Happy Syttende Mai!
For those of you that didn't know, yesterday was Norway's independence day. I learned about it today at Bellevue College: some blue eyed blonde girl was selling Norwegian cookies in celebration. So get out your Viking Horns and your knit sweaters and have some lutefisk tonight to celebrate our ancestors breaking free from Sweden... cuz without that, we'd all be speaking Swedish now!
And here's an old favorite with a Norwegian twist:
Sven and Ole went into the garbage hauling business. All they had for a truck was Sven's 1949 Ford pick-up with the grain sides on it. They had just it filled to the top, when they were stopped by the police. The Police said that garbage was blowing off the top of their load and if they didn't find a way to hold it down, he was going to give them a ticket. So, Ole climbed up on top and lay down spread eagle on top of the garbage.
As they drove along, they went under a bridge. Two Swedes were standing on the bridge and saw this sight. One of them remarked, "Vell vould you look at dat. Somebody threw away a perfectly good Norwegian."
2 comments:
haha. not too long ago I was spelling 'arnesen' for someone (why is that a harder name than blodgett, i don't know) and this guy says "en, must be swedish" and I said "OOH OOH Yes, it is". This ancestory trivia pays off.
Brad, I loved it! I can't wait to share this with the kids for family night!:) What a great "geneology story" and I like how it is tied to another family fave..."Better off Dead", and don't worry Mom, it is "just a little joke"!
Have a super great day, everybody! Paul, when are you arriving?
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