Posted on 04/10/2002 12:39:22 PM PDT by white trash redneck
Settle down there sonny. Since you were yapping about not boycotting Norwegian products I take it you are either a Norwegian or have some interest in how we spend our money. Tell me what products Norway has or is that request not clear enough for you as well?
They make nice sweaters, but they are too expensive for my blood.
I have Helly Hansen sailing gear, I buy Jarlsberg cheese for sandwiches (its similar to but better than swiss), and they make Linje Aquavit.
I'm sure you guys export something-or-other here, but darned if I have a clue what it is...
There's a brand of canned reindeer meatballs in cream sauce out of Norway that I love (no, I'm not joking). I can't remember the brand name but I do remember it had a logo of a "Laughing Lapp," presumably the guy who herded the reindeer that were turned into the canned meatballs.
That clearly insensitive use of a stereotype of a Norwegian national minority, coupled with the sky-high saturated fat and cholesterol content, made me doubtful I would ever buy any again, as delicious as they were.
And now this!
I'm sure you guys export something-or-other here, but darned if I have a clue what it is...
Oil is their biggest export. They export more oil than any country but Saudi Arabia. Most of it comes from the North Sea. I guess most of it winds up in Europe, but some must make it over the ocean. Norwegians are also big in shipping. There are only about 5 million people there, so they're not a huge economic power.
Big fishing fleet, too. Plus they're pretty good at hothouse agriculture, given their short growing season. Don't know how much fish or veggies are for export, though.
Hehehe.
Please explain your statement. Norway has high taxes, and a government directed economy. Hardly conservative.
If you mean that Norwegians are racist redneck white people, please explain that. For others reading incorrect stuff on this thread, the Nobel prize comes from Sweden, not Norway. The flags of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland ALL feature a cross.
Who is condemning all of the Norwegian ones? Just the anti-Semitic ones who seem to run the Nobel Peace Prize committee and their parliament.
And I think most of us on this forum condemn America's liberals.
Absolutely! Last time I bought one was at least five years ago at a Norwegian specialty shop on the corner of 9th and Pacific in San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles. Together with those other seafaring and fishing folks, the Italians and the Croatians, the Norwegians---believe it or not---used to be a major ethnic community there in San Pedro.
Alas! I went there just two or three weeks ago with my son while he was visiting on spring break---and the little store was...GONE! I'm going to keep looking though---any Freeper Norwegians living in the Southern California area please let me and gnarledmaw know of any Scandinavian food places in our area.
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