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Originally Posted by plib
I blame it on the Danes myself. I think a relative of King Canute must have hitched a ride on a longboat and colonized Hollywood some time in the 11th century. Probably accounts for all those ditzy blondes in Hollywood.
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Canute may have been misremembered by history.
One story would have it that he was demonstrating to his ministers that his powers were not unlimited, because he
couldn't command the waters not to rise.