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Norwegian job ad seeks friendly Vikings
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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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; norway; norwegian; vikings
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Click the pic!
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:41:32 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Not that your thread is a disruption...
It just begs for a Viking Kitten!
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:42:19 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: Incorrigible
It just begs for a Viking Kitten! But not a wild, murderous one who zots through much of Europe. How about a trader and merchant Viking Kitten?
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:49:45 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Applicants must also like SPAM.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Crazed, bloodthirsty pillagers need not apply. Oh well. Thought I had a job for a minute.
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:52:52 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Friendly vikings. I want ones that will come in and take my wife... please.
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:53:26 AM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I'd apply, but I'm actually a gentle Visigoth.
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:57:07 AM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(Free Republic, rooms available due to unexpected cancellations.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Well...
I've got the Norwegian part down. Now I just need to work on "friendly".
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posted on
04/05/2005 7:59:16 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Sooner or later, you have to stand your ground. Whether anyone else does or not. - Michael Badnarik)
To: Incorrigible
How about this one?
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:00:09 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Sooner or later, you have to stand your ground. Whether anyone else does or not. - Michael Badnarik)
To: Incorrigible
Sounds like a job for Lyle, the Kindly Viking
To: CzarNicky
Or maybe the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Hagar the Horrible will have nothing to do with wimpy "Vikings".
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:12:40 AM PDT
by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
"Applicants must also like SPAM."
SPAM? How about some old-fashioned Danish luncheon meat instead?
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:14:13 AM PDT
by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: Dead Corpse
Alright, stop posting pictures of my wife!!!
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:14:38 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Everything that I've written on it for the past two years is GONE!)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:15:49 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Everything that I've written on it for the past two years is GONE!)
To: SlowBoat407
What? Do you think I'm some kind of "nice" Viking or something? ;-)
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:22:38 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Sooner or later, you have to stand your ground. Whether anyone else does or not. - Michael Badnarik)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Crazed, bloodthirsty pillagers need not apply. Dang, and I was thinking of a career change, too.
LQ
To: rrstar96
SPAM, Is NOT a codeword for a Danish Ham..(get the real thing...Buy Only Danish Hams. :^)
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posted on
04/05/2005 8:34:06 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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