h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I like it paulh. Sward. Sword. Yes! Of course! I forgot about swards.

In fact, I don't think I've ever remembered them. It is then, in fact, perfectly logical that one might dream about a sheep with a sward, or a sword.

I suppose it matters which train the ancient chalk figure wants to board. Maybe there's a train once a day catering to zombies. Or fossilized pirates of the Caribbean. A chalk figure would not look out of place on one of those.

Max Diamond do you know him

I remember seeing the long man, now that you mentioned it. Didn't have an oyster card on him back then. I think he was far ahead of his time. Nordic walking wasn't very well known outside Scandinavia.

Nowadays a lot that is Nordic is in vogue, such as the Nordic Diet.

You're probably not meaning the walhalla meat-off-the-bone with tankards of beer type of diet then?

I'm probably not talking about that, interesting though it might be.

Scandinavian countries are known for eating cabbages, berries, and root vegetables, plus dairy products.

WE in Yorkshire have Viking ancestry sod cabbage we chew 6 ins nails and spit out tin tacks

http://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/#Rri69au6jojv21pA.97

The Vikings are so yesterday!

Today's Scandinavians are urbane and progressive, except when they run out of coffee.