis @adelphia.net> skrev i melding
> news:cnelson9-A8E52D.20035011072006@news.isp.giganews.com...
> > In article <4hi3kaF1i5c3aU1 RemoveThis @individual.net>,
> > "Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net RemoveThis @ojevind.lang> wrote:
> >
> >> I see that in the expansion pack for Civ IV, "Warlords", the Viking
> >> leader
> >> will wear a helmet with horns. That is poor research on Firaxis' part.
> >> The
> >> Vikings did not wear horned helmets, for obvious reasons; they would
> >> not
> >> be
> >> a good idea in battle. The only horned helmets in history have been
> >> found
> >> in
> >> Celtic graves, and they were probably purely ceremonial.
> >>
> >> Öjevind Lång
> >
> > I think the Vikings were in the beef (cattle) business.
> >
>
> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
> invading england....
>
>
> > Cliff Nelson
> >
> > Dry your tears, there's more fun for your ears,
> > "Forward Into The Past" 2 PM to 5 PM, Sundays,
> > California time,
> > http://www.geocities.com/forwardintothepast/
> > Don't be a square or a blockhead; see:
> > http://bfi.org/node/574

According to the book Collapse, the Vikings insistance on cattle as a
foodsource was a major contribution to the demise of thier Greenland
colonies (which stood for over 400 years).


Cattle has been important to scandinavians all the way to this day. Still is
cause of the meat and milk. The Vikings discovered this early and the cows
are also resistant to the cold winter and was an ideal animal for this
climath.
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<kaj.stenberg.RemoveThis@helsinki.fi.invalid> wrote in message
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> Vince <vinnyop.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
>>> invading england....
>
> So that is the reason why so many brits today resemble cows?
>
> --
> Kaj
>

The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
they're mostly french (norman) - the true, pure british woman (celt) is by
far suprerior
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In article <TLGdnQ2yuLcj5lXZRVnyvg.RemoveThis@bt.com>, John
<johnpreece77.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> writes
>
><kaj.stenberg.RemoveThis@helsinki.fi.invalid> wrote in message
>news:e9nb75$3ur$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi...
>> Vince <vinnyop.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped when
>>>> invading england....
>>
>> So that is the reason why so many brits today resemble cows?
>>
>> --
>> Kaj
>>
>
>The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
>they're mostly french (norman) - the true, pure british woman (celt) is by
>far suprerior
>
The Normans were not French, they were near relatives of the Vikings
from Scandinavia ("Norse-men") who happened to have colonised NW France,
among many other places (including, incredibly enough, Sicily).

David
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"David Littlewood" <david.TakeThisOut@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <TLGdnQ2yuLcj5lXZRVnyvg.TakeThisOut@bt.com>, John
> <johnpreece77.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> writes
>>
>><kaj.stenberg.TakeThisOut@helsinki.fi.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:e9nb75$3ur$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi...
>>> Vince <vinnyop.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I think the only cows the vikings touched were the cows they raped
>>>>> when
>>>>> invading england....
>>>
>>> So that is the reason why so many brits today resemble cows?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kaj
>>>
>>
>>The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
>>they're mostly french (norman) - the true, pure british woman (celt) is by
>>far suprerior
>>
> The Normans were not French, they were near relatives of the Vikings from
> Scandinavia ("Norse-men") who happened to have colonised NW France, among
> many other places (including, incredibly enough, Sicily).
>
> David
> --
> David Littlewood

oh my god mate take a chill pill - just a wild generalisation - the same
kind of generalisation about british women being cows - take a dig at a
nation's women by all means but woe betide anyone who makes an historical
generalisation because the know-it-alls will be sure to make you know about
it
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>The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
>they're mostly french (norman)

Then why is that most American woman have wide mouths?


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Roger T. <rogertra RemoveThis @highspeedplus.com> wrote:
>>The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
>>they're mostly french (norman)

> Then why is that most American woman have wide mouths?

Luisiana was settled by the french (=frogs). Mexico was under french
rule in the 1850's (= frogs). The british immigrants were descendants of
normans (=frogs). Ireland belonged to britain so irish immigrants =
frogs. Swedish women have naturally wide mouths and so on. (ignorant
generalizations are easy to make and can be fun..).

More seriously: it takes quite a lot for a populations gene pool to
shift upon an invasion/settlement. To return to some more serious point
in this thread my educated guess would be that even though the invading
Normands in 1066 were descendants of viking colonization in northern
France the settlers were mostly men and quite few compared to the local
population. The shift in the gene pool would therefore not have been so
big in Normandie, although certainly noticable.

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In article <eacel9$n0g$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>,
kaj.stenberg DeleteThis @helsinki.fi.invalid writes
>Roger T. <rogertra DeleteThis @highspeedplus.com> wrote:
>>>The reason why there are so many british women resembling cows is because
>>>they're mostly french (norman)
>
>> Then why is that most American woman have wide mouths?
>
>Luisiana was settled by the french (=frogs). Mexico was under french
>rule in the 1850's (= frogs). The british immigrants were descendants of
>normans (=frogs). Ireland belonged to britain so irish immigrants =
>frogs. Swedish women have naturally wide mouths and so on. (ignorant
>generalizations are easy to make and can be fun..).
>
>More seriously: it takes quite a lot for a populations gene pool to
>shift upon an invasion/settlement. To return to some more serious point
>in this thread my educated guess would be that even though the invading
>Normands in 1066 were descendants of viking colonization in northern
>France the settlers were mostly men and quite few compared to the local
>population. The shift in the gene pool would therefore not have been so
>big in Normandie, although certainly noticable.
>
Certainly noticeable; there is a fairly large occurrence among
Norman-colonised areas of pale skin and reddish hair typical of the
original Norse colonisers. IIRC, Sardinia is another area thus
colonised.

David
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