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Post by gidave282 on Apr 20, 2004 15:57:24 GMT -5
K, well I was reading a Viking book and it mentions Olaf Haraldsson was a christianity freak ( more than likely the reason for him being a count) and if someone wouldn't become a christian he would BURN THEIR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Dave on Apr 20, 2004 18:12:25 GMT -5
K, well I was reading a Viking book and it mentions Olaf Haraldsson was a christianity freak ( more than likely the reason for him being a count) and if someone wouldn't become a christian he would BURN THEIR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Offence, but Olaf is a very common name. There is no way it has anything to do with Count Olaf. |
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on Apr 20, 2004 18:45:20 GMT -5
Oh, cmon, OLAF IS NOT A COMMON NAME YOU SEE EVERY DAY!Cmon...well, it was an interesting find..
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Post by DetectiveDupin on Apr 21, 2004 11:49:19 GMT -5
Olaf is not a common name...and this is very interesting. It has never been posted before. *clap*
That must be where Snicket got the idea of the name...very good!
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Post by JeromeSqualor on Apr 21, 2004 12:29:35 GMT -5
Which member said Olaf was a common name? I agree... I must have at least met 17 or 18 Olafs in my life, have not all of you?
I don't think he is a viking... But that is where LS probably got the name...
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Post by The Amazing...Spider-Man! on Apr 22, 2004 16:32:37 GMT -5
LS probably got the idea from him except the christian part
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Post by Sora on Apr 23, 2004 0:09:56 GMT -5
This thread is hilarious. The title had me cracking up. Personally though, I think you are on the right track. Hard to picture Olaf in full armour speaking scottish..., oh well.
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on Apr 23, 2004 17:48:26 GMT -5
Yeah...that does look funny when you picture it...wow, scottish...ok, that's just too funny. I think he is on the right track to, personally, I mean, that must be where he got the name, or the idea of Olaf.
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Post by Antenora on Apr 23, 2004 19:09:41 GMT -5
I for one love the image of Olaf dressed in furs and a horned helmet, wielding a spiked mace and sacking little villages. Afterwards, he'd burn the towns and then go back to the Viking dragon ships and drink lots of mead. I can certainly imagine Olaf acting like a vicious Viking. There were Vikings named Olaf, including one called Olaf The Peacock, because he was self-obsessed. Sound familiar?
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Apr 23, 2004 21:25:02 GMT -5
Damn Gidave why did you start like ten of this same thread??  |
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Post by bryonj2255 on Apr 24, 2004 14:32:39 GMT -5
Ok, first of all, Scottish people speak English!  Second, Vikings are not Scottish, they are Norse.(Norwegian) |
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Post by SlightlyMad on Apr 24, 2004 14:37:08 GMT -5
^Smart Person
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Post by gidave282 on Apr 28, 2004 12:42:35 GMT -5
I only posted two of them dang
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