>Reparations??? NEVER! My ancestors would be rolling over in their graves... :o)
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>>Now see, you were smiling when you said that <g> It is almost enough to make me soften my demands for reparations for Viking atrocities ...
Well, I probably wouldn't be 6'2" and bald if one or two of my ancestresses hadn't rolled over for some Vikings <s>
Okay - Viking story. In late 1940 some Nazi officers who were part of the occupation force in Denmark were touring a museum and the Danish guide showed them the full scale Viking ship on display. One of the Nazis sniffed, "Hmmm, not much of a boat, is it?"
To which the Dane replied, "No sir, ... but *we* conquered England in them"
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