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VIKINGS RAPED, PILLAGED THEN DID IRONING
The Daily Record ^
| May 5 2003
| Editorial Staff
Posted on 05/09/2003 1:56:42 PM PDT by vannrox
VIKINGS RAPED, PILLAGED THEN DID IRONING
May 5 2003
VIKINGS were responsible for introducing ironing to Scotland.
The pillaging Scandinavians were surprisingly conscious of their appearance and regularly smoothed their clothes. Excavations across Scotland have revealed evidence that the Nordic warriors used ironing boards and smoothing stones to make the job easier.
Dr Euan MacKie, of Glasgow University, said he found out about the ironing culture by chance 10 years ago, when his colleague's child found a piece of a whalebone on the Hebridean island of North Uist.
He said: "It is probably right to say Vikings introduced ironing to Scotland.
"The archaeological findings from before the Viking era have produced no evidence of similar activity. "But only a few of their ironing boards and smoothing balls have been found here.
"The ones that have been discovered have been in female burial sites, which suggests women did most of the ironing.
"Vikings tend to be known as murderous invaders and vandals but that was just the wild part of them." It is believed ironing was initially introduced in areas where Vikings settled, such as Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles and Caithness.
An excavation in Orkney uncovered a 950AD Viking whalebone ironing board from a burial ship.
And it was identified as an early version because similar equipment was still being used in Norway during the early 19th century.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ironing; sail; ship; soleplate; starch; steam; sword; viking; vikingkitties; water
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To: LuisBasco
To: Dog Gone
You burn it to a crisp, and presto!, she wants to do it all from now on.You know, that actually works for me in a variety of chores. The trick is to look like you really are trying and to act very dissapointed and frustrated when the wife finds the diaper on backwards or that the whites are now pink. It is also of the utmost importance that the next time that particular chore has to be done that you adamantly insist on doing it and actually get into an argument so that she takes the position that she will do it. As we all know, once they take a position they won't move off of it.
I first learned this in my youth watching Bugs Bunny argue with Daffy Duck about whether it was rabbit season or duck season, but I digress.
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posted on
05/09/2003 2:32:36 PM PDT
by
MattinNJ
To: MattinNJ
I haven't quite perfect the technique with the cat litter box, but I'm not giving up.
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posted on
05/09/2003 2:38:44 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Whoa! You gotta give me the link to the story behind the Viking kittens! When did these beloved denizens of FReeperdom get mixed up with a UK based garage band?
To: vannrox
An excavation in Orkney uncovered a 950AD Viking whalebone ironing board. . . . This was the beginning of the Ironing Age.
To: Incorrigible
I have no idea - but I did notice that the Zep song one seems to be gone.
To: Dog Gone
I would go right to the source and get rid of the cat ;-)
Just kidding cat lovers, honestly.
I don't know what's got into me today but I've been getting flamed left and right today.
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posted on
05/09/2003 2:50:00 PM PDT
by
MattinNJ
To: SoDak
So your saying its more of a "village people" thing.
Now I get it.
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posted on
05/09/2003 2:55:17 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(!)
To: Charles Henrickson
Aint it iron-ic!
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posted on
05/09/2003 2:57:33 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(!)
To: vannrox
Hand over the flaxen spritzer or I will chop your fool head off.
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:02:30 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: U S Army EOD
Blood makes excellent starch.But your clothes get all scabby.
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:03:06 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: vannrox
Origins of Curling revealed in Viking Graves!
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:03:41 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: vannrox
HOw many known tomb cairns in the Orkneys?
116?
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:05:20 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: vannrox
Musical interlude.
Oooooooooooh, I'm a viking and I'm OK.
I pillage all night and I iron all day.......
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:06:45 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: r9etb
..... too much starch in the underwear. That's where the Scots had the advantage.
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:07:19 PM PDT
by
Eala
(The Left at work: "We don't see it as a 'quota', we see it as a 'performance standard'.")
To: vannrox
But did they share their moose meat dipped in cheese fondue with the Scots?
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:08:09 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: vannrox
Uf da!
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:08:57 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: Eala
Or for more info, click
here :)
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:10:18 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: vannrox
Gotta love em.
They "were" our Overlords.
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posted on
05/09/2003 3:13:30 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(My dog turned to me and he said " Let's head back to Tennessee Jed!")
To: Chancellor Palpatine
So you're telling me that these Viking kittens existed before they ruled FR with an Iron ZOT!!!
Hmmmm. I wonder who was keen enough to visit the obscure English blogger and picked up the image?
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