tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post7203211312580582126..comments2024-01-18T05:53:34.390-05:00Comments on Austanspace: Why Not the Scandihoovians?Austanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-8129061925066459292012-07-19T21:20:51.042-04:002012-07-19T21:20:51.042-04:00Susan- The Scots bits in my family came from Belgi...Susan- The Scots bits in my family came from Belgium a thousand years ago, and who knows where before that. Really, you look like part of my family, you'd fit right in! 2 of my brothers were/are light-haired and blue-eyed. There's one pic of a great-grandfather where all of us look related to him moreso than to each other.Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-51223504069617001702012-07-19T21:15:53.150-04:002012-07-19T21:15:53.150-04:00TSB- Hahahahahah! All true!TSB- Hahahahahah! All true!Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-23156042052356946582012-07-19T13:45:14.728-04:002012-07-19T13:45:14.728-04:00I thought parts of that video were kinda funny. Li...I thought parts of that video were kinda funny. Like it tickled me when the lady was putting sardines into the can and rolling the top back over them. And some of the stuff about the people wearing skis... like the two passing on the stairway, and the crowd trying to get onto the bus. But what I liked best were some of the comments made about the food... one, where he said it tasted and smelled like it was fixed in the Viking(!) era itself, and the other, in talking about the cheeses, he said they're as hard to translate as they are to eat. My maiden name (Flett) is Swedish in origin, so even though my father and his parents were born in Scotland, somewhere along the line, there's gotta be Swedish blood. Guess that explains why, in a family of mostly dark-haired, dark-eyed people, I ended up with light skin, hair, and eyes. (But nobody ever called ME Snow White.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-7022814728218835432012-07-19T03:21:22.078-04:002012-07-19T03:21:22.078-04:00Great.
The Scandanvians are almost as dour as the ...Great.<br />The Scandanvians are almost as dour as the Scots.<br /><br />PS. The Finns are much, much worse...they're not just depressed, they're paranoid and xenophobic AND depressed.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-59938775748612297932012-07-19T00:54:38.087-04:002012-07-19T00:54:38.087-04:00Boo- See, we're family! :)
Oh hallelujah it&#...Boo- See, we're family! :) <br />Oh hallelujah it's cooled off tonight. Two full days of red alerts about severe storms that never showed. I could sit there and say, "It may rain" and make 100k a year, too. Useless gits.Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-47097419828097662442012-07-17T22:03:01.682-04:002012-07-17T22:03:01.682-04:00I used to get called Snow White, as a teen, Laura!...I used to get called Snow White, as a teen, Laura! How funny. I think my roots stem from some sort of German Viking(!). Also, can not stand to waste money or food and have a bad temper at times. ;) Okay, I will have to watch this tomorrow. I am melting under my laptop as I try to catch up here. Mind over matter, mind over matter. :)CarrieBoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760105674950918729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-78593230073122922322012-07-17T10:36:04.692-04:002012-07-17T10:36:04.692-04:00Lawless- I think dealing with the heat is just min...Lawless- I think dealing with the heat is just mind over matter. Ever since AC we've been programmed to only function with it, forgetting that we survived just fine in the days before it. I understand the real need for it in certain places but I live in a fairly rural area in town. It's healthy to sweat a bit!<br /><br />Stevil- Hahahaha! My first nickname in grammar school was Snow White. And that was among an Irish and Scandinavian bunch...Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-7363776637562724082012-07-17T07:52:30.997-04:002012-07-17T07:52:30.997-04:00To Arleen of "Starting Over..."
Many ye...To Arleen of "Starting Over..."<br /><br />Many years ago now, I had a friend who was so completely albino that he envied Caspar the Ghost for having better color. Laura is so pale she makes him look tan.sdt (a.k.a. stevil)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08152044046649899476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-31520793690662455642012-07-17T06:44:14.222-04:002012-07-17T06:44:14.222-04:00Did you say drinking and grousing? That would app...Did you say drinking and grousing? That would apply to 75% of the population...we must ALL be Scandihoovian lol. How lovely to find your Nordic roots but that doesn't explain your ability to deal with extreme heat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-23199128887317895252012-07-17T01:36:31.985-04:002012-07-17T01:36:31.985-04:00Arleen- The Norwegians have the 17th of May and ye...Arleen- The Norwegians have the 17th of May and yes, parades, in the states anyway. There's always a longboat or two. The Swedes don't go for parades and such so much. They prefer sitting around drinking and grousing. Thise are the only Scandihoovians I know well.<br /><br />Geo- That it as it should be, for all non-Vikings!Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-64048522431125173102012-07-17T01:26:26.498-04:002012-07-17T01:26:26.498-04:00I, for one, have never written the word Viking! wi...I, for one, have never written the word Viking! without an exclamation mark. For plural, Vikings!!, I use two.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744889144101573638.post-22226282312024319352012-07-17T01:19:57.314-04:002012-07-17T01:19:57.314-04:00I have not met too many Scandinavians or Scandihoo...I have not met too many Scandinavians or Scandihoovians either. Do they have a parade? All important nationalities have parades. If they do, is Lief leading them down the street in a boat. I like boats. My ancestors came over here on boats also; they were always in steerage or below, if there is such a place. Some might have been pirates though.<br /><br />I bet my skin is paler than yours.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.com