The Helmet debate to end all helmet debates
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You are all missing the point !
As a Viking, was there a legal reason, when figting in the UK to wear a helmet ?
Which side of the fence were the VTC (Viking Touring Club) on this ?
Did a helmet really save lives or was it just one of those things that Daily Parchment readers thought all Viking should wear ?
Personally I always wear my helmet (with Horns) when in the UK, but back home in Denmark, none of us do.
As a Viking, was there a legal reason, when figting in the UK to wear a helmet ?
Which side of the fence were the VTC (Viking Touring Club) on this ?
Did a helmet really save lives or was it just one of those things that Daily Parchment readers thought all Viking should wear ?
Personally I always wear my helmet (with Horns) when in the UK, but back home in Denmark, none of us do.
Apeman
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Renshaw could have done a bit of damage with a viking helmet on his head in TDF
Davidc
Guru
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- Somerset UK
.... and nothing else?
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
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- 'ampsheeeer
I've got the 'orn
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
Parp-parp...
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Far from being horns, they are in fact an early form of external speaker for the Vikings' i-pods. Many of them argued that listening to music reduced the monotony of the daily grind of rape and pillage and actually increased their skills.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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Of course they had Horns on their helmets. Where else could they hang their smalls out to dry?
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I was waiting for the 'Hamish Cohen-type' joke!
The old Vikings didn't wear helmets with horns in them - http://europeanhisto.../histmyths6.htm
but the new ones do - http://farm1.static...._f54b39c9c8.jpg
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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I was waiting for the 'Hamish Cohen-type' joke!
The old Vikings didn't wear helmets with horns in them - http://europeanhisto.../histmyths6.htm
but the new ones do - http://farm1.static...._f54b39c9c8.jpg
You are a new one aren't you Dayvo? And being a bit of a Viking you like to wear your horns front and rear rather than side - side. Oh what a dashing figure you must cut. I bet all the Viking maidens swoon
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
You are a new one aren't you Dayvo? And being a bit of a Viking you like to wear your horns front and rear rather than side - side. Oh what a dashing figure you must cut. I bet all the Viking maidens swoon
They do like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring!
Oh no, Twen, I'm far too modest and unassuming!
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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They do like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring!
Oh no, Twen, I'm far too modest and unassuming!
A likely story
I found a web site depicting one of your little BBQ's :
http://www.haggisadventures.com/UpH...4cac3708264c&gclid=CJXK8LG9jKMCFYKY2Aod4VhIaA
snorri
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Oh don't go opening this old chestnut again, many a long night was spent in the longhouse discussing this prickly issue in the pre internet forum days.
I thought this one was dead and buried with the advent of diesel engined longships.
In pre diesel days the pro lobby argued the need for helmets in order to provide some degree of protection in the event of main halyard failure which of course caused the yard to come crashing down into the boat with little warning. The anti-lobby meantime preached in favour of regular inspection and maintenance/replacement of running rigging in order to prevent such accidents in the first place and pointed out the risks should a helmet wearer fall overboard when the extra helmet weight would cause the helmet wearer to float lower in the water increasing the risk of inhaling saltwater through mouth and nose.
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