From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Judy F."  wrote in message
news:40071e12{at}w3.nls.net...
> > It shouldn't be forgotten that Scandinavians didn't have a very
> > good reputation when they first started coming to this country
> > in large numbers.  The jokes about them were not very kind.
>
> Thanks Gene, but I'll stick with my viking ancestors.

A very good friend of mine (we're born on the same day in the same hospital
and been friends since we were maybe three years old) actually looks like
what many people would like to think the Vikings looked like (but probably
isn't true): he's huge, tall, very sturdy and has blue eyes, and long
blonde hair and blonde beard. A few years ago he was approached by a
company in the US and asked if he would be willing to donate some sperm -
apparently his looks are very popular in some places. The deal involved
giving a "donation" every day for two weeks, and the company
would pay the flights to Miami, the hotel, and he even got some cash for it
(can't remember but it wasn't much).

Naturally he went, saying only "this is too weird, now they want to
*pay* me for doing this...". What an easy way to get a free vacation



Antti Kurenniemi

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