Armed for first day of school

www.aftenposten.no ^ | 08/20/2007 | Ole Magnus Rapp

[WesternCulture]

Hundreds of thousands of students had their first day of school on Monday. Some of them had to learn to carry guns and be prepared to shoot -- polar bears.

Students on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard aren't allowed to leave their village without a shotgun and ammunition. That's because hungry polar bears can be behind every swing on the island.

[capt. norm]

I thought (according to the "Warmists") that we were running short on polar bears.

Now there seems to be a big surplus.

[Kimmers]

Interesting article.....It is a good thing there is still a place in America where good sense still survives.

[Hydroshock]

Marlin guide gun in 45/70. But someting tells me the play ground will be real polite.

[SevenofNine]

Hey Monk do you think Looter guy would show up with Polar bear

[TC Rider]

I call BS on this story, the polar bears all drowned when the ice melted.

[nuke rocketeer]

That ain’t America. Svalbard belongs to Norway....

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

Yeah, but we can’t trust college students with guns for the next Cho, who killed more of them than polar bears ever did.

TC

[lesser_satan]

This is in Norway, not the US!

[Bigg Red]

It is a good thing there is still a place in America where good sense still survives.

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The Norwegians will be surprised to learn that we have annexed Svalbard.

[shekkian]

Except that that isn’t in America. It’s Svalbard, part of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean.

[gondramB]

>>Students on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard aren’t allowed to leave their village without a shotgun and ammunition. That’s because hungry polar bears can be behind every swing on the island.<<

I bet nobody takes their milk money.

[Kimmers]

OOPS, sorry.....I had a real early start to the day and I am tired, yawn,......my brain is thinking Alaska and who knows where I got that from.....

Hey Svalbard could be in Minnesota !!!!!

[Kimmers]

I know you are the 4th person to point out the error....as I told the others I am tired and I was thinking Alaska....

signed,
red in the face

[cjohnson1]

sort of like they do in east LA

[WesternCulture]

With neighbors like polar bears and the Russians, you really can’t afford to be caught off guard in our part of the world.

On the other hand, I actually think the Ruskies are rather sensible today.

They will remember this for a long time coming;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

[Minnesoootan]

Could be....we got Finland dontcha know! (google it)

[WesternCulture]

“sort of like they do in east LA”

- East LA is actually very famous in Europe, in part this is due to Cheech Marin;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFGr51ubV4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eiq8z4cxLo

[vetsvette]

“without a shotgun and ammunition”

Tackling a polar bear with a shotgun is a good way to commit suicide. You might get very lucky, but the odds are badly against it.

[G8 Diplomat]

Armed for first day of school

I like that title.

I always joke that I need a cattle prod when I go back to school to get people in the overcrowded hallways to move and quit loitering around and blocking traffic.