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'danegeld' - what a wonderful word. I didn't realized the vikings invented trolling.
by twistedpair 13y ago
'danegeld' - what a wonderful word. I didn't realized the vikings invented trolling.
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- Roboprog 13y agoBloody vikings! Stop singing!
- r00fus 13y agoGiven the history of man is several hundreds of thousands of years old, I doubt the invented it. However, it seems they might have innovated and popularized it. It's not unlike the mafia "protection" model, though, is it not? Take a look at the Crassus model of firefighting [1] which predate the Danes' innovation, for example. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#Rome
- phonon 13y agohttp://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html