Thursday, August 10, 2006

Scandimania

In those two Vinland sagas, the main North American sites visited by the Vikings are described briefly and given the Norse names of Helluland, Markland, Vinland, Leifsbudir, Straumfjord, and Hop.

—Jared Diamond, Collapse (New York: Penguin Books, 2005), 207.

Viking: shit we have discovered north america!

Other Viking: yeah there is helluland there

Viking: what do you think we should call this north american site

Other Viking: …

Viking: …

Other Viking: [Hops.]

FIN.

Yes, I know whose style I’m ripping off.

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