Saxons a Problem?
 

I remember seeing a movie about England where the Saxons were causing trouble and Maid Marion asked in a dismissive way if a Saxon could really be a problem. I know that was a while back but have the Saxons settled down or do they still give the Normans a hard time? Who is better the Normans or the Saxons? How about in Sicily? Are the Sicilians as bad as the Saxons? Maybe this is all a Norman problem after all.

The saxons are bad people, actually they invadeded the country coming from lower saxony which is part of Germany now. When William the conqueror came from normandy in 1066, he freed the island from Saxon rule! Vive les Normans :-)

We've been down this road before. Played out.

Would you ask if the Goths or the Visigoths are still a problem? How come you're allowed to ask this rude question about the Saxons? Are you some sort of troll just wanting to foment argument on this board? I've just come back from London and there are no Saxon uprisings that affect tourists. My suggestion is that people like you just stay home in Iowa where you'll never have to deal with Saxons at all!

whose leg are you pulling in this obvious jest - Saxons or Normans or Sicilians?

A while back ? Are you feeling OK ??

As you probably know, the Normans are always getting into trouble with their friends the Vikings, pillaging and making it impossible for a lady tourist to feel safe out alone at any time of day or night.
Having Saxon roots, I would say, avoid the Sicilians and beware Normans and whatever you do, don't put on any silly helmets at the pub.

Read <u>1066 And All That</u> by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman. It will fill in all the gaps for you. And also illustrate the origin of Martha's &quot;Good Thing.&quot;

Actually the Saxons migrated to the British Isles after an initial invitation in the 6th century, then were offered land and certain rights. If they had come to England today they would have been able to claim benefits, bring family members, both immediate and distant, and been able to freely practice their religion whilst being intolerant of the beliefs of their hosts.

Lets face it, the Normans are civilized people, very sophisticated with a certain &quot;je ne sais quoi&quot;, good food and manners. Those primitive uneducated Saxons have been the source of trouble for a long time. They don't even speak French!!!!. How odd is this!

The real b*st*rds are the Angles - and Celts are totally beyond the pail

Alright, Henneth, now you've gone and dragged the Iowans into this.

Hope you're ready for a REAL fight now.

@-)

&gt;...Celts are totally beyond the pail..&lt;

I take it that you are referring to Pi**ing contests in which the Celts would attempt to humiliate their opponents by squirting beyond the target receptacle?

((I))

I'm still wondering how do you solve a problem like Maria? Let her take the veil or what?

Some of my best friends are Saxons.

Hey, I AM one.

Never mind all this anti-saxon bile. The real baddie here is William the Bastard. He invaded Britain on the back of a made up dossier of &quot;intelligence&quot; that stated that Harold had weapons of mass destruction and trebuchets ready to launch at 45 minutes notice.

He had no idea for post invasion reconstruction, handed all the lucrative contracts to his friends in Normandy, and wonders why he is universally unpopular. His staff and troops all live in the heavily defended &quot;Tower of London&quot;, and only come out on their armoured horses.

The only media allowed to report on the invavsion are the heavily embedded, governement approved, tapestry makers.

One hopes that in a few years time - say about 900 years we will have advanced sufficiently for this never to happen again.

Oh, it happens all the time. Henry V returned the favor when he invaded France on the flimsiest of premises. &quot;Busy giddy minds with foreign wars.&quot; A philosophy upon which an entire American political party teeters precariously.

&gt;&gt;on the flimsiest of premises&lt;&lt;

well, you never could trust French builders....

I've lost touch will all my Saxon relatives. My Saxonphone broke.

Why just the other day I was having dinner with some Saxons and Huns. It was disgusting, neither knew what to use for the oyster fork. The Hun chose a chablis with Chilean Sea Bass. The Saxon returned the pate stating that it was &quot;greasy&quot;.

Oh, and then, right in the middle of our discussion on Byron, they both started arguing about NASCAR!!!

Never again, never again, never again...

Angles and Saxons and Jutes, oh my!!!

If you use Goggle earth, you can see a large army of Saxons gathering around the borders of Idaho.

My advice for the citizens of Idaho - better start hiding your women and sheep.

You're fine with the Saxons and sheep.

If it were the Celts you would be in deep trouble.

I'm appalled, this is slanderous. The Saxons are a perfectly nice people, who on a one to one basis are as friendly as anybody. Admittedly, when they've had a few mead, and get out in a group together, then some invading, pillaging and rape may occur, but one shouldn't let the behaviour of the few tarnish the reputation of many.

It's nothing to burn a cake over.

Everybody KNOWS that the Saxons are a bunch of good-for-nothing terrorists who think their god is the best one of all.

What is worse, they refuse to get into the modern age by taking their laptops on trips; they continue to use old fashioned paper maps to navigate from place to place; they act like tourists whenever they show up anywhere, especially in restaurants where they absolutely refuse to conform to the strict dress code being imposed by some of the other diners and yet..they get served just like everybody else? What is that all about?

Furhthermore they actually go places like Italy but are too stupid to go to Venice; they have been known to skip Paris for places like Berlin, and in Amsterdam they actually stay near the Red Light district and were overheard blaspheming the Vondel Park.

And worst of all: some of them actually plan a trip without asking for anyone else's help.