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Title: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: schimmy on 15 Aug 2008, 14:05
This penguin (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7563844.stm) is now officially more successful than I will ever be.

I honestly can't think of anything cooler than actually having a ceremony to knight a penguin.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Cartilage Head on 15 Aug 2008, 14:28
 Next thing you know there will be penguin wars , with penguin barons and knights rising in the penguin feudal system.

 Basically I want to see penguins swordfight.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 14:36
like this? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16i7uX9yXFo)
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 14:40
Um, why not? It's penguins, like, fighting. Respect the google-fu, man.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 15 Aug 2008, 14:50
Daniel, that was crap. A true google-fu warrior would have found something that was at least mildly entertaining and not obnoxious.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Johnny C on 15 Aug 2008, 16:16
Like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4)?
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 15 Aug 2008, 16:29
Like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4)?

Yes, exactly. It was very amusing, didn't feature a nu metal soundtrack and wasn't unnecessarily long.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: RedLion on 15 Aug 2008, 17:22
Why don't they knight a bear? They have bears in Scandinavia, right? A bear would be a much more effective night.

And King whateverhisnameis in Swaziland could knight a Lion, and then Norway and Swaziland can go to war, and we'll see who wins the Battle of the Non-Homo Sapien Mammalian Knights
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 17:22
haha, you watched it? I didn't watch the whole thing, I just skipped through a couple parts to make sure it was something like the title.

And I am not Daniel. I'm his annoying internet alter-ego. Daniel in real life is not an ass, isn't presumptuous, and is outgoing without being obnoxious. He lets all his bad parts hang out on teh interwubz.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 18:14
Anyways, what the hell is that? (Ok, it is stupidly hard to try to refer to the poster right above me by screen name... does they have another nick name?)
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: ForteBass on 15 Aug 2008, 18:23
This thread has possibilities.

Real possibilities. You people better start picking up the slack real damn quick.


Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: bbqrocks on 15 Aug 2008, 18:51
Has anybody noticed that the penguin (the original one and this one) didn't actually do anything to gain this knighthood?

Norway knighted a penguin, for no reason.

And would sir penguin like some tea? Yes sir. Straight away sir.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 20:46
Better make sure that that is regurgitated tea, yesno?
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: squawk on 15 Aug 2008, 21:04
That's only if it is an adorable baby penguin who can't quite feed itself yet.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: squawk on 15 Aug 2008, 21:05
Even then you wouldn't have to regurgitate tea to a baby penguin, because it is tea

They can swallow it just fine
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 15 Aug 2008, 21:08
Provided it's not too hot.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Inlander on 15 Aug 2008, 21:36
Quote from: B.B.C. website typo
Penguin Nils Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1972.

I like that. I think I might start putting "the" before all years now. If nothing else, the 2008 will be remembered for this!

EDIT: also, that looks like a King Penguin to me. So technically I think it's been demoted.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 21:39
Isn't it called an Emperor Penguin? Not king? I mean, nitpicking, yes, but I was fairly certain it was Emperor. Or maybe even Imperial.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 15 Aug 2008, 21:58
King (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_penguin)

Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin)

THEY IS NOT THE SAME
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Blue Kitty on 15 Aug 2008, 22:37
for whatever reason I thought these guys were Emperor Penguins
(http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/f/fl/florian-e/759479_rockhopper_penguin.jpg)
instead I find they have the awesome denomination of Rock Hopper
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 15 Aug 2008, 23:08
Well there you go n0t_r0bert_b0yle!!, next time I need to know the difference between the two I will come a runnin' to you. Thanks for clearing that up.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: valley_parade on 16 Aug 2008, 06:17
Next thing you know there will be penguin wars , with penguin barons and knights rising in the penguin feudal system.

 Basically I want to see penguins swordfight.

CUTEST WAR EVER.

I love penguins.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: calenlass on 16 Aug 2008, 08:27
oh man penguins


I really like Macaroni (http://www.tnaqua.org/Newsroom/HighRes/Macaroni_penguin.jpg) penguins. Rockhoppers (http://members.aol.com/xcrabturtle/PenguinReportFinal_files/image002.jpg) are pretty similar, actually, except they usually look like they've got little wee mohawks. Emperors and kings are what people think of when they think of penguins, though.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 16 Aug 2008, 08:51
Well there you go n0t_r0bert_b0yle!!, next time I need to know the difference between the two I will come a runnin' to you. Thanks for clearing that up.

One would hope that, now that you have learnt the differece, you would remember it and not have to ask nor indeed make the same mistake again.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Leinad on 16 Aug 2008, 15:59
I totally could not tell the difference. So I will totally ask him everytime i need to make the distinction.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Inlander on 16 Aug 2008, 20:26
Emperors and kings are what people think of when they think of penguins, though.

Depends where you live. In Australia, I think most people would think of the Fairy or Little Penguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_penguin) first. Because it's the only penguin that's found on mainland Australia and we're ridiculously parochial here, I guess.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 16 Aug 2008, 20:32
I'm not sure I know what you mean by that.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: ThePQ4 on 17 Aug 2008, 00:08
Fairy or Little Penguin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_penguin)

CUTEST THING EVAR!!!! I think we call those guys Blue Penguins, but I'm not totally positive...I could be thinking of something else, but they're pretty similar looking.


Edit: By "we", I mean my friends and I. You may not actually realize this, but PQ stands for Penguin Queen. I am a -huge- Penguin fan. In fact, for Christmas one of my friends purchases me a book all about penguins! When we see fuzzy little blue ones like that, we just call them Blue Penguins. The ones I'm thinking of in particular might actually be baby emperor penguins actually. I will have to check...but my book is like six inches out of my reach and I am lazy and tired...
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: Tom on 17 Aug 2008, 00:16
Yes you do but necessarily just you, they're also known as Little Blue Penguins.
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: KharBevNor on 21 Aug 2008, 04:36
Man, I am also a bit of a penguin obsessive. I have a cuddly penguin, a penguin snowglobe, a mechanical penguin that wanders round crapping out sweets, a floating bath penguin, penguin earrings...
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: ForteBass on 21 Aug 2008, 05:51
You have a penguin pooper? (http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Crate-Penguin-Pooper/dp/B000JEHAHS)
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: ThePQ4 on 21 Aug 2008, 08:57
You know what... I think I may have actually gotten one for Christmas one year and it was lost amid the shuffles between home ands school and jazz. My Mom -loves- those things! She's got a  moose and a cow actually....and a reindeer, I think.

I have always wanted one of these (http://www.vibrator.com/sex-toys/i-rub-my-penguin-massager-vibrator.html)(WARNING: NSFW!) just so I can say "Hey, guess where I got that! And what it really is!" My former roommate was all for this idea, by the way, but I don't think my new roomie would be too keen on the idea...
Title: Re: The New Completely Awesome Thread (or: when norway knighted a penguin)
Post by: bbqrocks on 21 Aug 2008, 10:04
You have a penguin pooper? (http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Crate-Penguin-Pooper/dp/B000JEHAHS)

Yes, yes I do.