tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post2205418618776910535..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Uff Da! Viking BloodMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53917560674962844822012-02-22T01:10:51.034-08:002012-02-22T01:10:51.034-08:00Njal come back now, hear?Njal come back now, hear?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73038240254582944712012-02-21T22:11:27.573-08:002012-02-21T22:11:27.573-08:00I was going to leave a pithy comment, but as #50 i...I was going to leave a pithy comment, but as #50 in line, that would be beating a dead Norse.HumorSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385608006995986744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9071957207515506802012-02-21T17:49:18.580-08:002012-02-21T17:49:18.580-08:00Yah sure. Half of me wants PHC and the other half ...Yah sure. Half of me wants PHC and the other half thinks I should be reading Dickens. No wonder I just watch TV.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46837451510718241452012-02-21T17:48:10.932-08:002012-02-21T17:48:10.932-08:00Well, sure. Or at least the cool hats.Well, sure. Or at least the cool hats.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46067019394542631142012-02-20T15:01:52.172-08:002012-02-20T15:01:52.172-08:00Being half Norski reading this post has helped to ...Being half Norski reading this post has helped to make it clear why my favorite media venue is Prarie Home Companion.troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65236796518920909882012-02-19T19:16:03.729-08:002012-02-19T19:16:03.729-08:00Well that just sounds too cool - in literal and fi...Well that just sounds too cool - in literal and figurative senses, particularly if kept to the romance of fiction. Do you really wish for vikings in North Dakota?John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16173999062922517572012-02-19T17:11:32.943-08:002012-02-19T17:11:32.943-08:00Especially if the wrestling arm was around a certa...Especially if the wrestling arm was around a certain neck.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51409530386054430742012-02-19T17:11:00.093-08:002012-02-19T17:11:00.093-08:00Maybe they could play Words With Friends.Maybe they could play Words With Friends.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78401527833842782062012-02-19T17:09:46.151-08:002012-02-19T17:09:46.151-08:00"Cleavees." [snicker]"Cleavees." [snicker]Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72052150332655067312012-02-19T13:11:08.634-08:002012-02-19T13:11:08.634-08:00Hey Murr! It's true - those who go to war real...Hey Murr! It's true - those who go to war really shouldn't ask anyone to fight it for them. Some arm-wrestling in Berlin in 1939 could have prevented the Second World War. IndigoIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33204059742325257682012-02-18T15:27:22.955-08:002012-02-18T15:27:22.955-08:00Your last line was a triumph. A war-stopper. If on...Your last line was a triumph. A war-stopper. If only we could send out one warrior, the most verbal one, from each side, just when they are pronouncing why we/they should do what we/they want us to do. A debate to be held on the battlefield. And the winner goes home to beige food and a beige life, while the thousands of young men go on live without PTSS.shaatzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45625502861703422862012-02-18T14:20:51.706-08:002012-02-18T14:20:51.706-08:00The Highland Scots have some complicated New Year&...The Highland Scots have some complicated New Year's Eve rituals involving going widdershins around the house, blessing the animals, etc., called Hogmanay. One of the stricter rules involves the First Footer, the first man to cross your threshold in the new year. It must never be a blond, blue-eyed man or bad luck will follow. Well, duh, of course not! Was a time when it would have been Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68820052915276052842012-02-18T13:20:38.413-08:002012-02-18T13:20:38.413-08:00Whack-A-Molester!Whack-A-Molester!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26332380772887538272012-02-18T13:18:44.900-08:002012-02-18T13:18:44.900-08:00I remember reading about Fionn mac Cumhaill, known...I remember reading about Fionn mac Cumhaill, known as Finn McCool. One story had him, still a baby, in a big fight with a bad guy. Baby Finn ended up hammering the evildoer into the ground like a tent peg! Yeah!AnnieShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141151995069029743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58317719525002467782012-02-18T10:06:46.740-08:002012-02-18T10:06:46.740-08:00It says it should be served in a "dimpled mug...It says it should be served in a "dimpled mug." That sounds precious.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38136041619061922862012-02-18T10:06:17.861-08:002012-02-18T10:06:17.861-08:00It's due for a comeback. "Ulf" is ki...It's due for a comeback. "Ulf" is kind of sweet, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32250868754950836582012-02-18T10:05:49.821-08:002012-02-18T10:05:49.821-08:00"Killer" line! I get it! Thanks."Killer" line! I get it! Thanks.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74056027156775781312012-02-18T10:05:07.235-08:002012-02-18T10:05:07.235-08:00Challenge away! I don't always think while I t...Challenge away! I don't always think while I type, myself, but it's a good thing, I hear. I definitely find the berserkers more interesting, as long as they remain fictional. I think sexual fantasies work the same way.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44294034005101955422012-02-18T10:03:22.207-08:002012-02-18T10:03:22.207-08:00Especially the pizza.Especially the pizza.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45658094384891812602012-02-18T10:02:23.749-08:002012-02-18T10:02:23.749-08:00Even the coffee is sort of beige.Even the coffee is sort of beige.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58929261860151338182012-02-18T08:58:02.340-08:002012-02-18T08:58:02.340-08:00every good Norwegian deserves a beer
http://www....every good Norwegian deserves a beer<br /><br /><br />http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/new-glarus-uff-da-bock/7468/128878/okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87304057081488060772012-02-18T05:59:43.583-08:002012-02-18T05:59:43.583-08:00"As a people, they could use some horseradish..."As a people, they could use some horseradish." is my favorite line. <br /><br />Your ending punch was brilliant.<br /><br />I'd love to name someone Brynjolf.Chantelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324845550553743658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84343241690643381452012-02-18T05:57:20.482-08:002012-02-18T05:57:20.482-08:00"They did not shrivel and die; they were clov..."They did not shrivel and die; they were cloven down the middle, landing east and west at once."<br /><br />That was a killer line...loved it.<br /><br />My family and I were from Scotland originally and figure much of that "Braveheart" face-painting and axe-weilding came from being overrun by the Romans from the south and the vikings from the north (and the English got what Alan W. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067022519729701245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17494994750344688772012-02-17T21:33:43.115-08:002012-02-17T21:33:43.115-08:00I remain enamored of your writing ability. And, we...I remain enamored of your writing ability. And, well, you. Here's the thing, though: your post, all the way 'til the end, finds its energy and excitement when you're writing about those crazy, uncontrolled characters that you read about as a kid. You are still in their thrall. Then, when you close with a feeling that it would be nice to excise the violence and breed ourselves into theJocelynhttp://omightycrisis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1539966606627465742012-02-17T17:35:02.355-08:002012-02-17T17:35:02.355-08:00Of course, it was the cold. Not much to do in the...Of course, it was the cold. Not much to do in the old country during the winter but hack and slay each other as penis petit is all the standard at -30 below zero. Unlike their more southern cousins, the Romans, who hacked and slayed for sport while sported names like Biggus Dickus. And, the difference carries over into their personalities. Who could be gaudier and louder than the pizza eatingMr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.com