Once again a Scandinavian country shames the rest of the West:

[Joe Chi Minh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/20/ethicalbusiness.norway

[Faygo Kid]

1. Py damn, yew needs to excerpt dem damned harticles about Norveegians

As vun myself, I tink you aught to consider it. Until den, here's da obligyoutory lutefisk phooto.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. No. Just no. And I don't want any of things with the teeth to the left either.

[Warpy]

4. They look like young monkfish

Usually they chop the heads off those in the boat, they're so butt ugly.

They're poor man's lobster, though, exactly the same texture of flesh and useful in elaborate lobster based dishes.

[Diclotican]

5. faygokid

faygokid

AH lutefisk;). Good when made good, rather bad when made bad;). But this looks like a good work so I guess it is good.. But here in Norway we usually eat Lutefisk when the Christmas are up... With some "aquavit" to drink and so on... I don't know if you in US are eating the fish on a more regular basis, but here it is a dish best served in the Christmas season. With all the food who come there.. Home we used to have "ribbe" and then either "pinnekjøtt" or lutefisk one of the days after 24 december (we celebrate on 24 and not on 25 for some reason. I have never managed to get a answer for that then..)

And by the way, the ørret on the right side looks really good;). Hm I might consider get some of that when I am going to the store in the morning;). And have in the freezer to later..

And for the petroliumsfond/pensjonsfondet It is a way in the right direction. Even that it means the State of Norway may not get "that" much for their invest.. But as some have said, that every Norwegian have one billion if the found was to be given away to every one of us..Hm I have never seen that billion, and would possible never se more than my salary give my: But it sounds good to have that a lot of money in the "bank" somewhere.. And Norway are currently one of 4 country who have no debt to other country, and I would say it is good to know we have no debt.. And I guess it is good for the government too, to not be depended of the good nature of others.. Norway was one of the few country who in fact have given back all the money we was given as "free loan" under the Marshall plan. And the last 310 million kroner was been paid down in 1993.. BY the way, the year we finally was given a peace treaty with Sweden.. Between 1905 and 1993 we had an armistice between Sweden and Norway, but no formal peace treaty. It was just overlooked somehow, and it by accidence that the fact was coming to light.. But we have been friends for more than 100 year now, and hopefully the next generations would be given the same opportunity as we was given, to travel to the Nambour next door in peace and prosperity. In fact Scandinavia and Norden are a pretty peacefully place in the world, no war, prosperity are the norm, and for the most part we don't starve and have other problems..

Diclotican

Sorry my bad english, not my native language

[petersjo02]

6. Your post made me homesick...

for Christmas when I was young. My great-grandfather, Jacob Opheim, emigrated to the U.S. (via Quebec) from Odda in Norway (Ullensvang, Stavanger) in 1864. I'm third generation born in this country. As long as my grandparents and parents were alive, Lutefisk graced our table every Christmas Eve and again the next week on New Year's Eve. I never could quite swallow a bite of Lutefisk, though I tried to, to please my dad. It always kind of slipped back up, rather than continuing on down to my stomach. The smell of Lutefisk, Norwegian meatballs, boiled potates, haring kaka, lefse (made without potatoes), and kringla, and lingonbererries always greeted me at the back door of my parents home on Christmas Eve. Now I'm 66 and they're all gone, but if I close my eyes and concentrate, I can still recall the delicious smells of Christmas at home.

Thanks for your post, and your English is just fine. I can only say "uffda" and "feeda" in Norwegian. My dad could still remember some phrases such as "manga tak."

[grantcart]

3. I believe in Sicko they have a short interview with the Norweigan in charge of fund, a philospher

They wanted to make sure that they kept asking the right questions - not make the most money.


Of course by asking the right questions they ended up making a mint and doing the right thing too.