day. No, not that football team with the stupid colors, the Vikings. See,
Monday was Columbus Day (Oh, yeah, to all of you who I didn't already say
this to: "Happy Belated Columbus Day!") We were talking about how he's got
his own day, but it's too bad that he wasn't the first guy to discover
America. Besides the Native Americans, of course, there were the Vikings.
So, this brings me to what I want to talk about. Now, when you see a metal
half-egg shape with big horns protruding from the top, what images are
conjured up in your mind? Probably power, crudeness, barbaricy (I think
that's a word...barbaric-->barbaricy? Well, just for clarification, it's
supposed to be from the word barbaric, not the study of being a hair cutter.
OK?) and it also stands for: (fanfare) doo doo do-do! Stupid Names.
You may ask yourself, Stupid names? Huh? What does that have to do with a
stupid looking helmet with garish antlers on top? Well, think about it. Who
do you think of when you hear the word Vikings (besides the football team
with the stupid colors)? Well, let's look at history. There's Ivan the
Terrible. Erik the Red. Cnut the Great. Sven the BiGuy. Now, I don't know
about you, but I wouldn't want to walk around with everyone calling me Mr.
Terrible, would you? And, as stupid as they are, how uncreative are these
names? Come on, if I was going to wear a stupid helmet, I wouldn't want a
stupid name to go with it.
Just think about that.
Happy Belated Columbus Day, again!
-Sarah the Rambler.
(Just so you know, yes, Cnut the Great was a real guy. Don't trust me? Look
here http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/vikings/cnutaut.html
Sven the BiGuy was my own creation. Maybe in the future there will be a web
page about him, too.)