Archive for The Norse Farce
another TWF meme?!
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags 4086m, brands, CO2 categories, Der Nord Wal, hybrid car, Jeep, Mont Blanc, polluters, SUV, The Norse Farce, The North Face, TNF on July 21, 2025 by xi'an
from Þe Norse Farce to…
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Elder Futhark, Futhark runes, Half Dome, joke, logo, meme, Norman, Oseberg Ship, runic alphabet, Scandinavian ancestry, tee-shirt, The Norse Farce, The North, Thorn rune, Thurizas rune, TNF, Viking longship, Yosemite on May 17, 2025 by xi'an
Some of the Og’s readers possibly remember the (long-winded?) entries on playing with the logo of a famous outdoor clothing brand (popularised into streetwear by 1990’s graffiti writers). As explained here, it all started with a (Norman) misconception about said logo. The joke is now sailing to another sea and another North, on a different vessel, if you do not mind staying onboard…
The Norse Code
Posted in Books, pictures, University life with tags admixture, ancestry, Celtic myths, coalescent, cover, DNA helix, European populations, genomic history, medieval Europe, Nature, population genetics, Scandinavia, Scandinavian ancestry, simulation, The Norse Farce, Twigstats, vikings on February 3, 2025 by xi'an
þe norse farce [re-explained]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags brands, logo, Normandy, North, Olso, Oseberg Ship, pun, tee-shirt, Teespring, The Norse Farce, Viking helmet, Viking longship, Vikingskiphuset, William the Conqueror, workshop on April 1, 2024 by xi'an
As I was quizzed about the meaning of þe norse farce logo (on both my tee-shirt and my laptop) at a recent workshop (and as befits the day!), let me recall here it is a multilevel pun mostly centred at myself and neither at a famous outdoor brand or at Norsemen! It started with my wearing apparels from said brand often enough to attract jokes from colleagues and with my misreading its logo as a Viking helmet, rather than the iconic Half-Dome in Yosemite I visited years later. Following several attempts at creating a logo that drifted oceans away from the original trademark, I drew the above from a figurehead near the Oseberg ship in the Vikingskiphuset and with the help of a few friends, ended up with the above, where absolutely no component (font, color, text, logo) was pilfered in the process! I also took advantage of one of the numerous make-your-own-tee websites to create a Norse Farce shop(pe) for afficionadas and afficionados..!
þe norse farce shoppe
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags black Friday, brands, CIRM, logo, Luminy, Normandy, North, outdoor, pun, summer school, tee-shirt, Teespring, The Norse Farce, Université Aix Marseille, Viking helmet, Viking longship, William the Conqueror, workshop on November 27, 2020 by xi'anAs an on-going multilevel pun (started with my misreading a famous outdoor brand logo as a Viking helmet!), and following popular request (at least from a few participants to our Bayesian school at CIRM two years ago!), I took advantage of one of the numerous make-your-own-tee websites to create a norse farce shop(pe) for afficionadas and afficionados..!
