I think I may have made a pretty good Viking, back in the day. Assuming I had been born back when Vikings were roaming the high seas, and often off visiting far-away lands.

OK, so technically they didn’t “visit”, so much as pillage. But they did still get to travel quite a bit, and both Mrs. That Dan Guy and I enjoy our travelling. And, we also enjoy cruises, so as I said before, I think I would have been a reasonably good fit in the Viking culture.

Although, I’ve never been much of a hat guy – I can’t even pull off a baseball cap all that well. Not sure how a hat with two big horns would look like on my head. We do now own about 4 cowboy hats each, what with the western lifestyle so predominant here. Those are hit-and-miss at best, although the white one does make me look a bit like famed TV rancher Lorne Greene. Yee-haw…

I guess I might have some trouble pulling off the big hairy beard so many Vikings are famous for. MTDG essentially refuses to allow me to grow a beard, even during NHL playoffs (which between you and me, is likely the primary reason the Flames are golfing now – just sayin’…).

And I’m not so sure I’d be all that comfortable wearing animal skins – I get a rash from cotton, for Pete’s sake! You don’t think “polyester” too often, when you visualize a rugged Viking at the stern of his ship. Or maybe that’s the bow - although "bow" certainly doesn’t sound all that masculine.

Ah, myself, I’d be down inside the ship somewhere, enjoying a Pina Colada. I have to watch how much sun I get…

Chow for now!