Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

Pretty sure all of our Denophobic DNA has a large glug of dansk swilling around in it

Tbf Beowulf, the great Anglo-Saxon epic, begins with a line about 'the Spear-Danes in days gone by'.

Despite loving Brage he's still just a Dane in cage

No more tiers, enough is enough

Fun fact, Dan was the older brother of Angul, ancestor of the Anglo-Saxons. So you are all just whiny younger siblings. Admittedly except for the Celts.

The English are just self-hating Frenchified Scandos.

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itt Blatant Dan[e]ophobia

There was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many tribes,
a wrecker of mead-benches, rampaging among foes.
This terror of the hall-troops had come far.
A foundling to start with, he would flourish later on
as his powers waxed and his worth was proved.
In the end each clan on the outlying coasts
beyond the whale-road had to yield to him
and begin to pay tribute. That was one good king.

Not sure the Vikings ever made it to my neck of the woods but we know the Normans did. Source: very Norman surname on one side of the family.

Fwiw Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral was apparently built by a Norse King, Sigtrygg Silkbeard.

The Normans were just melt vikings

I think the first descriptions of Vikings were by Irish monks iirc

Lol I literally mean the very specific part of the country most of my family is from...I know the Vikings went there, lads.

Christchurch is great! You should visit before you go, pom.

I did, actually, and I concur! I was lucky enough to visit Ireland before ever setting foot in Britain (one of my wife's aunts married an Irishman).

I was literally talking about Scandinavia. Ffs the level of xenophobic idiocy among the uk posters

And you are literally the most irritating, thin-skinned, hypocritical fucker on ILX and that has nothing to do with you being Danish and is an opinion shared by ILXors of all nationalities and creeds and colours - congratulations, you've brought us all together.

It's perfectly simple, if someone wanders into a discussion on Danish politics with the express desire of winding the participants in the discussion with a lot of ill-informed garbage then you are perfectly entitled to tell them to get to fuck - I'd expect nothing less.

Do we really need this right now? At least wait for Fred to say something genuinely offensive before lashing back like that.

Actually Christchurch is in New Zealand

Now you can lash back

Technically correct. Also in England, Wales and the US, apparently.

it *was* in NZ until it fell over

all FPs greatfully acknowledged

Christ! Church!

Do we really need this right now? At least wait for Fred to say something genuinely offensive before lashing back like that.

Calling people xenophobic idiots not offensive enough for you?

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wait, wrong Scandos, soz

Fred's entirely inoffensive Scandi perspective was a legitimate contribution and the backlash is absolutely ludicrous. I have spoken

i got no beef with Fred today except i detect an ironic melt sympathy that is bad

Lol Tom otm

Not sure why we need to pretend someone acting like a prick isn’t going to get someone telling him that, but maybe he needs the attention so we should pity him instead

Written after you lashed out, calling me an idiot for writing about where I'm from without knowing enough about the uk

Is this about Louis Cachet?

4xp

actually i meant to phrase that as a question not a double-edged hint Fred do you think we shouldn't be beastly to the melts y/n?

That was to Tom of course

And yes, Fred has the right to defend himself when under gratuitous attack. Them's the playground rules.

is the is the guardian worse than it used to be thread worse than it used to be

Written after you lashed out, calling me an idiot for writing about where I'm from without knowing enough about the uk

I don't know much about Denmark, you don't know much about the UK, we're even expect you can't keep your trap shut.

I think you should have proportional representation. Makes it much easier to be beaatly to the melts

anyway lads i'm off to the pub keep it civil will ye i'll be back in oh 20 minutes or so

This is a clear step up from that horrid Polly Toynbee piece.

Always try to play the ball, not the man

i am pro PR but also pro gulaging melts so i think we could make this work

xp what if you’d prefer to kick the man

The shoulder charge has not been entirely outlawed from the modern game I believe?

Always try to play the ball, not the man

What on earth is this? You play both, leave a reducer early doors

Little bit of jersey tugging never did anyone any harm.

Typical Trots, always trying to take us back to the 1970s

I mean I do regard Roy Keane as something of a demigod so

Roy knew how to treat a Scandinavian!

And guess whose son is back to presumably score a zillion goals against both Manchester United and Ireland over the next 15 years

Kasper Schmeichel?

OK go away Fred lol

Son isn't going to be playing til he's 42, come on now

Son isn't going to be playing til he's 42, come on now