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the mad lads actually did it

The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered. NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisherwww.livescience.com Experts have confirmed that a sword pulled from a river in Oxfordshire at the end of last year is an "archaeologically rare" Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975.

Wait, so who is the king now? The crane operator, the magnet maker? Oh shit, it's the patent holder, isn't it.

It's the sword, I think

I’ve never been so happy to be a British subject technically. God save the sword

As the saying goes My sword is my Bond

defaults to the holder of the finder's credit card debt.

there was no England when this went in the drink, Alfred the Great was in the fight of his life trying to make sure we didn't all grow up speaking Danish.

He was too successful. Now no one grows up speaking danish.

Jeg taler Dansk. Undskyld, Alfred.

The Detectorists is a really charming series, if you haven’t seen it.

My immediate thought, too.

Truly such a delightful little show

I'm surprised they didn't get a few words from Magnet Fisher and get her reaction

They’ve got competition and I think this girl has the better claim www.huffpost.com/entry/sword-...

Warring States moment

She'll probably do a better job than the current lot.

MAKE HER KING

Charles lies on his cancer deathbed, telling his servants: "now all I need, is that 'grail' thing I've heard so much ballyhoo about. Fetch that for me, will you?"

Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.

Yeah, but it's supposed to be for king of England, not king of Denmark (or Norway, or Sweden, or …) Though at 1100 years old there's a chance it would apply to Ireland.

Wait, wasnt there a girl who did this awhile back? Oh wait, that was Sweden. www.history.com/news/girl-sw...

8-Year-Old Girl Pulls 1,000-Year-Old Sword From Lake | HISTORYwww.history.com “I held it up in the air and I said ‘Daddy, I found a sword!’"

So she’s now the queen of Sweden? Or does she give the sword to someone and they become king?

Ohh good question. She gave the sword to a museum so that would mean the museum is King of Sweden Legit tho, the royalty there missed a golden opportunity to give her a title.

Pavel this is a banger

Another one for the "if I ever have lottery money" list: going to England, buying a bunch of swords, and throwing them into random lakes, just to give the odd fisher or diver a little thrill.

Didn't even take them a whole day. Impressive...

The true king of england has been revealed.

uugh yuck it must have been covered in poo!

I... what a time to be ALIVE!

Congrats on the new king I guess

I wonder what they're really thinking when they first pulled the sword out ... Thank goodness they stopped to think first, before moving on. Given the speed at which we go, it's sort of easy to just assume it's nothing special, no?

Don't tell Riordan they found Summarbrandr.

Now to meet up with Prince Harry at Stamford Bridge…

Magnet Fisher is going to be my first pen name ever.

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