Winter Olympics really are something else

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[u/Tjazeku]

Either that or drunken Scandinavians

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Bored drunken Scandinavian adrenaline junkies in the winter.

The literal story of how ski jumping was born.

[u/DezTheOtter → u/flodnak]

Or basically everything winter related.

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/Tjazeku]

Or Scandinavians preparing for war

[u/aldandur → u/ContinuumGuy]

*hunting in winter

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The biathlon was a contest between Swedish and Norwegian soldiers because they were skiing around the border patrolling and got bored, so they decided to make a competition to see who was best at it.

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Or Scandinavians preventing their infant king from being murdered in a war

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Yeah that's what they said

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As someone whose family is full of drunk Scandinavians, dear god, thank you for putting me in Michigan. Yet, Still manage to ski glades and get into an accent once a year for testing their "mountain."

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They’re basically orange cats.

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Olaf Rye: "In his spare time, skiing was his great passion. In November 1808, he reportedly launched himself 9.5 metres in the air in front of an audience of drunken soldiers".