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Specialist290 Since: Jan, 2001
#1176: Oct 10th 2014 at 2:42:11 PM

So today I learned about a man named Siward, Earl of Northumbria, who like any good medieval lord had a fantastic (in both senses of the word) story for his ancestry — though where most men claim descent from gods and heroes, he chose a rather different approach...

Legendary material incorporated in the Vita et passio Waldevi comitis (or simply Vita Waldevi), the hagiographic biography of Siward's son Waltheof, states that Siward was the son of a Scandinavian earl named Bjorn and provides a genealogy claiming that he was the descendant of a polar bear, a commonplace piece of Germanic folklore.

edited 10th Oct '14 2:42:18 PM by Specialist290

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#1177: Oct 11th 2014 at 1:48:31 PM

Wanker.

The best part is the image illustrating the "wanker hand gesture".

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#1178: Oct 21st 2014 at 5:40:09 PM

I was lead by our Prison Riot page to the wikipedia page on San Pedro prison, the prison run by the inmates...

Elected leaders enforce the laws of the community, commonly through stabbing.

Old habits die hard.

CL Since: Apr, 2014
#1179: Oct 22nd 2014 at 6:04:14 PM

JM Productions:

In February 2008, a bukkake shoot directed by Jim Powers was subject to an armed robbery. An armed man held a gun to the head of production manager Johnny Thrust and demanded money. The shoot featured actress Ami Emerson eating 71 men's semen, which had been mixed into an omelet.

CL Since: Apr, 2014
#1180: Oct 25th 2014 at 7:05:16 AM

Not even Wikipedia can resist giving a birthday present, going by what's the current featured article.

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011
#1181: Nov 8th 2014 at 3:10:16 AM

The Doge meme has it's own page and they discuss it in a dry and analytical manner.

Rvdz Don't mock the shocker from in a bar, under the sea Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Don't mock the shocker
#1184: Nov 30th 2014 at 1:32:25 PM

As a sweary Dutchman I found the article on Dutch Profanity hilarious. Especially the dry and factual way in which it's all written and the fact that most of them sound so silly when translated to English.

"A matennaaier (literally: "a buddy fucker") is somebody who has screwed over one or more of his friends. In other words, a Judas."

Sing the song of sixpence that goes burn the witch, we know where you live
Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#1185: Nov 30th 2014 at 2:35:34 PM

[up]I read that as "maneater".

Whoa oh, here she comes / Watch out boy, she'll lick you up / Whoa, oh, here she comes / She's an anteater...

MobileLeprechaun In Perpetual Finality from Grayrock, TX Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
In Perpetual Finality
#1187: Dec 4th 2014 at 3:13:42 PM

Yo, not to partial-necro, but dang, what's with all the disease-themed Dutch profanities? That's actually pretty hardcore.

make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019
sturmthedark World Arcana. from England Since: Aug, 2011
World Arcana.
#1188: Dec 9th 2014 at 3:45:26 PM

Binders full of women

"If someone asks you 'What is life?' it is like them asking 'What is a carrot?'; a carrot is a carrot, we know nothing more."
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
CL Since: Apr, 2014
#1190: Dec 20th 2014 at 12:48:31 PM

[up], [up][up] Let's just go all out.

Edit: Oh, and on Keyboard Cat - "Meme manager Ben Lashes manages them and Grumpy Cat and non-cat Scumbag Steve and Ridiculously Photogenic Guy".

edited 20th Dec '14 1:00:14 PM by CL

TheOneWhoTropes Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty from Newton-le-willows, quaint town Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty
#1191: Dec 30th 2014 at 3:22:10 PM

There's a horrible Norwegian swear-word (dating back to the Vikings) that translates as "Raven-Starver", implying someone should be dead already.

Keeper of The Celestial Flame
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#1192: Dec 30th 2014 at 3:44:37 PM

I like that one and will use it in future.

A brighter future for a darker age.
Elva Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#1193: Dec 30th 2014 at 3:47:23 PM

What is the original word in Norwegian, or Norse?

SmytheOrdo Wide Eyed Wonderman from In The Mountains Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Wide Eyed Wonderman
#1195: Jan 24th 2015 at 10:39:43 PM

[up]O_o

David Bowie 1947-2016
DrFurball Two-bit blockhead from The House of the Rising Sun Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Two-bit blockhead
MrLavisherMoot dizzy from So'ton, Hants Since: May, 2014
Sebbymoran (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1198: Feb 14th 2015 at 12:00:06 PM

I already knew that it was a thing.

MrLavisherMoot dizzy from So'ton, Hants Since: May, 2014
dizzy
#1199: Feb 15th 2015 at 5:21:44 AM

It's the existence of the article itself I'm surprised by.

simple as
Elva Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#1200: Feb 15th 2015 at 5:37:57 AM

But why wouldn't there be an article?


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