Gah, nonsense about Celts

[Lianachan]

DNA study shows Celts are not a unique genetic group.

[Heid the Ba]

Excellent, though it does grate to here Scotland described as a "fringe".

[Lianachan]

It's amusing to see how this is being reported in various news-slingers, as there's scope for all sorts of spin (such as the BBC saying that Scots are just the same as we English, there).

[Heid the Ba]

Yeah, as a tall, blue eyed, fair skinned man I choose to believe in my (non-Caithness) Viking heritage.

[Lianachan]

As you would expect, the actual paper is far more detailed, and has numerous more pretty maps.

[Lianachan]

I like the way the BBC article doesn't contain the words French or France anywhere and ends with Likewise, the Norman conquest of England did not leave any genetic evidence. The Daily Mail says that "many of us are 45% French", while the Guardian goes with "30% German".

[Arneb]

Nott forr long, ant you vill all be German!

[Lianachan]

I'm looking forward to it!

[Heid the Ba]

When that day comes I will suddenly be of North German descent and welcome my new Teutonic Overlords.

[Lianachan]

North German descent is trickier for me, so I'm hoping that Roman failures to entirely conquer our respective homelands will provide me with enough common ground to stand me in some stead with our new Teutonic Overlords. There's no solidarity like ancient solidarity.

[Heid the Ba]

A Black Isle/Black Forest Alliance?

[Lianachan]

That sort of thing, yes. Some kind of (according to Google) schwarz kameradschaft.

[Heid the Ba]

You watching the Alice Roberts/Neil Oliver telly programme on the Celts?

Edit to add link.

[Lianachan]

Ha. Fucking awful.

[Heid the Ba]

Gah! Titting arse this is bad, Celtic woman has jewellery = powerful woman, not wife of rich man. Boudicca saves something called "Britain" by being killed, her daughters raped and her tribe killed or enslaved.

They point out that all we know about her is a few lines of Tacitus then assign all sorts of motives and attributes.

They do have a cool replica chariot though. Want one!

Fuck me, we invented them apparently, that would be news to Rameses.

[Heid the Ba]

Oh fuck me, they are now using the Beltane celebrations in Edinburgh to show how the Celts understood the universe. Celebrations which have been going for nearly a decade and were made up by happy clappys, hippies (not our hippie), wasters, dopers, and the usual suspects.

[Мастер]

Every time I see this thread come up after it's been dormant for a while, I can't remember what it is about, and wonder who it is who hates pets.

[Lance]

Every time I see this thread come up after it's been dormant for a while, I can't remember what it is about, and wonder who it is who hates pets.

+1

[Heid the Ba]

Perhaps a Mod could change it to "Gah, nonsense about Celts" or something of Lianachan's choice since it is his thread?

[Lianachan]

I've not watched it since the first episode, but maybe I should. It sounds hilarious.

[Enzo]

Wait, Celts don't like pets?

[Lianachan]

Facebook post I saw today from an archaeologist:

Stop me if this has gone before but I've just got round to watching Celts, Blood, Iron and Sacrifice. What a colossal pile of bollocks!!!! A pan-European celtic identity? Are we still in the 60's?