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(CNN) Interesting Beheaded Vikings found in mass grave unearthed at Olympics construction site in London. Well, damn, I know they choked away the NFC Championship Game, but that's kinda harsh   (cnn.com) divider line 59
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FishyFred [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 03:21:37 PM
This headline came in under the radar and then BANG.
 
Adjective Bird Whiskey [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 03:25:52 PM
They were lead by their leader Brott Førrveson, who raped and pillaged long after his prime and many were quoted as saying "he looks like a kid having fun out there."
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 03:34:38 PM
i221.photobucket.com


found one
/oh and +1
 
Nabb1 [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 03:44:26 PM
The lesson here is this: Do not mess with Tracy Porter. Isn't that right, Peyton?
 
oldebayer
2010-03-12 04:00:36 PM
They should have put their heads on poles as a warning to all other pretenders.
 
nvmac [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 06:13:04 PM
FTA in my head: "They were still clutching the ball tightly."

/not the same vikings, obviously
 
loser_death_spiral
2010-03-12 07:23:40 PM
They didn't choke it away. Brent Fahv-re threw it away. Like he always does.
 
Jonny Ninja
2010-03-12 07:24:20 PM
Weymouth, Dorset != London
 
Quantum Apostrophe
2010-03-12 07:24:57 PM
Is this some sort of reference to the American tradition of homoerotic ball twirling called football?
 
Iron Chef Scottish
2010-03-12 07:25:05 PM
Come on. They analyzed their teeth to establish they weren't British.
Pick the low hanging fruit. Pick it.
 
OldManDownDRoad [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 07:25:43 PM
Big mystery? Not likely. They were a raiding party and they either lost a battle with a local militia or got left behind due to a wrecked boat. They were lined up and executed. People played for keeps in those days.
 
Iron Chef Scottish
2010-03-12 07:26:42 PM
Jonny Ninja: Weymouth, Dorset != London

It's basically London. Like in Costner's Robin Hood. They land at the White Cliffs and make Nawd-ing-ham by nightfall. On foot.
 
skinink
2010-03-12 07:29:23 PM
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DeathByGeekSquad
2010-03-12 07:29:36 PM
OldManDownDRoad: Big mystery? Not likely. They were a raiding party and they either lost a battle with a local militia or got left behind due to a wrecked boat. They were lined up and executed. People played for keeps in those days.

I think we should have laws against that sort of thing. All in favor of free pardons and citizen privies for anyone left behind after a bit of raiding and pillaging?
 
Ryker's Peninsula
2010-03-12 07:30:24 PM
John Madden and the 1976 Oakland Raiders are wanted for questioning.
 
RomeoJr
2010-03-12 07:31:42 PM
Adjective Bird Whiskey: They were lead by their leader Brott Førrveson, who raped and pillaged long after his prime and many were quoted as saying "he looks like a kid having fun out there."

We'll never forget you, Brott.
 
Veteran of the Cola Wars
2010-03-12 07:34:46 PM
Ooooh I remember all the beheaded Romans they found in Britain and that show on PBS called "Secrets of the Dead." That was a neat episode, figuring out who the Romans where.
 
dstanley [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 07:35:25 PM
Were there 12 of them gathered in a circle?

/happy for the Saints, still bummed as a Vikings fan
 
ScottMpls
2010-03-12 07:38:09 PM
Had to laugh at the headline.

/Go Queens!
 
Stonerbloopers
2010-03-12 07:38:55 PM
This just in, US House of Representatives Committee votes 22-21 in favor of accusing Britain of Genocide for the 1000 year old slaughter of ethnic Scandinavians.


/I'm a little bored this evening.
//Too congested to go out drinking.
 
WordsnCollision
2010-03-12 07:40:55 PM
What a bee-headed viking might look like...

bonnireid.com
 
kilgorn
2010-03-12 07:44:14 PM
FTA...Researchers are hoping to find further evidence about the men's lifestyles, activity, health and diet..

Because it worked so well for THEM...
 
ZeroCorpse
2010-03-12 07:44:28 PM
If the makers of the upcoming Thor movie are to be believed, every one of these vikings had a British accent. Scandinavian accent? Pfeh! Nobody in movies has a Scandinavian accent on purpose, even when they're supposed to!
 
ravenlore
2010-03-12 07:44:58 PM
Well played, subby.

/he could have run that farking ball out of bounds and stopped the clock
 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 07:46:08 PM
Ok, first, this is a really awesome historical manga (new window), if you like norse history, you'll like this.

Second, vikings had no horns in their helmets.

/Thirdly, I never thought Viking fans could afford plane tickets to London
 
felixecho
2010-03-12 07:47:18 PM
As someone with a lifelong interest in archaeology, I find this fascinating. What a find!
 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 07:48:31 PM
Iron Chef Scottish: Come on. They analyzed their teeth to establish they weren't British.
Pick the low hanging fruit. Pick it.

It's rotten.
 
Arthur the Sandwich Maker
2010-03-12 07:50:30 PM
Iron Chef Scottish: Come on. They analyzed their teeth to establish they weren't British.
Pick the low hanging fruit. Pick it.

Lol.
 
Nakito
2010-03-12 07:51:15 PM
nvmac: not the same vikings, obviously

What do you mean?
 
PeaSouper
2010-03-12 07:51:43 PM
Who dat say dey gonna occupy the grounds underneath the 2012 London Games?
 
svejker_14
2010-03-12 07:54:43 PM
Veteran of the Cola Wars: That was a neat episode, figuring out who the Romans where.

Perhaps there heds asplode reading thins.
 
Ken VeryBigLiar
2010-03-12 07:56:05 PM
Beheading? That's the best you Anglo-Saxons can do? At least the Vikings made a statement when they did this... Link (new window)
 
Veteran of the Cola Wars
2010-03-12 08:02:20 PM
svejker_14: Veteran of the Cola Wars: That was a neat episode, figuring out who the Romans where.

Perhaps there heds asplode reading thins.

D'oh. Bad fibro fog day. My hed asplode from pyto.

/Been raining for days, rheumatoid aches like a rotten tooth.
 
primordial_soup_dragon
2010-03-12 08:14:51 PM
Jonny Ninja: Weymouth, Dorset != London

Correct but I believe Weymouth is the location of the Olympic yachting in 2012 so it is an Olympic venue during the 2012 London Olympics but isn't near London. If that makes sense.
 
pestluvr
2010-03-12 08:27:42 PM
Adjective Bird Whiskey: They were lead by their leader Brott Førrveson, who raped and pillaged long after his prime and many were quoted as saying "he looks like a kid having fun out there."

I hear he was also quite the spear thrower. True, their enemies tended to catch the spears and use them against him, but still...
 
zamboni
2010-03-12 08:32:06 PM
pestluvr: Adjective Bird Whiskey: They were lead by their leader Brott Førrveson, who raped and pillaged long after his prime and many were quoted as saying "he looks like a kid having fun out there."

I hear he was also quite the spear throwerslinger. True, their enemies tended to catch the spears and use them against him, but still...

/INSIIFTFY
//Specifically Sir Traceworth the Porter
 
Lord Summerisle
2010-03-12 08:34:43 PM
Iron Chef Scottish: Jonny Ninja: Weymouth, Dorset != London

It's basically London. Like in Costner's Robin Hood. They land at the White Cliffs and make Nawd-ing-ham by nightfall. On foot.

Via Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
 
varmitydog
2010-03-12 08:36:36 PM
CygnusDarius: this is a really awesome historical manga

Yes it is. I appreciate the link, very much.
 
Suede head
2010-03-12 08:36:37 PM
ZeroCorpse: If the makers of the upcoming Thor movie are to be believed, every one of these vikings had a British accent. Scandinavian accent? Pfeh! Nobody in movies has a Scandinavian accent on purpose, even when they're supposed to!

Nobody could take even Thor seriously if he had a comical Scandinavian accent.
 
Old_Chief_Scott [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 08:48:56 PM
felixecho: As someone with a lifelong interest in archaeology, I find this fascinating. What a find!

I get jealous of those Brits though. They toddle off to the back garden to plant a new tea rose and unearth a Bronze Age chariot or something.
 
0Icky0
2010-03-12 08:57:51 PM
Suede head: Nobody could take even Thor seriously if he had a comical Scandinavian accent.

I take Max Von Sydow very seriously.
 
keithrogan
2010-03-12 08:58:50 PM
Probably just tourists who killed themselves after being threatened with British food.
 
Meepzoid
2010-03-12 09:03:02 PM
"I get jealous of those Brits though. They toddle off to the back garden to plant a new tea rose and unearth a Bronze Age chariot or something."

Me too. Oh, we might find a Minie Ball from the Civil War, or a button from the Revolution, but in the scheme of things, that's Yesterday!

You lucky, lucky bastards!
 
ZeroCorpse
2010-03-12 09:08:36 PM
0Icky0: Suede head: Nobody could take even Thor seriously if he had a comical Scandinavian accent.

I take Max Von Sydow very seriously.

Yeah. What's so comical about the Scandinavian accent? I think it's pretty cool. I think all these people are picturing Thor sounding like the Swedish Chef or something...

/No, I'm not Scandinavian.
 
phatface
2010-03-12 09:25:59 PM
They were probably from the Denny Green days.
Has anybody seen Carter or Cunningham around lately?
 
Old_Chief_Scott [TotalFark]
2010-03-12 09:50:30 PM
Meepzoid: "I get jealous of those Brits though. They toddle off to the back garden to plant a new tea rose and unearth a Bronze Age chariot or something."

Me too. Oh, we might find a Minie Ball from the Civil War, or a button from the Revolution, but in the scheme of things, that's Yesterday!

You lucky, lucky bastards!

I grew up in Upstate New York. When I was a kid, oh, probably 10 or 11, we were digging a hole out behind the house. No real reason, because what 10 year old boy really needs a reason to dig a hole?

At that time, the remains of a Revolutionary War ship had just been discovered by divers out in Lake Champlain that proved to be a relic of the Battle of Valcour Island. They were bringing up the cannons and it was big news in my town. My street was a major road back in revolutionary times, and there is still an historical marker to commemorate Halsey's Corners, site of a battle.

Well, there were a couple of us digging this hole and we started to uncover this round thing and worked ourselves up into thinking it was a cannon ball. A whole shiatload of digging later we uncovered and retrieved a wooden bowling ball.

So yeah, I'm jealous of those Brits.
 
spawn73
2010-03-12 10:02:18 PM
This was around the time where Denmark ruled England.

So, I would assume that it was Danes who beheaded them for invading their turf.

Or it could be from the Danish war with Norway, which also took place in England.
 
D-Liver
2010-03-12 10:52:34 PM
Adjective Bird Whiskey: They were lead by their leader Brott Førrveson, who raped and pillaged long after his prime and many were quoted as saying "he looks like a kid having fun out there."

The old Chieftain Sword Slinger?
 
Dwight_Yeast
2010-03-12 11:41:48 PM
I think it's pretty self-explanatory: my ancestors didn't like farking Vikings.
 
DrBenway [TotalFark]
2010-03-13 01:04:51 AM
Ken VeryBigLiar:

Beheading? That's the best you Anglo-Saxons can do? At least the Vikings made a statement when they did this... Link (new window)


Ouch. That's one hell of a statement.
 
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