I think Hermes fits me best. I only chose Thor because it is my racquetball alter ego (the racquette is my hammer. I know, you are all thinking “Dork.” And I plead guilty. My partner calls herself Xena.) Or maybe if there is a god of boring married guys in middle management…?
So maybe I will reapply Under a new name. Although, I haven’t seen Thorleiflur anywhere lately. I think you guys scared him off.
Thor wrote, among other things:
Or maybe if there is a god of boring married guys in middle management…?
Personally, I often invoke Marduk, which gets odd looks at meetings as everyone moves away…
Hey Thor, who says YOU get to vote on this?
Don’t worry, you can trust us to come up with something that is very dignified and tasteful. Like Red Ruffenthor. Or Flemming Ayniss.
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
Hunter Thompson
Another name for Thor??? Who gives a rat’s ass!!! Pick another character from the great pantheon of Marvel Superheroes. I think Sue Storm or Iron Man could whip that hammer jockey two out of three falls…
Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)
OK, guys, points taken. I guess I must have sat on a broom handle that day. I still think some of you got a little to worked up, but I sure didn’t mean to come across like an angry schoolmaster! I still think insults against ethnic groups are out of place anywhere, but looking back, I guess I missed the lightheartedness of most of it. I just don’t like to see people chased away–even if they deserve it; I’d rather see them “killed with kindness,” to use a cliche. (Not that that’s what I usually do. That’s just how I think you people should behave. ;))
PS–I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to respond. I lost my internet access recently, so I’m having to make do with the computers at the public library for now. (What a dork, I know.) I hope the relevant people are still hanging around to read this. 
For a good time, call Thorleifur:
800-BUTT-OF-KID
Sorry, I just couldn’t resist!
This was one of the funniest threads I have ever read, IMHO.
“[He] beat his fist down upon the table and hurt his hand and became so
further enraged… that he beat his fist down upon the table even harder and
hurt his hand some more.” – Joseph Heller’s Catch-22
<just to clear things up a bit; do not excuse spellig errors please, they are meant as an insult>
the discussion here seems to have gone from papabears intelligent question about exacly that in iceland to the point where gods are raping sheeps in america (notice the connection later)
if we connect the two together, that is those gods we are talking about and the countries of the world, i take for example 3 countries; iceland, england and amerika.
how do those countries talk about god(no mentinoning in sheeps here anyone?). Lets take england first, they are very modest: “god bless the queen”…no worries then for anybody else then. Iceland: “our god (or gods if you go back to the viking religion) bless our country”, pretty selfish yes, but we aren’t bothering anybody else. Amerika: “god bless amerika”…im not saying i belive in dog or anything, but according to numerous statistics over 95% of the human race does, and belive me 95% of the human race DOESN’T LIVE IN AMERIKA. (please tell me you could sense a bit of kindness in those words of mine, please…i would hate to think of hoe coming after me with his lightsabre). considering all im saying here tells me that america (95% of the population there anyway) belives in dog and that dog blesses everyone of them, exept for the whitehouse, which explains why it isnt dirty like the rest of the 95%.
…what?? no, i meant thats where dogs outhouse is.
bj0rn
bj0rn----
What???
I don’t know about Iceland, but in the US, “god” and “dog” are not synonyms.
please do not excuse my spelling errors, they are meant as an insult :o)
An insult to who? You?
If you’re going to post in the BBQ Pit, don’t go for subtlety.
do i really have to read between the lines for you? or are you saying that because you think i directed those words i said personally to you, and you have to turn them into some sort of joke to make you feel better. and if feeling better is all you want i suggest you get comfortable with the idea that there is intelligent life in iceland, backing that up with mans best friend the dog, he who blesses amerika. now if you understand that, you can consider yourself intelligent too, and one of the 5% who have independent ideas about their way of life
I don’t think that there are actually any people from Iceland on this thread. It appears that there is a random word generator spewing out replies.
all I have to say is: the purple dream of intelligent dog bilnds the tree with effortless sleeping sports…in Iceland.
I still think it would be child abuse to saw off a kitten’s arm.
-Quadell
No, bj0rn, I didn’t think your message was directed at me. As a matter of fact, I don’t know what it was about, because it was so filled with misspellings and gramatical errors.
You don’t have to worry about me feeling better or looking towards you to validate my intelligence, either. This is a friendly message board, not the end-all, be-all sum of existance. Your opinion has zero effect on my life.
Bj0rn said
“im not saying i belive in dog or anything, but according to numerous statistics over 95% of the human race does”
Hey Bj0rn,
Does this include the Koreans and Chinese who eat dogs? Would you consider this the highest form of dog worship? By the way, what exactly have your people been doing since they raped Papabear’s great, great, great, great, etc grandmother?
spelling error are meant as an insult, please do not excuse them
if you really think i was referring to the animal DOG then you should go see a vet.
and that thing about pababears g.g.g.g.g.grandmother, i do think he would be boring without that incident, he just wouldnt be pababear
you live an intelligent life, please hope everybody else does too! no need to mention the hell you would be going through if you were the only intelligent being on the planet
Hi folks, I’m new here and of course the first thing I had to do is read the BBQ pit. I’ve managed to refrain from any remarks so far, but I just can’t stand it any more.
#1: Quadell: kittens don’t have arms
#2: This bjorn person - is he/she/it for real? I’ve never met anyone before who has had a frontal lobotomy!
sosumi
Coosa: Not after all the child abuse that’s going on! Not to mention black coffee. The term “smegmavore” doesn’t begin to cover it.
-Quadell
“spelling error are meant as an insult, please do not excuse them”
Deliberate ignorance is less inexcusable than undeliberate ignorance. It must be so exciting living in a bleak place devoid of resources. “I deliberately call you Oaf instead of Olaf. Big insult, Ha, Ha. I am so clever!” By the way, exactly where in Siberia is Icleand located? See, I misspelled Ickland. Go see a druid.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Reading this thread over the last month and a half, it occurs to me that few of the people posting to this thread have any idea what the intent of my OP was. I was trying to point out to a poster (who has long since disappeared) how offensive his questions were to Americans by turning the tables and asking the same type of assanine questions in regard to his own country (Iceland).
The following links will take you to the threads I was reacting to:
http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000853.html
http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000854.html
There were a couple more OPs in this same vein, but I really don’t feel like trying to dig them up.
When I posted the OP to this thread, I expected, perhaps a few well reasoned comments about trolling and maybe bait Thorwhatsit into displaying his ignorance for all to see. I wasn’t disappointed in either of these regards. What I din’t expect was a bunch of rather offensive jokes about Iceland, people misreading my OP as an anti-Iceland tirade, or the emergence of two more FUCKING MORONS, who just happen to be from Iceland.
The title of this thread was a play on the title of one of the threads I was objecting to. I even put it in quotes. Imagine my surprise, when the three Yank-hating blithering idiots who responded were all Icelanders!
So know I ask specifically: Is there intelligent life in Iceland? Can somebody from that country PLEASE make one intelligent comment, just to negate the impression some of your dim-witted countrymen have left us with? Do all Icelanders feel that Americans have less cause to love and admire their country than you do? Do you blame us for having more impact on the World’s culture than you do?(see the American Invasion thread). And lastly, can anybody explain to me what “Butt of kid” means?