The Thread

[Mynok]

God forbid one should mistake either for a Finn. [:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Dalsland, Värmland and Jämtland are in Sweden, you know...

A sure-fire way to get on a Dane's bad side is to mistake him for a Swede, and vice-versa.

I did not know this. If you do that, does it cause a Dane to "snap" [X(]

I suppose that is a little like calling a Texan a Southerner.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

I did not know this. If you do that, does it cause a Dane to "snap" [X(]

Yes, we snap, and mutilate you heavily with our viciously barbed sense of humour.

Well, I will... Others might jump up and down on your head, or inflict uncountable stab wounds on your torso and neck.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Dalsland, Värmland and Jämtland are in Sweden, you know...

A sure-fire way to get on a Dane's bad side is to mistake him for a Swede, and vice-versa.

This was an account of the "Great Northern War" 1700 - 1721 - "even called, “The Great Discord!" The most legendary, the most debated, criticized, admired, analyzed and longest of all of Sweden's wars. In spite of the fact that the war only amounts to a semicolon in World History, the literature on it fills meters of shelves."

[DuckofTindalos]

Yeah well, there's been animosity of some level or other between Denmark and Sweden for many centuries. We've fought several wars, and one of our two national anthems devotes an entire verse to how much we dislike the Swedes.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Dalsland, Värmland and Jämtland are in Sweden, you know...

A sure-fire way to get on a Dane's bad side is to mistake him for a Swede, and vice-versa.

Ah - did not need to imply they WERE in Denmark... but search engines dredge up strange results (i plugged in Luxembourg Invades Denmark)... i just thought the composition of the Royal Forces was - strange.

This also came up a little later in the war (and you think YOU have logistics problems):

"Armfelt's Jämtland Army does not begin to withdraw until the first of the year and is caught in a snowstorm. 80% of its main force freezes to death or dies of frostbite."

[DuckofTindalos]

Strictly speaking, they were in Denmark, since Denmark owned Norway at the time...

[Mynok]

"Armfelt's Jämtland Army does not begin to withdraw until the first of the year and is caught in a snowstorm. 80% of its main force freezes to death or dies of frostbite."

So 8 guys died? [:D]

[Mynok]

Denmark owned Norway at the time...

Keep an eye out for PzB......Norwegians can get testy too...... [:D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Strictly speaking, they were in Denmark, since Denmark owned Norway at the time...

Not being familiar with the war - i assume that Sweden managed to grab Dalsland, Värmland and Jämtland at some point. i started reading the account, but it was confusing without maps...

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

"Armfelt's Jämtland Army does not begin to withdraw until the first of the year and is caught in a snowstorm. 80% of its main force freezes to death or dies of frostbite."

So 8 guys died? [:D]

[:D] [:D] [:D]

i'm not sure - i am still unclear who had the orchestra, jester, Luxemburg dwarf and the Turkish dancing girls, and if they were considered part of the army or not... [:'(]

[DuckofTindalos]

Sweden owned those three places the whole time. What I meant was that the Swedes invaded Norway (i.e. Denmark) from there.

Some of the more nationalistic Norwegians still dislike Denmark for what they call "The Night of 500 years".[X(]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Sweden owned those three places the whole time. What I meant was that the Swedes invaded Norway (i.e. Denmark) from there.

Some of the more nationalistic Norwegians still dislike Denmark for what they call "The Night of 500 years".[X(]

i hesistate to ask, but how do you get on with PzB??

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

i was trying to look up if Luxembourg ever did invade Denmark, and ran across this:

"The second Norwegian campaign. Three columns from Dalsland, Värmland and Jämt­land attack Norway. Included in the Royal court in the field is among other things a court orchestra under the direction of Johan Jacob Bach (the brother of Johan Sebastian), a court jester, the midget Luxemburg and a number of Turkish belly dancers."

i suspect fabertong was in charge... [X(] [:'(]

Turkish belly dancers eh? Someone posted a page yesterday(?) about the car accidents and after rooting around there a bit found a 40+ minute belly dancer video.[X(] I watched about 5 minutes of it last night and was mesmerized.[:)] I had to turn it off, but unfortunately my wife had already gone to sleep.[:(]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

i was trying to look up if Luxembourg ever did invade Denmark, and ran across this:

"The second Norwegian campaign. Three columns from Dalsland, Värmland and Jämt­land attack Norway. Included in the Royal court in the field is among other things a court orchestra under the direction of Johan Jacob Bach (the brother of Johan Sebastian), a court jester, the midget Luxemburg and a number of Turkish belly dancers."

i suspect fabertong was in charge... [X(] [:'(]

Turkish belly dancers eh? Someone posted a page yesterday(?) about the car accidents and after rooting around there a bit found a 40+ minute belly dancer video.[X(] I watched about 5 minutes of it last night and was mesmerized.[:)] I had to turn it off, but unfortunately my wife had already gone to sleep.[:(]

Durn - all i found was some stuff about snow and a card trick...

[Mike Solli]

Try this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1476639527

[rtrapasso]

Well, i best not watch that at work, but one of the same page is mildly amusing...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3687836884

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Well, i best not watch that at work, but one of the same page is mildly amusing...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3687836884

That was great. I'm here alone and blared it. [:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


God forbid one should mistake either for a Finn. [:D]

Starts whistling

"We got Finns to the left
Finns to the right
and your the only bait in town."

[DuckofTindalos]

Now that's just plain silly, is what that is...[;)]