I had a viking avatar for a long time but I can’t find it.
That’s probably because the Swede vikings traveled more to the east through Russia to Byzantium. Since the Danes and Norwegians liked to pillage western Europe and settled Iceland and Greenland, it’s gotten more attention in western history books.
This guy from Uppsala told me all the really tough Swedes were off with Gustavus Adolphus in the 17th century while the less tough stayed home thereby weakening the gene pool. Apparently he was making excuses for himself.
Okay, you guys have awakened my ancestral blood; I must assume my true identity (avatar).
There! We are all Scandahoovian brothers! Praise be to Odin!
There’s only one problem. My Irish ancestral blood had managed to keep my Viking blood at bay. But now they are entering into the age-old battle.
Damn, I’d hoped to avoid this… there’ll be blood-shed. :roll:
That cause we had to compensate for the mistake during the middle ages when all the
tall, strong, blond and handsome Vikings stayed home and the ones we sent out all
looked like this:
For small countries like us it is important to spread our gene pool