[Hugin]

Friday fun thread!

Well Vikings fans, you'll have to wait a year for season 3 of Ragnar and company. But for those having Vikings withdrawals, I came across this thread of real life Viking nicknames. Some are what you would expect like Gunnstein the Berserk-Killer. Others are odd and even funny. It got me thinking, what if we gave our leaders real Viking nicknames? Harry Serpent-Tongue? Pelosi Scatter-Brain? And of course, Boehner the Boneless!

Have fun.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

As long as they’re not nicknames from the pathetic, football type from our next-door neighbor MN.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I’m going to watch the final episode tonight.

[rabidralph]

Oh, here I am: Eirik Ale-Lover.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I like Harry the Ragman.

[yarddog]

Barack the Red.

[DemforBush]

Not listed, but perhaps my all-time favorite: Halfdan the Bad Entertainer.

“Take my longship, please!”

*rimshot*

:-)

[RegulatorCountry]

Some of them are far from flattering. My father’s family had a custom of nicknames for everybody. My oldest aunt hated hers and refused to answer to it, so it never “stuck” outside of childhood. Poopie. Can’t say I blame her, I wouldn’t answer to it either, lol.

[truth_seeker]

My name was passed down from generation, to generation:

Anders Nilsson
Nils Andersson
Anders Nilsson
Nils Andersson
Anders Nilsson
Nils Andersson

[C. Edmund Wright]

Not into the adult bevs enough yet, but
Boner of Short Shanks
Mitch Stale Waters
Hillagertha the Maxi Shield Maiden
Ragnar Cruzbrook

[WildHighlander57]

Obammar the Nithling

Definition of Nidering, Nídhingr, Nithling found here:

http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/gods2.html

[BenLurkin]

Hey...there’s one there for me...Thorolf Bladderbald

[BenLurkin]

Eysteinn Fart?

No way.

[blueunicorn6]

Friegard The Herring Fondler

[Sioux-san]

Dang, I love that show - I am going to miss it greatly, so any and all Viking games of this nature are duly appreciated ;)

[OldNewYork]

Thorstein Cod-Biter wins for me. Good ol’ Thorstein.

[House Atreides]

Very interesting. I did not realize that John Kerry had Viking ancestry. His ancestor’s name was not passed down to Kerry, but at least one of his physical attributes was:

Kerry’s Viking ancestor was named Thorir Long-Chin.

[Mike Darancette]

Real one: Ivar the Boneless.

[Mike Darancette]

Hagar the Horrible.

[Free Vulcan]

Adrian Peterson?

[bert]

Question....were they nick names or real names?