Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for January 27, 2012
Transcript:
scrappy lad: so, hela, niflheim is for people who die peacefully, right? woman Right! scrappy lad: and valhalla is for those who die in battle..... so, where do people go who die recklessly following their childhood heroes into danger that's well beyond their measure? woman: We pretty much try to ignore them. scrappy lad: Sounds about right...
“My intention is to dieIn the tavern drinking;Wine must be at hand, for IWant it when I’m sinking.Angels when they come shall cry,At my frailties winking:“Spare this drunkard, God, he’s high,Absolutely stinking!”
- the writer known as the ‘Archpoet of Cologne’, composing sometime around the 1160s