How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
Since Myris and Tony referred to this book thing, and since scrolls and papyrus are obviously still popular in certain quarters, I thought I'd share this wonderful little sketch from Norway......
If friends Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie had thought of this sketch and performed it, we would all have hailed them yet again as satirical geniuses and their salaries and egos would have inflated yet further......
If friends Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie had thought of this sketch and performed it, we would all have hailed them yet again as satirical geniuses and their salaries and egos would have inflated yet further......
ReplyDeleteIsn't the one on the left out of Abba?
We're progressing backwards for Christmas
ReplyDeleteAcross the Nooorth Sea......
No, the one on the left is definitely a Norwegian, whereas the Abba fellow was most definitely a Swede! But I agree the likeness is striking....
ReplyDelete"So you're sure I won't LOOSE any of the text?"
ReplyDeleteEven the translation incorporates the Scandinavian/ Abba/ Norwegian pronunciation. Very impressive.
Have they recorded Andy Williams' "Can't get used to LOOSING you"?
Yes, the translation leaves something to be desired. Probably it was done unofficially, by whoever stuck this version onto the internet...
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