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More men want national costumes (Norway)
Aftenposten ^ | March 1, 2005 | tr. Nina Berglund

Posted on 03/01/2005 5:09:15 PM PST by franksolich

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To: franksolich
Welcome.

Found an error, when I said Post button, it's the "Host It" button.

Also of the four boxes they give you, you want to cut and paste the stuff from the second one, labeled "Tag"

41 posted on 03/01/2005 6:14:22 PM PST by benjaminjjones
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To: franksolich

42 posted on 03/01/2005 6:15:19 PM PST by smonk
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

<<am not sure how Norwegians are "messed up."

<<have a pretty good idea, though, that their older cousins the Swedes need some straightening out.....along with their distant relatives the Dutch and the Poles, and their stray dogs the French and the Germans.

But as for Norway itself, this is only the 29th day of the now-famous Norway ping list, and I have yet to track down a character flaw of theirs. Being human, I am sure Norwegians have a character flaw, but I haven't discovered yet what it is.


43 posted on 03/01/2005 6:16:45 PM PST by franksolich (look for the "made in Norway" label on the can of fish)
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To: franksolich
BTW, this is the preferred costume of American Liberals.

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44 posted on 03/01/2005 6:17:11 PM PST by benjaminjjones
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To: Last Dakotan
Ya, maybe - what you said Of an overwhelming blandness, kind of like white is the absence of color.

Like lutefisk and lefse are void of color, eh? LOL!

45 posted on 03/01/2005 6:18:39 PM PST by JLO (Minnesota Nice)
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To: franksolich

I know my family talks funny. They say a lot of stuff like Yah and by golly and you betcha. Lol Most of them have a very strong Norwegian accent. And of course there are the typical Ole and Lena jokes. LOL


46 posted on 03/01/2005 6:20:09 PM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: franksolich
As it turned out, we were wearing Ukrainian blouses with the "secret" symbol that we were.....maidens advertising for husbands.
Bah, humbug; if one doesn't understand it, he'd better not wear it.

LOL. Sort of like hats in certain parts of the world.

You wear them square on your head, you are married. Tilted to the right, single and looking. Tilted to the left, single and not looking. Brim tilted slightly back, widowed in mourning. Brim tilted further back, widowed out of mourning.

47 posted on 03/01/2005 6:20:11 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only the way is paved in pain)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Thanks for the photo anniegetyourgun!!

That is so beautiful, I'm awestruck.


48 posted on 03/01/2005 6:22:34 PM PST by JLO (Minnesota Nice)
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To: franksolich
Being human, I am sure Norwegians have a character flaw, but I haven't discovered yet what it is.

The Swedes are very opinionated but I don't really see that in the Norwegians. By the way, has anyone ever heard them called Norsk's?

49 posted on 03/01/2005 6:23:18 PM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: JLO
Like lutefisk and lefse are void of color, eh? LOL!

I never did see the attraction to that stuff. People in Mn still eat the stuff like crazy. Its a staple at every social gathering where there is food. And man, the Norwegians do love their food!

50 posted on 03/01/2005 6:26:19 PM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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Like lutefisk and lefse are void of color, eh?

The word you are looking for here is taste. If you roll lefse in butter and sugar - behold! it will taste like butter and sugar.

51 posted on 03/01/2005 6:26:41 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: beckysueb

You see, that's part of the purpose of the Norway ping list, madam.

Too many people are sloppy in their thinking, and tend to lump Scandinavians all together as one big lump, when in fact there's several distinctive differences between them.


52 posted on 03/01/2005 6:27:43 PM PST by franksolich (look for the "made in Norway" label on the can of fish)
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To: franksolich
when in fact there's several distinctive differences between them.

Absolutely! The Germans are a lot like the Norwegians but I think thats because they all settled in the same areas and the Germans picked up a lot of the Norwegians traits. BTW, didn't smorgasbord come from the Norwegians?

53 posted on 03/01/2005 6:30:37 PM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: franksolich

I had a great aunt who used to say "Yust as soon as ve can afford, we're going to smorgasbord". LOL


54 posted on 03/01/2005 6:32:25 PM PST by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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55 posted on 03/01/2005 6:33:24 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: beckysueb

I thought the buffet was a Danish invention.


56 posted on 03/01/2005 6:33:56 PM PST by franksolich (look for the "made in Norway" label on the can of fish)
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To: anniegetyourgun

The women look resplendent.


57 posted on 03/01/2005 6:36:34 PM PST by jla
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To: anniegetyourgun

Post #8 - what is that structure?


58 posted on 03/01/2005 6:36:54 PM PST by jla
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To: beckysueb

Essentially, the Norwegians were the Vikings who spread civilization, while the Swedes were the Vikings who spread destruction and death.

The Norwegians--the smallest population in Scandinavia, smaller than many American cities--were eclipsed by their older brothers the Danes from 1340 until 1815, and then suppressed by their older cousins the Swedes from 1815 until 1905.

This is the 100th anniversary of the independence of Norway.

The king and queen of Norway are with George Bush right now, celebrating the event in Washington, D.C.


59 posted on 03/01/2005 6:37:08 PM PST by franksolich (look for the "made in Norway" label on the can of fish)
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To: AnAmericanMother

The pretty girl in post #21 resembles the Bush daughter.


60 posted on 03/01/2005 6:37:54 PM PST by jla
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