# Does this mean that she is the true and rightful king? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461 "2018-10-04T23:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/1 "2018-10-04T23:50:30Z")
From the BBC: [Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45753455) On the other hand: > [@](#): > > Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/2 "2018-10-04T23:54:55Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb and say yes. Now, that makes her the kind of _England_, mind you, not the king of Sweden. Gotta be careful about such things. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/3 "2018-10-05T00:01:33Z")
A viking’s a viking, whether they come from England, Normandy or Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/4 "2018-10-05T00:07:37Z")
Yea, verily, in generations yet to come the bards shall sing of her mighty deeds in _The Saga of Saga!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/5 "2018-10-05T00:17:36Z")
_I_ didn’t vote for her! ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/6 "2018-10-05T00:41:40Z")
She’s not my King. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/7 "2018-10-05T00:48:18Z")
Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/8 "2018-10-05T01:03:24Z")
I need to know what Viking threw his sword in the water. The polluter. He shoulda recycled.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/9 "2018-10-05T01:04:25Z")
So [that’s two](https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/the-king-arthur-sword-not-443411). Two or three more amd there will be enough for a manga series! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/10 "2018-10-05T06:14:03Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Yea, verily, in generations yet to come the bards shall sing of her mighty deeds in _The Saga of Saga!_ My God, the girl’s name is Saga. That’s so . . . epic! It’s as epic as if there were an English kid named Epic and she did something out of an epic. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/11 "2018-10-05T12:47:05Z")
Get back to me when she pulls it out of a stone. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/12 "2018-10-05T12:52:46Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > A viking’s a viking, whether they come from England, Normandy or Sweden. A Viking’s a Viking, no matter how small … –_Horton Hears a Viking_ by Dr. Seuss ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/13 "2018-10-05T13:11:42Z")
From [here](https://www.thelocal.se/20181004/eight-year-old-swedish-girl-pulls-1000-year-old-sword-from-lake): “Saga confirmed to The Local that the only person she told was her best friend, who she really trusts. Thursday was the first day she could reveal her story to her classmates, and her teacher threw a party to celebrate, handing out ice creams and showing Saga’s TV and radio interviews to the class.” There you go bringing class into it again. Note she’s Swedish-American. So, queen of the USofA? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/14 "2018-10-05T13:14:14Z")
If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/15 "2018-10-05T13:35:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note she’s Swedish-American. So, queen of the USofA? And a Minnesota Viking to boot! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/16 "2018-10-05T15:55:16Z")
Fake. Had that been a true viking sword, the girl would have immediately slain her father and brother, pillaged the nearest village and began an unholy campaign of carnage and terror. Oh, and building a throne of skulls. ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/17 "2018-10-05T16:22:23Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > From [here](https://www.thelocal.se/20181004/eight-year-old-swedish-girl-pulls-1000-year-old-sword-from-lake): “Saga confirmed to The Local that the only person she told was her best friend, who she really trusts. Thursday was the first day she could reveal her story to her classmates, and her teacher threw a party to celebrate, handing out ice creams and showing Saga’s TV and radio interviews to the class.” > > There you go bringing class into it again. > > Note she’s Swedish-American. So, queen of the USofA? Hey, it would be cool to have a Queen. I’d vote for her. Do you think that she could call together the Senate and demand we have a new government? If so, I’d vote for her twice. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/18 "2018-10-05T16:24:22Z")
If she pulled it out of the lake, doesn’t that make her the moistened bint? So she has to lob it at the king, who is distinguished by the fact that he hasn’t got shit all over him. And that his mother smelled of elderberries, etc. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/19 "2018-10-05T16:30:52Z")
Simmer down on the Viking jokes. It’s _pre_-Viking. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461/20 "2018-10-05T17:02:56Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Simmer down on the Viking jokes. It’s _pre_-Viking. Eh, the main difference between a [Migration Era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period) [Geat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geats) and a viking was…ummm…uhhh…really not all that much ;). Super-cool find. Saga has got quite the story and a lifetime of jokes ahead of her :D. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-mean-that-she-is-the-true-and-rightful-king/822461.md?page=2)