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Just working intently on some papers. And by "intently" I mean mostly banging my head on the keyboard and cursing at myself. I came across this in my reading and wanted to share. From Grettir's Saga (Fox and Pálsson, trans): "The men at Glaumbæ were very impressed to see you going hoodless in this bad weather," said Glaum. "they wondered whether you were any braver for being indifferent to the cold. There were two farmer's sons there, very strong men, and the shepherd asked them to come with him to the sheep, but they couldn't hardly put on enough clothes against the cold." Grettir said, "I noticed a young man in the doorway pulling on his mittens, and another one going from the cowshed to the dungheap, and neither of them would frighten me." There are two lessons here: 1) Real men do not need clothes to keep warm. 2) It is impossible to look intimidating when pulling on mittens.