Humor - You Know You're a Viking When...

If bartenders keep asking you, "What's mead?", you might be a Viking.

If you rate your new cars in oarpower instead of horsepower, you might be a Viking.

If a strange, very big red-headed man shows up for dinner and eats you out of house and home, you might be a Viking.

If you consider beer and herring a gourmet meal, you might be a Viking.

If your new girlfriend is dismayed to find that you've given a personal name to each one of your kitchen knives, you might be a Viking.

If you think that attacking and looting small towns is a good way to meet people, you might be a Viking.

If, after reciting your family lineage and history, you find that your friends all left two hours ago, you might be a Viking.

If you think that Helga, Gertruda and Snotra are really very pretty names for girls, you might be a Viking.

If you've changed your name from Joe Schmit to Hralfnkel Niflgrimsson, you are probably a Viking.

If modern-day piracy off the Florida coast sounds to you like a good career opportunity....you might be a Viking.

If you think that Old Norse is an easy-to-learn, attractive and user-friendly language, you might be a Viking.

If your idea of heavy spices are salt and pepper, you might be a Viking.

If you wave a spear over the visiting basketball team and offer their souls to Odinn, you might be a Viking.

If you think that a trip to Iowa is an exotic adventure, you might be a very brave Viking.

If you finish your European vacation with more money than when you started, you might very well be a Viking.

Contributed by: Blackjack Flint
Monday, March 24, 2003

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