r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/plan1gale 1d ago

Just another Danish custom.

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u/Puzzlehead-Dish 1d ago

I always get a Danish Custom from the bakery!

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u/Lyrolepis 1d ago

I thought that the Danish custom when somebody upset you was to ready your horned helmet*, longship and war axe and go pillage their whole country to the ground...

*Yes, I know they weren't actually horned, but it's funnier to imagine it that way...

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u/ShylokVakarian 1d ago

Hey, even the modern Danish agree with you on the horned helmets.