Orkney primary school goldfish get flaming Viking burial boat send off
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[QUOTE][B]Two goldfish have been given a flaming Viking burial boat send off by Orkney primary schoolchildren.[/B]
Primary 3 and 4 pupils at Papdale School in Kirkwall gave Bubbles and Freddy a traditional Norse ceremony to start their journey to Valhalla.
The fish become class pets for Christmas but both died recently.
The children, who had been studying the Vikings, wrote down their memories of the fish and read them aloud before the boat set sail.
The school blog revealed they "decided to send our fish to Valhalla with a Viking style burial in a longship we made that day".[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-39126812[/URL]
See you in Valhalla, Bubbles and Freddy.
Til Valhalla, brave fish.
Really though this is pretty cool. I hope they also made them miniature weapons and pots of food for the trip.
Orkney is metal as hell.
Although I thought the Vikings setting fire to ships thing was debunked and they just buried guys in their ships?
my friends and i used to do this with the mice, birds and frogs that my cat used to kill.
they fought honorably against the beast but could not best it and now dine with odin in valhalla.
[QUOTE=Mr Kotov;51898381]Orkney is metal as hell.
Although I thought the Vikings setting fire to ships thing was debunked and they just buried guys in their ships?[/QUOTE]
I reckon they just cremated certain people by shores on decorated logs (loosely defined as ships) or piles of easily flammable wood and grass alongside personal affects and food. Then it kind of got romanticized as time went on.
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;51898414]my friends and i used to do this with the mice, birds and frogs that my cat used to kill.
they fought honorably against the beast but could not best it and now dine with odin in valhalla.[/QUOTE]
I imagine that somewhere in Valhalla, an Odin covered in birdshit is cursing all these children. :v:
[QUOTE=snookypookums;51898436]I imagine that somewhere in Valhalla, an Odin covered in birdshit is cursing all these children. :v:[/QUOTE]
They are basically letting vermin into fucking Valhalla, what could go wrong? A legion of mice will fight for odin when the ragnarok happens.
... Wasn't Valhalla only for those who fought and died in battle?
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51899072]... Wasn't Valhalla only for those who fought and died in battle?[/QUOTE]
Goldfish are in a constant battle against boredom and the desire to be free from sitting in a little fish tank. Eventually, their little bodies give out in its brave struggle.
Still counts.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51899072]... Wasn't Valhalla only for those who fought and died in battle?[/QUOTE]
And only if you get chosen, yeah. So shitty deaths like falling in a barfight doesn't really count.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;51899072]... Wasn't Valhalla only for those who fought and died in battle?[/QUOTE]
Valhalla was for chosen warriors, yes. Most likely, a fish would end up in Njord's domain, Nóatún.
[QUOTE=snookypookums;51898436]I imagine that somewhere in Valhalla, an Odin covered in birdshit is cursing all these children. :v:[/QUOTE]
You'd really hope that Memory and Thought were toilet trained, or he'll have had that problem for centuries.
[QUOTE=Grandzeit;51899152]And only if you get chosen, yeah. So shitty deaths like falling in a barfight doesn't really count.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention that there were only a 50/50 chance of making it to Valhalla, since Odin had to strike a deal with Freya in order to be allowed to use the valkyries where she got half the chosen oned in return.
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