Here's a random trivia question for you:

[xiphias]

What is the highest military rank achieved by a penguin?

Regimental Sergeant Major Nils Olav II, a king penguin, was recently promoted to Colonel in Chief of the Royal Norwegian Guard, an elite unit of Norway's army..

No news about his new duties, but I personally suspect that, if anyone is going to need arctic amphibious assault troops, Norway is going to be the country to watch.

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

This is true. Can I metaquote you? :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Go right ahead.

[mattblum.livejournal.com]

You left out the part where Nils Olav II actually resides at the zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. Apparently some people from the Norwegian military visited the zoo some years ago and really liked the penguins, so did the natural thing and gave a couple of them honorary ranks.

[navrins]

Well, if Lord Midnight can be a Count...

[ykats.livejournal.com]

Arctic? Penguin? The two don't match :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I use "arctic" in its lowercase, climatalogical sense, and not its geographic sense.

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

can you do that?

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Well, I can. I've got special training and all.

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, carry on, then.

[marquisedea.livejournal.com]

I heart penguins.