Yumpin' Yiminy! "(Swedish) Army castrates heraldic lion"

[Faygo Kid]

Py damn, I like ta tink of myself too as a stately figure wit my genitalia intact, ya sure you bet:

"Protests from female soldiers have led to the Swedish military removing the penis of a heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms.

But although the army was eventually happy to make the changes in the interests of gender equality, the artist who designed the insignia was less than pleased.

"A heraldic lion is a powerful and stately figure with its genitalia intact and I cannot approve an edited image," Vladimir A Sagerlund from the National Archives told Göteborgs-Posten. . ." http://www.thelocal.se/9398/20071213/



http://www.stinalisa.com/NutsAtChristmas.html

[MonkeyFunk]

1. LOL!!

I clicked on that link, and had to laugh - there's a headline "70 Year Old Woman Dies After Mugging" right above a picture of Liza Minnelli.

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Woman catches fire during hemorrhoid operation

http://www.thelocal.se/9388/20071212/

(This is Sweden's answer to the Weekly World News, yes?)

[Faygo Kid]

3. No, they're serious. It's just how Swedes are.

Believe me, I know.

But they do Christmas well.

[Swede]

4. You forgot the lefse.

[Demoiselle]

6. Ahhh. LEFSE!!! Yum.

As for the poor lion...OOOFTA!

[FloridaJudy]

7. Wow! Talk about a flaming........

====================== never mind

[petronius]

5. This part made me laugh:

"The army lacks knowledge about heraldry. Once upon a time coats of arms containing lions without genitalia were given to those who betrayed the Crown," said Sagerlund.

I can just see some pissed-off king thinking "hmmm, should I draw-and-quarter this traitor, or behead him? Wait! I've got it! I'll put a wang-less lion on his coat of arms! that'll teach people to mess with me..."

:rofl: