The Booty Report

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"Arrr, after a century and a half in the frosty North, them Finnish noggins be sailin' back to their lair!"

2024-09-08

Avast, mateys! A treasure trove of skulls, plundered from the Finnish depths in the 1800s by landlubber scientists, sailed ‘cross the sea to Sweden for study. But lo! This Sunday, they found their way back to Finnish soil, like wayward pirate gold returning home! Arrr!

Ahoy, ye scallywags of the high seas! Gather round and lend yer ears to a tale most peculiar! In the wilds of Finland, there be a treasure not of gold, but of skulls—dozens of 'em, dug up like buried doubloons in the 19th century! These bony noggins were snatched away by landlubber scientists, them curious souls who fancied themselves scholars, eager to unlock the secrets of these craniums and their racial traits. Aye, they packed 'em off to Sweden, thinkin' they could make sense of what lay beneath the skin!

But lo and behold, time has a way of settlin' the score! On a fine Sunday, those skulls, once plundered from their resting places, were returned to the embrace of the Finnish soil, like wayward sailors comin' home after a long voyage. The good folk of Finland said, “Let 'em rest in peace!”—and who could argue with that? So, with a hearty cheer and perhaps a pint or two, they reburied the old bones, givin' them a proper send-off. Aye, the moral of this jolly tale? Respect the dead, for they be the true treasure, and let the scientists keep their noses out of what don’t concern 'em! Arrr!

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