Those old timey Vikings
were one tough bunch.
They learned how to pillage and kill at a young age.
And man, did Vikings ever get around!
Vikings had their softer side too, I suppose.
Yes, kittens.
Bloodthirsty berserker Viking kittens.
Vikings were farmers like everyone else.
Kind of.
Thanks to the pandemic, however,
Vikings are making a big comeback today.
dramatically changed as well.
Now they're just tourists,
like everyone else.
I have been very remiss about visiting blogs this week - blame it on pandemic blues - but I've caught up with yours now.
ReplyDeleteI think I must have got used to new blogger for most of the time.
You see that was what was wrong with my social distancing stick - it didn't have a sharp metal pointy end. I shall have to make adjustments.
Cute, very cute.
ReplyDeleteI need that Social Distancing Spear!!
ReplyDeleteThorBob!!?!?!?!
Bloody Vikings! I do think that most people simply don't know history very well. I think you do! One can still have humor though! (Now whenever I hear an ad for Viking River Cruises, I will giggle and my hubby will wonder why!)
ReplyDeletethat dude folding laundry looks NOTHING like a fierce viking. wait til spo sees this post! and what does HRH think about the viking cats?
ReplyDeleteFact check: Those tourists on "viking cruises" do in fact loot the towns and monasteries. Sweet story about brides receiving kittens, but wasn't that the wedding night meal? (Ew, that made me cringe.)
ReplyDeleteGive me good viking funnies any day. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteMy Viking ancestors gave a grunt of acknowledgement to the above!
ReplyDeleteFascinating that Buddha travelled all that way. I wonder if the vikings did yoga as well?
ReplyDeleteThe original reason humans domesticated cats was that they're useful for keeping rodents away from food supplies. So a kitten would be a very practical gift for setting up a new household.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to loot and pillage, get a job in the venture capital industry. They're really boring dressers compared to Vikings, though.
Love those damned Vikings! From a distance, obvs.
ReplyDeleteI think the gift of a kitten is especially poignant. A baby killing machine, aww!
Great memes, as usual!
Oh sure. Those ravens are not disease vectors for CORVID-19? Tell me another one.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were posting Fake Memes with that Buddha statue one, but apparently it's true.
Perhaps the lesson is that Buddhists got around. Or that traders in Eurasia got around in general. From that restaurant photo, it looks like the Vikings discovered Italy also.
ReplyDelete--Jim
I think I've seen that Viking guy, Thorbob. He was last seen in La Grange here in Texas getting his horns curled or something like that. I'm sure the ladies like him lots.
ReplyDeleteThere are numerous myths surrounding the Vikings - one of them being that they had horns on their helmets!!! But they didn't.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the giggles this morning!
ReplyDeletePS ~ Great use of Led Zepplin lyrics!
ReplyDeleteJust so happy! Ancestry.com recently revised my pie chart, showing less Irish and more Scandinavian. At first I was sad, but this post made me glad. Onward with Odin.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that you found so many memes about Vikings. :D
ReplyDeleteBilbo posted a good Viking joke on FB. Actually, it's a really bad pun. If you can get to it, it's ... https://www.facebook.com/bill.bordas/posts/10219200457625455
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you can't see it and I'll copy it and post it on my blog.
Much love, c.
ReplyDeleteLook at the ship's sail in the final meme. Viking pride!
ReplyDeleteThorbob...validated name.
ReplyDeleteAccording to NOVA, Vikings were so enamoured with orange striped cats that they brought them back to Scandinavia from the Middle East. Vikings also carried one or two orange cats on each of their ships because they were considered good luck. Given the appearance of the orange beserker kittens in today's post, they could easily have fought alongside their red-bearded Viking mates! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnd Odin's Social Distancing Spear = a sharpened hockey stick.
Like always your post are the bomb
ReplyDeleteThat beard in the first photo looks as if it could hold an entire Viking meal.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Thanks to Greg Proops and his podcast, every time I read or hear the word Vikings that Led Zeppelin song starts jamming through my brain. Aaaaah Ah Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh....AH!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you didn't mean for this to be an educational post, but I've learned a lot. I DO want to be like Odin. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou know how to till if a viking is a merchant or a raider? Merchant, if you are armed.
ReplyDeleteActually, Viking was a profession, not a culture of ethnic group. But yeah, Vikings are cool.
ReplyDeleteoh this made the day for me. I too don't give tuppence about the accuracy of the 'horned helmet' wearing one is one of life's greatest pleasures.
ReplyDeleteMike sent me - and I am v grateful to him and to you.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks.
Our cat Jazz is definitely a berserker. He doesn't bother with a helmet though.
FWIW : the word vík means inlet or cove, so Vikings were just people who lived around inlets or coves.
ReplyDeleteRethestory about brides receiving kittens, but wasn't that the wedding night meal? No, on the wedding night they ate pussy ;-)
The Viking cats parody song will stay with me for ages. Thank you for that, Debra. I mean it.
ReplyDeleteMy husband watches the Vikings show.. they are brutal!
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeleteI've been watching some episodes of this Netflix series and the Vikings there are dreamy. Rough but dreamy.
Now, the idea that they gave brides kitties is soooo cute!
XOXO
Just the laughs I needed to brighten my day, Debra! Such a cute kitty wedding gift ~ That must be an essential household item for catching mice and rats!
ReplyDeleteIt takes a child to raze a village. Made my day
ReplyDeletehaha
ReplyDeletei am still laughing on Buddha joke lol
i loved watching viking show on netflix dear Debra ,despite of all the bloodshed they were humans with all humanly stuff though their tools and ways were according to their times they lived in ,other wise no difference at all
Yey! The post I've been waiting for. I'm just catching up so sorry for the late comments. Skal!
ReplyDeleteI love the cats!!! Big Hugs Deb!
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