At least over here the only real thing to watch out for about 'oop North' is outlined in this song (NSFW lyrics, but you shouldn't be watching it at work anyway):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tWpR5HZnQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tWpR5HZnQ
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'