| 22 MAY 2023 |
Subject: 22 MAY 2023 by GRIS on 2023/5/22 12:11:47 TODAY MARKS THE DEATH OF RAGNAR HAIRY-BRITCHES. RAGNAR LODBROK, LEGENDARY VIKING, LAID SIEGE TO PARIS AND DROVE THE SNAKES OUT OF NORWAY. (LACKING ST PATRICK’S DEVINE ASSISTANCE HE WRAPPED HIS LEGS IN SHEEP SKINS, THUS HIS NICKNAME) CAPTURED RAIDING IN NORTHUMBRA, HE WAS THROWN INTO A SNAKE PIT BY KING AELLE . CHURCHILL WRITES HIS LAST WORDS WERE, “THE LITTLE PIGS WOULD GRUNT IF THEY KNEW HOW IT FARES WITH THE OLD BOAR.” THE LITTLE PIGS, BJORN IRONSIDE, UBBA, SIGARD SNAKE EYE, HVITSERK, AND IVOR THE BONELESS MADE ALL ENGLAND MISERABLE, CONQUERED EAST ANGLIA, MERCIA, NORTHUMBRIA, CAPTURED KING AELLE AND KILLED HIM WITH THE OBLIGATORY BLOOD-RED EAGLE. AS CHURCHILL WROTE IN ANOTHER CONTEXT: ---IF NOT TRUE IT OUGHT TO BE, AND MORE AND BETTER BESIDES--- |
