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Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Sat Mar 27 22:41:12 So my mom told me a story about a friend of a friend who has a retarded son in his 30s. He called his mom at work one day and asked her if he could have a troll. The mom had no idea what her son was talking about so she told him that he could not have a troll. He called her back two or three more times asking if he could have a troll, and finally she told her son to stop calling cause she was about to come home. She gets home, goes into her son's room, and his dresser is in front of his closet door. She moves the dresser, opens the door and there is a midget in there. Apparently, the midget had come to the door as a part of the census, and the son thought he was a troll, picked him up and took him in the house. The midget called the cops, but they couldn't do anything about it since he was retarded. Thought you'd all enjoy that story.
Firestorm Phoenix Member	Sat Mar 27 22:53:37 I laughed. Not sure if I am going to hell for doing so, but meh. ;)
TheHornedKing Member	Sat Mar 27 23:16:27 I hate myself for laughing.
Palem Person.	Sat Mar 27 23:19:50 I didn't laugh because I'm not a terrible person
Kaylana Moderator	Sat Mar 27 23:33:21 I hate myself for wanting this story to be true
Kaylana Moderator	Sat Mar 27 23:33:56 Do you think the 30 year old really is retarded, or just really REALLY good at pretending?
Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Sat Mar 27 23:42:05 Either way is funny to me honestly.
McKobb Member	Sat Mar 27 23:47:56 I laughed :P
Atma01 Member	Sat Mar 27 23:56:23 ROFLMAO.
Ubes JAC Wildebeest	Sun Mar 28 01:32:25 I"m drunk and didn't lol at all.It was amusing I guess.
Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Sun Mar 28 01:44:16 It's probably not funny because you're drunk, and picking up a midget and throwing him in the closet would seem logically to anyone who's drunk.
Ubes JAC Wildebeest	Sun Mar 28 01:49:07 Well.. if it was a female midget I'd probably be doing her, cuz that'd be funny. I think I could spin her around like a top.
McKobb Member	Sun Mar 28 01:59:30 I bet it was awkward coming out of the closet.
Ubes JAC Wildebeest	Sun Mar 28 02:11:26 With a midget attached to my dick? I'd say.
Agri Patron	Sun Mar 28 02:16:56 This story is mildly amusing.
TheGrimReaper Member	Sun Mar 28 12:23:55 What I want to know is if the midget had outrageous hair...
McKobb Member	Sun Mar 28 12:30:50 http://www...vational-poster-1258140310.jpg
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Mon Mar 29 01:51:56 whats wrong with laughing at retards?
Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Mon Mar 29 02:27:42 ^
Sunshine Member	Mon Mar 29 21:23:58 LOL that's hilarious! If he still wants a troll someone should direct him to www.tinyentertainment.com where he can hire one
81st Smegma Airborne Member	Mon Mar 29 22:20:43 That girl is way overdressed Mckobb
TheHornedKing Member	Tue Mar 30 00:31:03 You heathens are all going to hell in an imitation Gucci handbag made in China.
McKobb Member	Tue Mar 30 00:46:43 The seems would bust before we got there.
Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Tue Mar 30 01:45:08 He's got you there.
gir Member	Tue Mar 30 01:47:20 THK sums it up well.
tumbleweed the wanderer	Tue Mar 30 01:51:16 a round-trip for the handbag
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Tue Mar 30 02:19:06 I really want to hear a real reason for laughing at retards being wrong.
fire 666 Member	Tue Mar 30 02:25:16 Welcome to the Utopia Forums! The current time is Tue Mar 30 02:25:03 2010 , You have 0 new messages. Chat on the IRC server here Utopia Talk / General Talk / "Mommy, can I have a troll?" Pyro Squirrel Capitalist Sat Mar 27 22:41:12 So my mom told me a story about a friend of a friend who has a retarded son in his 30s. He called his mom at work one day and asked her if he could have a troll. The mom had no idea what her son was talking about so she told him that he could not have a troll. He called her back two or three more times asking if he could have a troll, and finally she told her son to stop calling cause she was about to come home. She gets home, goes into her son's room, and his dresser is in front of his closet door. She moves the dresser, opens the door and there is a midget in there. Apparently, the midget had come to the door as a part of the census, and the son thought he was a troll, picked him up and took him in the house. The midget called the cops, but they couldn't do anything about it since he was retarded. Thought you'd all enjoy that story. Firestorm Phoenix Member Sat Mar 27 22:53:37 I laughed. Not sure if I am going to hell for doing so, but meh. ;) TheHornedKing Member Sat Mar 27 23:16:27 I hate myself for laughing. Palem Person. Sat Mar 27 23:19:50 I didn't laugh because I'm not a terrible person Kaylana Moderator Sat Mar 27 23:33:21 I hate myself for wanting this story to be true Kaylana Moderator Sat Mar 27 23:33:56 Do you think the 30 year old really is retarded, or just really REALLY good at pretending? Pyro Squirrel Capitalist Sat Mar 27 23:42:05 Either way is funny to me honestly. McKobb Member Sat Mar 27 23:47:56 I laughed :P Atma01 Member Sat Mar 27 23:56:23 ROFLMAO. Ubes JAC Wildebeest Sun Mar 28 01:32:25 I"m drunk and didn't lol at all.It was amusing I guess. Pyro Squirrel Capitalist Sun Mar 28 01:44:16 It's probably not funny because you're drunk, and picking up a midget and throwing him in the closet would seem logically to anyone who's drunk. Ubes JAC Wildebeest Sun Mar 28 01:49:07 Well.. if it was a female midget I'd probably be doing her, cuz that'd be funny. I think I could spin her around like a top. McKobb Member Sun Mar 28 01:59:30 I bet it was awkward coming out of the closet. Ubes JAC Wildebeest Sun Mar 28 02:11:26 With a midget attached to my dick? I'd say. Agri Patron Sun Mar 28 02:16:56 This story is mildly amusing. TheGrimReaper Member Sun Mar 28 12:23:55 What I want to know is if the midget had outrageous hair... McKobb Member Sun Mar 28 12:30:50 http://www...vational-poster-1258140310.jpg Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge Mon Mar 29 01:51:56 whats wrong with laughing at retards? Pyro Squirrel Capitalist Mon Mar 29 02:27:42 ^ Sunshine Member Mon Mar 29 21:23:58 LOL that's hilarious! If he still wants a troll someone should direct him to www.tinyentertainment.com where he can hire one 81st Smegma Airborne Member Mon Mar 29 22:20:43 That girl is way overdressed Mckobb TheHornedKing Member Tue Mar 30 00:31:03 You heathens are all going to hell in an imitation Gucci handbag made in China. McKobb Member Tue Mar 30 00:46:43 The seems would bust before we got there. Pyro Squirrel Capitalist Tue Mar 30 01:45:08 He's got you there. gir Member Tue Mar 30 01:47:20 THK sums it up well. tumbleweed the wanderer Tue Mar 30 01:51:16 a round-trip for the handbag Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge Tue Mar 30 02:19:06 I really want to hear a real reason for laughing at retards being wrong. show deleted posts Your Name: Your Password: Your Message: Bookmark and Share
Agri Patron	Tue Mar 30 10:28:49 You might hurt people when you laugh at them. And some people think that's wrong. But if they don't know you laugh at them, they can't be hurt, right?
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Tue Mar 30 10:51:06 I'm not laughing at the person cause he's retarded. I'm laughing at him because he put a midget in a closet cause he wanted a troll. that's fuckin hilarious. the point people always try to make is that retards are people too. in that spirit, I'm gonna laugh my ass off if they do something funny. plain and simple. plus, you don't see anyone coming to the defense of the midget for being called a troll.
QAG Member	Thu Apr 01 12:14:52 Laughing at Retards because they are retarted is wrong. Laughing at the funny things they do is not
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Thu Apr 01 12:33:21 who's laughing at the retard because he's retarded?
Agri Patron	Fri Apr 02 04:43:52 Ubes is!
Grim JAC Member	Fri Apr 02 10:33:48 That's 'cause Ubes is a retard...
Pyro Squirrel Capitalist	Fri Apr 02 23:40:56 Whenever some righteous prick tries to berate me for laughing when a retard does something...retarded...I always throw it back in their faces that "Isn't it your kind that always says that we should treat the 'special' kids just like they were normal? Well guess what, when a normal person does something retarded, I laugh at them. So shut the fuck up." Or something like that.
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Sat Apr 03 01:42:56 raise your hand if you care!
tzar Member	Sat Apr 03 12:27:31 I have both hands by my side but something is raised
Clitoral Hood The Bloody Scourge	Sat Apr 03 12:30:45 *pulls out the garden sheers* you don't say...?
wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:43:50 Troll From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the mythical race. For other uses, see Troll (disambiguation). Close Up of Trolls (John Bauer, 1915). A troll is a member of a race of fearsome creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants â?? similar to the ogres of England (also called Trolls at times, see Troller's Gill) â?? to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. In the Faroe islands, Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings. Nordic literature, art and music from the romantic era and onwards has adapted trolls in various manners â?? often in the form of an aboriginal race, endowed with oversized ears and noses. From here, as well as from Scandinavian fairy tales such as Three Billy Goats Gruff, trolls have achieved international recognition, and in modern fantasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters. Contents [hide] * 1 Scandinavian folklore o 1.1 History o 1.2 The Jætte Trolls o 1.3 The Vitterfolk Trolls o 1.4 Fairytales and legends * 2 Nordic art, music and literature o 2.1 Gallery * 3 Proposed Origins of the Myth * 4 Trolls in America * 5 See also * 6 Notes * 7 References * 8 External links [edit] Scandinavian folklore This article's tone or style may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. (December 2007) [edit] History Stones with roughly man-like features could be explained by folklore as trolls petrified by sunlight or curses. This one can be seen in Hamarøy, Norway. The usage of the word troll has developed over time. It might have had the original meaning of supernatural or magical with an overlay of malignant and perilous[citation needed]. Another likely suggestion is that it means "someone who behaves violently"[citation needed]. In old Swedish law, trolldom was a particular kind of magic intended to do harm[citation needed]. It should also be noted that North Germanic terms such as trolldom (witchcraft) and trolla/trylle (perform magic tricks) in modern Scandinavian languages does not imply any connection with the mythical being. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology[citation needed], troll can signify any uncanny being, including but not restricted to the Norse giants (jötnar). In Skáldskaparmál, the poet Bragi Boddason encounters a troll-woman who hails him with this verse (in Old Norse): Troll kalla mik tungl sjötrungnis, auðsug jötuns, élsólar böl, vilsinn völu, vörð náfjarðar, hvélsvelg himins â?? hvat's troll nema þat?[1] They call me Troll; Gnawer of the Moon, Giant of the Gale-blasts, Curse of the rain-hall, Companion of the Sibyl, Nightroaming hag, Swallower of the loaf of heaven. What is a Troll but that?[2] The ambiguous original meaning of the word troll appears to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented. This can be seen in terms such as sjötrollet (the sea troll) as a synonym for havsmannen (the sea man) â?? a protective spirit of the sea and a sort of male counterpart to the female sjörÃ¥ (see huldra). There are many places in Scandinavia that are named after trolls, such as the Swedish town Trollhättan (Troll's bonnet) and the legendary mountain Trollkyrka (Troll church). The most famous in Norway are Trollfjorden, Trollheimen, Trollhetta, Trollstigen, Trolltindan and Trollveggen. [edit] The Jætte Trolls Two gradually developing main traditions regarding the use of troll can be discerned. In the first tradition, the troll is large, brutish and a direct descendant from the Norse jötnar. They are often described as ugly or having beastly features like tusks or cyclopic eyes. This is the tradition which has come to dominate fairy tales and legends (see below)[citation needed], but it is also the prominent concept of troll in Norway. As a general rule, what would be called a "troll" in Norway would in Denmark and Sweden be a "giant" (jætte or jätte, related to jötunn/jotunn in Jotunheimen). In some Norwegian accounts, such as the Medieval ballad Ã?smund Frægdegjevar, the trolls live in a far northern land called Trollebotten â?? the concept and location of which seems to coincide with the Old Norse Jötunheimr.[clarification needed] [edit] The Vitterfolk Trolls This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2009) Main article: huldra The second tradition is most prominent in southern Scandinavia. Conversely, what would be called trolls in southern Sweden and Denmark would be called huldrefolk in Norway and vitterfolk in northern Sweden. The south-Scandinavian term probably originate in a generalization of the terms haugtrold (mound-troll) or bergtroll (mountain-troll), as trolls in this tradition are residents of the underground.[citation needed] These trolls have a human-like appearance. Sometimes they had a tail hidden in their clothing, but even that is not a definite. Many of these trolls had a single lock of hair that no human could comb, whereas the rest was generally messy. A frequent way of telling a human-looking troll in folklore is to look at what it is wearing: Troll women in particular were often too elegantly dressed to be human women moving around in the forest. They could attract human males to do their bidding, or simply as mates or pets. Later these would be found wandering, decades later, with no memory of what had happened to them in a troll woman's care.[citation needed] More often than not, though, the trolls kept themselves invisible, and then they could travel on the winds, such as the wind-troll Ysätters-Kajsa, or sneak into human homes. Sometimes you could only hear them speak, shout and make noise, or the sound of their cattle. Similarly, if you were out in the forest and smelled food cooking, you knew you were near a troll dwelling. The trolls were also great shapeshifters, taking shapes of objects like fallen logs or animals like cats and dogs. A fairly frequent notion is that the trolls liked to appear as rolling balls of yarn.[citation needed] Whereas the large, ogrish trolls often appear as a solitary being, the "small" trolls were thought to be social beings who lived together, much like humans except out in the forest. They kept animals, cooked and baked, were excellent at crafts and held great feasts. Like many other species in Scandinavian folklore, they were said to reside in underground complexes, accessible from underneath large boulders in the forests or in the mountains. These boulders could be raised upon pillars of gold. In their living quarters, they hoard gold and treasures. Opinion varied as to whether or not the trolls were thoroughly bad or not, but often they treated people as they were treated. Trolls could cause great harm if vindictive or playful, though, and regardless of other things they were always heathen. Trolls were also great thieves, and liked to steal from the food that the farmers had stored. They could enter the homes invisibly during feasts and eat from the plates so that there was not enough food, or spoil the making of beer and bread so that it failed or did not end up plentiful enough. The trolls sometimes abducted people to live as slaves or at least prisoners among them. These poor souls were known as bergtagna ("those taken to/by the mountain"), which also is the Scandinavian word for having been spirited away. To be bergtagen does not only refer to the disappearance of the person, but also that upon returning, he or she has been struck with insanity or apathy caused by the trolls. Anyone could be taken by the trolls, even cattle, but at the greatest risk were women who had given birth but not yet been taken back to the church. Occasionally, the trolls would even steal a new-born baby, leaving their own offspring â?? a (bort)byting/skifting ("changeling") â?? in return. To ward off the trolls you could always trust in Christianity: Church bells, a cross or even words like "Jesus" or "Christ" would work against them. Like other Scandinavian folklore creatures they also feared iron. Apart from that they were hunted by Thor, one of the last remnants of the old Norse mythology, who threw Mjolnir, his hammer, causing lightning bolts to kill them. Though Mjolnir was supposed to return to Thor after throwing, the imprints of his hammer could later be found in the earth (actually Stone Age axes) and be used as protective talismans. In Swedish everyday folklore trolls often were blamed for bad luck or accidents - in the north of Sweden the "vittra" often played this role. In some parts of Sweden they still, when things go wrong, say: "Det gÃ¥r troll i det här". This can can be translated with "There are trolls in this" or "This has become troll-infested" meaning that something brings or has extraordinary misfortune coming with it. For example: If everything goes wrong in a project you can say: "Det verkar som om det gÃ¥r troll i det här projektet" meaning "It looks like this project is cursed by the trolls". [edit] Fairytales and legends While the everyday folklore consisted mostly of short anecdotes describing things that had (supposedly) happened to local people, fairytales are narratives that rarely claim to be true in the same way. Many of the fairytales featuring trolls were written in the late 19th century to early 20th century, reflecting the romanticism of the time, and published in fairytale collections like Bland tomtar och troll. These tales, and illustrations by artists like John Bauer and Theodor Kittelsen, would come to form the ideas most people have of trolls today. Legends from the Middle Ages and earlier also feature a kind of trolls of more horrifying dimensions. This might reflect a past view of trolls as distinctly bad creatures that would soften[citation needed] in later folklore (see the above), or just be another example of fantastic tales demanding fantastic dimensions. In fairytales and legends trolls are known less as the people living next to humans and more as frightening creatures[citation needed]. Particularly in these tales they come in any size and can be as huge as giants or as small as dwarfs. They are often regarded as having poor intellect (especially the males, whereas the females may be quite cunning), great strength, big noses, long arms, and as being hairy and not very beautiful.[citation needed] (Once again, females often constitute the exception, with female trolls frequently being comely.) In Scandinavian fairy tales trolls sometimes turn to stone if exposed to sunlight, a myth generally attributed to pareidolia found in naturally eroded rock outcroppings. Asbjørnsen and Moe's collection features a number of traditional fairy tales where trolls hold princesses captive, such as The Three Princesses of Whiteland, Soria Moria Castle, and Dapplegrim, and two where trolls invade homes on Christmas Eve to make merry, Tatterhood and The Cat on the Dovrefjell. Female trolls may conspire to force the prince to marry their daughters, as in East of the Sun and West of the Moon, or practice witchcraft, as in The Witch in the Stone Boat, where a troll usurps a queen's place, or The Twelve Wild Ducks, where she turns twelve princes into wild ducks. In other tales, the hero matches wits with the troll: Boots and the Troll, and Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll. The following excerpts from the Danish Ballad of Eline of Villenskov describe the physical aspects of trolls within Scandinavian mythology: There were seven and a hundred Trolls, They were both ugly and grim, A visit they would the farmer make, Both eat and drink with him. Out then spake the tiniest Troll, No bigger than an emmet was he, Hither is come a Christian man, And manage him will I surelie [edit] Nordic art, music and literature Edvard Grieg, a prominent Norwegian composer of the later 19th century, wrote several pieces on trolls, including a score based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, with the famous In the Hall of the Mountain King, and March Of The Trolls (Troldtog). Regarding his motivations, Grieg wrote: "The peculiar in life was what made me wild and mad...dwarf power and untamed wildness...audacious and bizarre fantasy." Grieg's former home, Troldhaugen ("The Troll's Hill"), is now a museum.[3][4] Like Grieg, conductor Johan Halvorsen was a nationalist Norwegian composer. He wrote, The Princess and the Giant Troll, The Trolls enter the Blue Mountain, and Dance of the Little Trolls. Geirr Tveitt was heavily influenced by Grieg's romanticism and cultural exploration of Scandinavian folklore and Norwegian folk-music. Tveitt's Troll Tunes, includes works such as Troll-Tuned Hardanger Fiddle, and The Boy With The Troll-Treasure. Tragically, 80% of Tveitt's oeuvre was destroyed in a fire. Few Norwegian illustrators or painters have managed to capture these strange creatures and the enchanted atmosphere of Norwegian nature on paper and canvas as successfully as Theodor Kittelsen. Kittelsen's art and artistic use of the medium of drawing, with black and white extremities and scales of gray in between, are in a class of their own in Norwegian art. Theodor Kittelsen was fascinated by this shadowy world populated by supernatural siren beings and spirits. Walking in the forests and fields, he could see them everywhere: in the mists over the marches, in the twilight surrounding fallen pine trunks and in the dripping fir trees on rainy days. In Swedish children's literature, trolls are not naturally evil, but primitive and misunderstood. Their misdeeds are due to a combination of basic and common human traits, such as envy, pride, greed, naïveté, ignorance and stupidity. In some early 20th century fairy tales, by Elsa Beskow, trolls are also depicted as an aboriginal race of hunters and gatherers who are fleeing the encroaching human civilization. Where man makes a road, the trolls disappear. Young Scandinavian children usually understand the concept of trolls, and a way to teach children to brush their teeth is to tell them to get rid of the very small "tooth trolls" that otherwise will make holes in their teeth. This is a pedagogic device used to explain bacteria by the Norwegian author Thorbjørn Egner in his story Karius and Baktus. The Swedish-speaking Finnish author Tove Jansson has reached a worldwide audience with her Moomintrolls. There is some speculation that the famous story Rumpelstiltskin originated from a troll folk tale which bears many similarities. While the original story of the troll involves a preacher contracting a troll to build a church as opposed to a woman needing to spin straw into gold, the central element of a bargain which is satisfied by guessing the name of the involved party, and the subsequent death of the troll or being whose name is guessed is central to both stories. (see Fin (troll)) All the music of folk metal bands Finntroll and Trollfest are based on Trolls, presented as a naturalist, alcohol-loving and viciously anti-Christian and anti-human race. [edit] Gallery Gallery of trolls as imagined by various Nordic artists. The sea troll (Theodor Kittelsen, 1887). Forest troll. (Theodor Kittelsen, 1906). Troll pondering its age. (Theodor Kittelsen, 1911). The changeling (John Bauer, 1913). Good evening, old man! the boy greeted (John Bauer, 1915). Troll statue in the forest near Geilo, Norway. Norwegian road sign - Troll Crossing Senjatrollet, the largest troll in the world. Troll statue at the top of Fløyen Mountain in Bergen, Norway See also: * Gourmander, painting by Hasse Bredenberg [1] [2]. * Världens största TrollmÃ¥lning, mural by Rolf Lidberg [3]. * Trold, der vejrer kristenblod [4] [5], sculpture by Niels Hansen Jacobsen. * The moomintrolls of Tove Jansson. [edit] Proposed Origins of the Myth A possible explanation for the troll myth is that the trolls represent the remains of the forefather-cult which was ubiquitous in Scandinavia until the introduction of Christianity in the 10th and 11th centuries. In this cult the forefathers were worshipped in sacred groves, by altars or by gravemounds. One of the customs associated with this practice was to sit on top of a gravemound at night, possibly in order to make contact with the deceased. With the introduction of Christianity however, the religious tended to demonize the pagan cult, and denounced the forefathers as evil. For instance, according to Magnus HÃ¥konsen's laws from 1276 it is illegal to attempt to wake the "mound-dwellers". It is in these laws that the word troll appears for the first time, denoting something heathen and generally unfavourable.[5] This fits with the trolls in Norse sagas who are often the restless dead, to be wrestled with or otherwise laid to rest. [edit] Trolls in America "The Troll." A sculpture under the north end of the Aurora Bridge in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA. Scandinavian folk-tales involving trolls such as "Three Billy Goats Gruff" are familiar to other European and European-derived cultures. In the US and Canada, the old belief in trolls is paralleled by a modern belief in Bigfoot and Sasquatch.[citation needed] Many statues of trolls adorn the downtown business district of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, leading to the town being dubbed The Troll Capital. There is also a park on the northeast side of Fargo, North Dakota which is named Trollwood.[6] Residents of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, known as Yoopers, refer to their lower-peninsula counterparts as "trolls," because they live "Under the Bridge" (Referring to the Mackinac Bridge.)[7][8] Northern Central California (Sacramento, Stockton, Lodi, Modesto, Yuba City and Marysville) Hispanic residents tell their children tales of the "Colupe" (KOH-LOO-PEH), the little man that lives in the walls who comes out at night stealing away the breath of its sleeping victims.[citation needed] This story was made famous in Stephen King's movie Cat's Eye.[citation needed] [edit] See also * Dwarf * Dark Elves * Huldre * Fin (troll) * Grendel * Moomin * Ogre * Patent troll * Rölli * Troll (Internet) (internet aggression) * Troll doll * Hugo (franchise) * Troll (Middle-earth) [edit] Notes 1. ^ "Bragi & Tröllkona: Lausavísur". http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/bragilv2.html. 2. ^ "Traces of the Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man, by P,M.C. Kermode [1904"]. sacred-texts.com. http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tnm/tnm02.htm. 3. ^ Edvard Grieg Biography. Listen to Classical Music by Edvard Grieg 4. ^ Classical Music Reviews | February 1st - 7th, 2008 CD DVD reviews 5. ^ A. Sanmark: "Power and conversion - a comparative study of christianization in Scandinavia 6. ^ of Fargo Parks 7. ^ Meyer, Mark (August 21, 2008). "Circle Theatre hunts for another hit with 'Escanaba In Love'". Chicago Theatre Examiner (Examiner.com). http://www.examiner.com/x-408-Chicago-Theatre-Examiner~y2008m8d21-Circle-Theatre-hunts-for-another-hit-with-Escanaba-In-Love. Retrieved 2008-08-26. "These few hardy souls are known in Midwestern parlance as "Yoopers" (from "U.P.ers"), and like to refer to downstate Michiganians such as myself as "trolls" because we live "under" the Mackinac Bridge." 8. ^ Parrish, P. J.. "Somebody's Daughter". A Thousand Bones. Simon and Schuster. pp. 22. ISBN 1416525874. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vkFbQ6BrQtcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=michigan+trolls+mackinac+bridge&ots=R1CVy5tnRG&sig=it-tkFx2IBYCqPz7CJLe02k0Nk8#PPA22,M1. Retrieved 2008-08-26. "A troll was what people from Michigan's Upper Peninsula called anyone who lived "below the bridge," the five-mile-long span that connected the Upper and Lower peninsulas." [edit] References * Folktro frÃ¥n förr, Ebbe Schön (2001), ISBN 91-7203-420-3 * Troll och människa, Ebbe Schön (1999), ISBN 91-27-06873-0 * Svensk folktro A-Ã?, Ebbe Schön (1998), ISBN 91-518-2892-8 * Trollmakter og godvette, Olav Bø (1987), ISBN 82-521-2923-4 * Camilla Asplund Ingemark's, The Genre of Trolls. The Case of a Finland-Swedish Folk Belief Tradition is the first doctoral dissertation in Finland on traditional forest trolls. Her research describes trolls according to the folklore of Swedish-speaking Finns. Ingemark compares the style and content of troll tales in folklore with biblical stories. [edit] External links Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Trolls * Trollmoon â?? The Scandinavian Troll in Art and Folklore * The Moomin Trove - comprehensive lists of Tove Jansson's Moomin books * http://www.trollshop.net/trolls Norway based website with articles and stories about Trolls * Art Passions â?? 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wikispammer Member	Fri Apr 23 04:44:13 Troll (angling) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see troll. Illustration of trolling Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water. This may be behind a moving boat, or by slowly winding the line in when fishing from a static position, or even sweeping the line from side-to-side, eg when fishing from a jetty. Trolling is used to catch pelagic fish such as salmon, mackerel and kingfish. Trolling can be phonetically confused with trawling, a completely different method of fishing, where a net (trawl) is drawn through the water instead of lines. Trolling is used both for recreational and commercial fishing whereas trawling is used mainly for commercial fishing. Trolling from a moving boat is a technique of big-game fishing and is used when fishing from boats to catch large open-water species such as tuna and marlin. Trolling is also a freshwater angling technique. Trolling from a moving boat involves moving quite slowly through the water; this may be accomplished by use of a special trolling motor. Many anglers troll for some or most of their fish. Trolling is the way to catch trout and salmon on lakes and reservoirs; it is the method on some muskie waters. It is a valued technique for walleye, an overlooked method for black bass, and an important means of catching striped bass. In saltwater, trolling is a critical method for catching many pelagic species, especially billfish, and important for pursuing many inshore species, including kingfish, bluefish, and various jacks. There is plenty of science and drama involved, whether the quarry is blue marlin, chinook salmon, walleye, or dolphin.[1] [edit] See also * Trawling [edit] References Fishing vessel trolling for tuna in the Pacific. 1. ^ Ken Schultz: Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia. 1999. "http://www.gofishn.com/content/trolling#" * Merriam-Webster definition 2a: "to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat" * Instructions in trolling [hide] Fishing industry Commercial fishing Trawling · Pair trawling · Midwater trawling · Bottom trawling · Seining · Longlining · Trolling · Dredging · Fishing vessels · Power block IMG 0024.JPG Fish processing Fish factory · Factory ship · Fish preservation · Slurry ice · Stockfish · Smoked fish · Gibbing · Fish flake · Salted cod · Unsalted cod · Kippers · more... Fish products Seafood · Fish as food · Fish roe · Fish meal · Fish emulsion · Fish hydrolysate · Fish oil · Fish sauce · Shrimp paste · Seafood list · Crustaceans · Molluscs · more... Fish marketing Live food fish trade · Shrimp marketing · Chasse-marée · Fishmonger · Fishwife · Worshipful Company of Fishmongers Fish markets Billingsgate · Fulton · Maine Avenue · English Market · Scania · Tsukiji · more... Area fisheries World fish production · Fishing by country · Fishing banks · Other areas [show] Aquaculture and fish farming Aquaculture Mariculture · Algaculture · Aquaponics · BAP · Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture · Inland saline aquaculture · Raceway · Geothermal energy and aquaculture · Aquaculture engineering · Fish diseases and parasites · Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes Biosecure KOI breeding and growing intensive facility in Israel.jpg Fish farming Broodstock · Fish hatchery · Fish stocking · Salmon · Tilapia · Catfish · Shrimp · Freshwater prawns · Oysters · Tailwater · Hirudiculture · Turtle farming · US hatcheries By country Australia · China · New Zealand [show] v � d � e Fisheries and fishing topic areas Fisheries Fisheries science · Wild fisheries · Oceanic habitats · Fish farming · Aquaculture · Fish diversity · Fish diseases · Fisheries management · Fishing quota · Sustainability Trawer Hauling Nets.jpg Fishing Fisherman · Artisan fishing · Fishing villages · Fishing vessels · Fishing history Industry Commercial fishing · Processing · Products · Seafood · Marketing · Markets Recreational Angling · Game fishing · Fly fishing · Catch and release Techniques Gathering · Spearfishing · Line fishing · Netting · Trawling · Trapping · Other Tackle Hook · Line · Sinker · Rod · Bait · Lures · Artificial flies · Bite alarms Locations Fishing by country · Fishing villages · Fishing banks · Fish ponds Index of fishing articles · List of fishing topics by subject · Fisheries glossary Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(angling)" Categories: Recreational fishing | Fishing techniques and methods
McKobb Member	Sat Apr 15 05:47:15 Whut?
tumbleweed the wanderer	Sat Apr 15 11:35:35 this thread seems older than this board i don't recall a bit of the story (or my excellent zing at China)
Agri Patron	Mon Apr 17 05:11:05 It was kinda funny because I thought it was a new story and it was quite amusing. Then I saw my post that it was only mildly amusing and I wondered why I completely forgot about this story. Probably because it was from 2010.
Midion Member	Thu Apr 27 11:16:09 I tried not laugh but I failed...
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