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Post by kjlsnicket29 on May 11, 2004 16:53:27 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to kill Emma?*sob,sob* I'm really small. I could fit in a bird cage. I'm not claustrophobic.
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Post by Tullae on May 12, 2004 8:13:41 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to kill Emma?*sob,sob* I'm really small. I could fit in a bird cage. I'm not claustrophobic. It sounds to me that perhaps being in a bird cage is where you would prefer to be just now. I have a nice old dusty one in my attic. I could get it for you if you wish. The way Olaf puts people in bird cages, it is not only the claustrophobes who must cringe. It is also the agoraphobic people and the acrophobic people and the iophobic people and the ornithophobic people and the osphresiophobic people that must be especially wary of being put in a cage by Olaf. |
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on May 12, 2004 17:34:43 GMT -5
All those phobias...if you could get a definition for them for me, please?
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Post by Tullae on May 13, 2004 4:11:30 GMT -5
Agoraphobia is fear of open spaces and being alone in open spaces.
Acrophobia is fear of heights.
Iophobia is fear of iron.
Ornithophobia is fear of birds.
Osphresiophobia is fear of body odor.
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Post by Tullae on May 13, 2004 4:12:00 GMT -5
St. Olaf (King Olaf II) is the patron Saint of Norway. He was around from 995 to 1030. He was the son of King Olaf I and went to school in England to learn how to lead in both battle and peace time. He was the second ruler to unify Norway as a state (Norway didn't exist then... It was just a collection of provinces in Scandinavia, all at war with each other and raiding into surrounding lands. In fact, if you were in the middle of nowhere 1020 years ago, it might have been Norway. You wouldn't know unless you were near the fjords.) He brought in Christianity and what not (I think they were much better off with Norse Gods. Odin is da bomb! I'm going to sacrifice my brother to him later.) to the area (he wasn't the first to try, but he's the one who made it stick).
He died in battle in 1030 and one of the guys who killed him went back to bury him and was miraculously healed when the dead king's blood touched his wounds. He ran off to his superiors and was all like "OMGWTF! We killz0rzed a h0ly man!!!!!!!!11111111111111one1eleven" So they took his corpse off to the cathedral that his dad built and buried him there and then they built another cathedral on top of it in 1070 because the place was becoming such a huge tourist attraction what with all the people making pilgrimages to see this guy's grave (even more so since a healing spring sprung from the place he was killed), and because King Olaf III Kyrre said so. That cathedral is still there today at Trondheim (which was called Nidaros back when all this was going on).
Naturally, when the Norwegieans migrated to Minnesota, they would name a thing or two after the patron saint of their country.
Thus, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A..
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Post by negativenine on May 13, 2004 17:56:22 GMT -5
He brought Christianity to Norway, eh? So maybe THAT'S why DH put him as the villain (Danny's Jewish). But honestly, I see very little in there to connect him with ASOlaf.
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