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Ever wondered what true happiness is...?
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Happiness is being Norwegian!
(at least we like to think of it that way)
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An American once reported that Norway has two winters:
One white, the sort of normal snowy one... and one green - and that he found the green winter to be the coldest one, because then we didn't heat our houses.
Adding that regular shops aren't allowed to be open on Sundays, and that there are several places in the country you will have serious problems finding/buying alcohol – not to mention that we have to buy our liquors at the State vine and liquor monopoly...
...guess it's not difficult to understand that Norwegians have had to adopt a special attitude to certain aspects of life, and also developed a strange kind of humor.
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UFF DA!
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- getting out of bed in the morning with a backache
- waking yourself up in church with your own snoring
- when two steady girl friends find out about each other
- forgetting your mother-in-law's first name
- discovering that your male dog is pregnant!
- dropping your only egg on the floor
- looking in the mirror and discovering you're not getting better, just older
- spending two hours cleaning up your room, only to hear your mom say 'Uff Da'
- walking downtown and then wondering what you wanted
- having Swedish meat balls at a "lutefisk" supper
- arriving late at a "lutefisk" supper and getting served minced ham instead
- eating hot soup when you've got a runny nose
- sneezing so hard your false teeth end up in the bread plate
- noticing non-Norwegians at a church dinner using "lefse" for a napkin
- eating a delicious sandwich and then discovering the spread is cat food
- trying to dance the polka to rock and roll music
- breaking your arm or leg on an icy pavement... for the third time that winter
- getting fired, because your bus or train are never on time in the winter
- crashing your car, because, since last year, you've forgotten what the Norwegian winter is really like
- losing your wad of gum in the chicken yard
- trying to pour two buckets of manure into one bucket
- having a mouse crawl up your leg when you're on a hay load
- getting swished in the face with a cow's wet tail
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UFF DA! is not being Norwegian
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"Lutefisk" = Dried codfish prepared in a potash lye
"Lefse" = Thin pancake of rolled dough
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