Year of the Purple Reign

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Norv Zimmer
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Re: Year of the Purple Reign

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How bout the Viking Rapers and Pillagers! (Thats pretty much what they did in history, they were A-Holes)
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Norv Zimmer wrote:How bout the Viking Rapers and Pillagers! (Thats pretty much what they did in history, they were A-Holes)

Actually to go Viking was to seek out new trade routes during the non growing season in Norse lands.


All raiders were vikings most vikings were not raiders.


The raiders were general douchenozzles though, yes.
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IrishViking wrote:
Actually to go Viking was to seek out new trade routes during the non growing season in Norse lands.


All raiders were vikings most vikings were not raiders.


The raiders were general douchenozzles though, yes.
Ah yes, and just like in olden times, the Raiders are still generally douchenozzles :D
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Re: Year of the Purple Reign

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The purple douchenozzles!
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Re: Year of the Purple Reign

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For you Game of Thrones fans: how about "The Wardens of the North"?
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I'm a Minnesotan and Prince does nothing for me. I've really tried to like him. He was talented and creative but lacked anything of interest to me. He seemed to want to be edgy but he sounded like very middle-of-the-road pop to me. I don't see him in the same league as Dylan.

Naturally I abhor Purple Reign for a monikor for that reason, but there's are even better reasons for disliking it. "Reign" suggests a period of time reigned over by someone or something. It does not suggest the thing doing the reigning, namely the defense. Its poor use of English. And it really doesn't sound very menacing. It's hard to escape the association with "rain", and while Purple Rain would be proper English I don't know anyone who is afraid of rain.
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Re: Year of the Purple Reign

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Texas Vike wrote:For you Game of Thrones fans: how about "The Wardens of the North"?
I like it!

Mike Zimmer.......KING OF THE NORTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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