Tales of Home [3]

Svalbard looks magical, I want to go there some day

Manchester doesnt have variety. It just rains.

Eldorion wrote:{{{In my case, at least, I'm mostly just giving Norc a hard time. :DAlthough I was a little surprised just how temperate Tromso was when I was first learning about it.  I didn't think the Gulf Stream extended that far north.}}}

{{{ Giving Norc a hard time is one of the joys of Forumshire, Bluebottle.  Also yanking Petty or Odo's chain.  But since Odo largely confines himself to Little Forumshire these days Orwell makes a pretty good stand in.  He's not nearly as respectable as Odo (I'm not sure one could say Orwell is respectable at all), so there's not quite as much glee associated with pestering Orwell as Odo.  But they are both Bankses, so fair targets. }}}

halfwise wrote:a block of ice with a few reindeer sticking out of it.

I'm loving that image, whatever it's supposed to describe.  

I did actually stumble across a roe deer (rådyr) while out and about today,



Different part of Oslo though than I from so it was a bit more shy than the ones I'm used to.

If you line your car up properly and get a good run up theres good eating on one of them.

Ringdrotten wrote:Svalbard looks magical, I want to go there some day

Me too

Norc wrote:

Ringdrotten wrote:Svalbard looks magical, I want to go there some day

Me too

I was told a few years ago that if you want to go for a walk outside of town you're required to carry a high-power hunting rifle because of all the polar bears who are pissed off at us humans about climate change (or maybe just hungry). True?

The part about them being pissed off at us about climate change probably isn't, but it's true that you have to carry a rifle up there

The "hungry" part actually worries me more... 

I think the thing about Polar Bears is that they live at the very limit of survivability and particularily in the winter they can go for months without eating so they have to maximise every chance of nutrition that they get. For them it's a question of survival.

So it's certainly not a good animal to encounter in the wild.

Apparently the way to escape a Polar Bear is to retreat from it leaving one and one item of clothing. The Polar Bear supposedly stops to carefully examine each item. Sadly with the climate as it is where you might encounter a Polar Bear, if you were to escape by leaving all your clothes you would probably die from exposure to the temperature.

Polar Bears don't like the taste of human flesh, but they will steal your clothes to get into a resturant. wrote:

 

could you not take one bit of clothing and rip little bits off it? maybe pee on the bits to make them extra fragrant and tasty to the bear, giving you enough time to leg it to your Land Rover.

  

Well, it might work I guess. I'm not really an expert though.

You could ask Stephen Fry.  Apparently he's on twitter.

Bluebottle wrote:
Apparently the way to escape a Polar Bear is to retreat from it leaving one and one item of clothing. The Polar Bear supposedly stops to carefully examine each item.  

Hmmm.... I'm not convinced. It sounds to me like you're just saving the Polar Bear the trouble of peeling the banana.

(Also, how do you take your trousers off while running? Suggestions please!  )

stripper trousers.

how do you take your trousers off while running? Suggestions please! - David

Wear a kilt  

yes, smart  you could just pull it over your head

 Exactly Norc. And that way you also prevent yourself from seeing anything alarming  

yepp ^^ unless you're on the other side of the kilt..

Well, Norc. That has an easy solution.

If someone starts dragging their kilt over their head, you just do the same with yours.  And you will definitely see nothing.

At least for a while.  

Dave;

You are right, of course.



I'm changing my official advice of how to deal with Polar Bears.

Now this is my advice, keep some toothpaste with you. They're mad for the stuff. (Recently trashing a tourist camp in the artic taking nothing but that and vitamine c.)

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=polar-bear-steals-vitamin-pills-and-toothpaste-2001-08-29

so this would be the scenario..

Glorious!  

I wouldnt do that if I were you Norc. In Scotshobbitland, not only is that an invitation, but male Scotshobbits can actually be put in jail for not accepting that invitation!!

BLUEBOTTLE TOLD ME TO!