Norway is out

[Q Classic]

Swedes, Norwegians... They're practically the same.

Finland > Swedenland > Norwayland > Sweden > Norway.

[lord of the mark]

Garrison Keillor: Today we are celebrating Norwegian Independence, the hundredth anniversary of it, May 1905. Norwegians of course have always been independent people, going back to the time when they discovered America — (SHIP RIGGING, BIG WAVES, TR VIKING SHOUT, COW HORN BLAST) — Leif Erikson — long before Christopher Columbus and his publicity machine set sail from Genoa with no idea of where they were going and stumbled onto some islands in the Caribbean — long before that Leif Erikson sailed along the shore of Canada and New England (Tim Russell VIKING TALK) and went back to Norway to recite his long saga about the trip... (TR VIKING RECITATION) —- in which he said that the New World was okay, not that bad, could have been worse, which discouraged emigration for eight-hundred years.

How did the Norwegians come under Swedish control? Well, they had been under Danish control, and compared to that, Swedish control didn't seem so bad. The Danes were cruel and arrogant, because they were under the illusion that they were really French. They were unbearable when they were drunk, which was most of the time. The Swedes were a large and slow-moving people who liked to count things (TR SWEDISH COUNTING) and organize their closets and organize committees and so they didn't have time to be oppressive. And so the Norwegians continued doing what they wanted to do, catching herring (SHIPS RIGGING, GULLS, TR NORSE SHOUTS) and playing the fiddle (Peter Ostroushko FIDDLE) and dancing and herding goats (GOATS) and skiing (TR NORSE, SKIING) until they woke up one day and said, Who are these foreigners with the lingonberries? Who invited them in? (TR NORSE BEWILDERMENT)

So the Norwegians spoke to God, who of course understands Norwegian and speaks it beautifully, and God sent down plagues upon the Swedes — he sent frogs (SFX) and flies (SFX) and then he gave them Strindberg and when that wasn't enough he gave them Ingmar Bergman — black and white movies in which people sit and do not communicate— (TR & Sue Scott SERIES OF SWEDISH MUTTERINGS) and finally, the Swedes let the Norwegians free — and the Norwegians hired an unemployed Danish prince to come up and be King because no Norwegian would ever want to be in that position — this is a decent and modest people, a good people, and we salute them on the anniversary of their Independence. Even as we thank the Swedes for oppressing them, which motivated so many Norwegians to come to America. They are in our midst, one of the very few ethnic groups in the country that enjoys jokes about itself. And so they are a treasure. Three cheers for Norway!

[Pekka]

q cubed, there you go my little friend! You are smarter than some other folks here..

duke, why why why, we have guys posting photos of some dude in ... well you saw that, we got people threatning and slanderdisizeing, we have.. I gave facts so I'm not close being banned. Only if TRUTH hurts that much, but then again I believe that is what would make me a martyr of some sort, proving my point. So no they won't ban me.

[BlackCat]

@LOTM : Were the heck did you find that ? It's really funny

[duke o' york]

I hope not, but arguing that their country is worthless without any proper evidence is hardly TRUTH. Sure, most Eritreans will agree with you that their infrastructure is basically f**ked, but that doesn't apply to most countries.

[Chemical Ollie]

LOTM, if your last post were not so long, it would be sig material

Norway should really be our colony. Let's invade and teach them the power of AT-4, Bill missiles and stealth ships!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by BlackCat
@LOTM : Were the heck did you find that ? It's really funny

prairie home companion web site;

heres the audiohttp://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2005/05/28/

it should be in segment 3.

How do folks LIVE without Prairie Home Companion?


(its radio variety show with a loose midwestern theme - the Keilor is from Minnesota - naturally theres a fair number of Scandinavian jokes - on Norwegian independnce day, when he had some traveling child classical musicians from Norway on, he couldnt resist)

[Pekka]

Go Sweden! It's about time we turn those NATO storages into hot and steaming Scandinavian drug crazed techno sex parties

No more war, all we need is SSDCTSP!

duke, oh and I have evidence, I have lots of it.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by BlackCat


Ehrm, couldn't you please "Winston" the right half of that pic - it's quite disturbing

I consider him GRANDMASTER COOL beyond any competition and I'm ready to prove it. 250+ MB of his pictures is arriving in your email, don't thank me, I was glad to help

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


prairie home companion web site;

heres the audiohttp://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2005/05/28/

it should be in segment 3.

How do folks LIVE without Prairie Home Companion?


(its radio variety show with a loose midwestern theme - the Keilor is from Minnesota - naturally theres a fair number of Scandinavian jokes - on Norwegian independnce day, when he had some traveling child classical musicians from Norway on, he couldnt resist)

'
I really don't know how we survive without listening to Prairie Home Companion - I guess that we just do as good as we can

What's really fun is that denmark is accused to be french when the swdish king actually is french appointed by napoleon, and it's get even funnier when danes are accused of being drunk. If I'm not wrong, then Norway and Sweden are the countries in europe with the highest density of illegal destilleries

[Pekka]

yeah but you guys still are THE drunks. That's all you got.. drunks and legos.

[VetLegion]

I find it quite funny that if someone agrees on us policy, then they are kissing ass, while those that kisses the french ass and supports their economic goals are considered to make independent decisions.

This decision was not about something where both options are equally attractive. This was choosing to walk on the sidewalk versus walking in the middle of the road, and most countries chose the sidewalk, which is expectable, but some followed the Americans (they are looking for a stolen car) to the middle of the road. Middle of the road is perilous, and you do it only if you have some interest in doing so.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by VetLegion


I consider him GRANDMASTER COOL beyond any competition and I'm ready to prove it. 250+ MB of his pictures is arriving in your email, don't thank me, I was glad to help

And as a similiar favour the same amount is going to you of this - enjoy.

[VetLegion]

[ Comment removed from fear of Finnish Fatva ]

[Pekka]

At least have the decency to spell the name of our president correctly. That's the least you can do. Don't be such ignorant person.