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I found Viking Horned helmets in China

 by Christian Anderson on 04/01/10

Some history minded people have suggested that the vikings never had horned helmets.  Recently, Ray and I  attended a Dragonship lecture by Prof. John R. Hale at Burpee Museum where he showed examples of bronze age all-bronze horned helmets.

Then brousing the internet I found blinking horned helmets on a chinese website, though I don't think they date to the Viking Age.

Chris

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Subject: Ole and Sven die

Ole and Sven die in a snowmobile accident, drunker than skunks, and go to  Hell.  The Devil observes that they are really enjoying themselves. He says to  them 'Doesn't the heat and smoke bother you?

Ole replies, 'Vell, ya know, ve're from  nordern Minnesooota, da land of snow an ice, an ve're yust happy fer a chance ta varm  up a little bit, ya know.'

The devil decides that these two aren't miserable enough and turns up the  heat even more. When he returns to the room of the two guys from Minnesota, the devil  finds them in light jackets and hats, grilling Walleye and drinking mead.

The devil is astonished and exclaims, 'Everyone  down here is in total misery, and you two seem to be enjoying yourselves and I want to know why!'

Sven replies, 'Vell, ya know, ve don't git too much varm veather up dere at da Falls, so ve've yust got ta haff a fish fry vhen da veather's dis  nice.'

The devil is absolutely furious. He can hardly see straight. Finally he comes up with the answer.
The two guys love the heat because they have been cold all their lives.  The devil decides to turn all the heat off in Hell.

The next morning, the temperature is 60 below zero, icicles are hanging everywhere, and the inhabitants of hell are shivering so bad that they are unable to wail, moan or gnash their teeth.   The devil smiles and heads for the room with Ole and Sven. He gets there  and finds them back in their parkas, bomber hats, and mittens. They are  jumping up and down, cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men.

The devil is dumbfounded, 'I don't understand, when I turn up the heat  you're  happy. Now its freezing cold and you're still happy.  What is wrong  with you two?'

They both look at the devil in surprise and say, 'Vell, don't ya know, if  hell iss froze over, dat must mean da Vikings von da Super Bowl' 
March 1, 2011 was our latest Membership Meeting on Geneology
Featuring a special presentation about Your Ancestry and Nancy gave us a wonderful suggestion that we write and collect stories of our youth to be shared with future generations!

** AND...If you are new to geneology you can tune up by checking out the various family Heritage Links on our Norse Links page of this website.