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[eleneariel]

I've decided to add Portugal to the list of places I want to visit.

An interesting bit of word-lore, courtesy of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love:

The word amok, as in "running amok," is a Balinese word, describing a battle technique of suddenly going insanely wild against one's enemies in suicidal and bloody hand-to-hand combat; the Europeans were frankly terrified by this practice.

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[ransomedsea.livejournal.com]

The end bit of that quote made me laugh so hard. Oh you Europeans. Loosen up a little.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

What happened to that barbaric Anglo-Saxon spirit, eh?

[ransomedsea.livejournal.com]

I'm just cracking up at the visual of these half-crazed people running kamikaze-style at the Europeans and their eyes going slow-mo wide and then them screaming like girls and running away.

Seriously. They need some viking spirit.