King of Norway's personal soldiers hid under beds when his distress alarm sounded

Daily Mail ^ | 15th April 2011

[george76]

When the King of Norway's personal guards heard an emergency alarm earlier this week, rather than rushing to the aid of their ruler at the Royal Palace, they hid under their beds.

The distress alarm is sounded to warn the King's Guard that a member of the royal family is in danger.

But instead of running from their barracks to the nearby Royal Palace, some of the men hid under their beds and in the bathroom so they wouldn't have to report for duty.

Luckily the alarm was just an emergency drill - but the royal guards did not know this.

[Joe 6-pack]

She has some serious “man hands”.

[blueunicorn6]

Yeah, but when they found them, they were hiding under the Princess’s bed. A couple were under the Prince’s bed, but hey, those scandinavians are pretty liberal.

[Atlas Sneezed]

THE ENGLISH are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

THE SCOTS have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

THE FRENCH government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.

ITALY has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”

THE GERMANS have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”

BELGIANS, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

THE SPANISH are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

AUSTRALIA , meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be alright, Mate.” Three more escalation levels remain: “Crikey!”, “I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend,” and “The barbie is cancelled.”

FINALLY, CANADA is at “That’s not nice and please stop” threat level, and has passed a bill in the House of Commons to never raise the level any higher so not to offend the terrorists.

[jla]

You’ve “some serious” ignorance.

[riri]

That is hilarious!

[Nik Naym]

“Highlandmen don’t bother wi’ all that. You mess with them, they just kill you. “

I don’t know if I’ve ever met any and I think I like them already!

[Joe 6-pack]

"You’ve “some serious” ignorance."

Probably take some fists like hers to beat it out of me ;-)

[AnAmericanMother]

The last aboriginal warrior tribe in Europe.

The wild Highland charge in the old days was something that everybody was quite justifiably afraid of. The completely outnumbered and exhausted Highland Army just about broke the British left at Culloden.

My dad, a good old boy from Rome GA, served in WWII in Italy with the 79th Cameron Highlanders (one of the old Highland regiments that has been amalgamated out of existence).

He said they were as nice and polite as anybody could be, but if anybody messed with them "they just kicked his @$$ up around his neck." He thought they were the bravest soldiers in the world (braver even than the Italians, who were individually extremely brave, just poorly led and supplied.)

[Kurt_Hectic]

That was just too funny LOL

[nina0113]

I am SO stealing that. Thanks!

[CholeraJoe]

Napoleon learned not to mess with the Scots at Waterloo:

As did the Russians at Balaclava:

Big men on big gray horses with long straight sabers.

[Eurotwit]

Is it safe to come out from underneath the bed now?

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 4/15/2011. Thanks george76.

[grey_whiskers]

Like 007, you're a linguist.

A very cunning one.

Cheers!