15 clues you’re in Norway
You know you’re in Norway When:
- Summer comes and goes on the same day.
- There is no such thing as bad weather, just not the right clothing.
- Frozen (Grandiosa) Pizza is the National dish.
- You only hear Swedish jokes at a party.
- There is no alcohol sold or served on Election Day.
- The most popular pastime is walking.
- No one you meet smiles or says hello.
- No two towns in the whole country talk with the same dialect.
- The most popular cheese is brown.
- Everyone has to pay for the National television station, whether you watch it or not.
- mayonnaise is sold in a bag.
- Things are only sold in small sizes.
- Everything shuts down in July, because everyone’s on vacation.
- You pay more for Norwegian oil here than anywhere else in the world.
- People can (hopefully) take a joke.
Posted on May 2, 2012, in all things Norsk and tagged Grandiosa, joke, Norway, oil, summer, weather. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
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Way to go Maggie – balls of steel! I love it!
Well, I toned it down a little 🙂
I need to do this on your blog, but I don’t know how 😦
Careful there with the Swedish jokes. I’m Swedish!
Don’t look at me, I just live here…
How come you didn’t offend the Danes?
Norwegians love Denmark, thats where they go to buy cheap bacon!
And why do you live there? 😉
Because as much as I complain, Norway has given me a lot…Its the birthplace of my father, husband and sons and I love it.
Frozen pizza! I never would have guessed!
This is such an interesting tongue-in-cheek and candid glimpse, here. So nice to vicariously travel with you, and with a bit of humor and honesty. Thank you, Maggie! ~ Lily
Norwegians love their frozen pizza 🙂
Its funny how different things can be in a foreign country. Not wrong, just different.
He he he… I agree, that is pretty ballsy! Very amusing. It upsets that people don’t smile and say hello to one another. My man was in the Czech Republic for three months and when I went to visit I thought it was a wonderful place but people just didn’t smile at one another and that was really difficult for me, didn’t make me feel good at all!
Well I have to admit after living 15 years in Norway, it drove me a little crazy when we moved to Houston and I had to make small talk with every other stranger that passed… I guess some Norwegian rubbed off…
Oh no, really? 😦 When I first moved up here I was upset that many people behaved in the same way… After a while, I just decided to smile and say hello anyway. People can frown if they like!:)
Its funny, sometimes it felt so good to receive a smile and a nod, other times you’re like, whatever!
The Russians are much the same and don’t smile or say hello. We moved from there to the mid-west USA and at first it was nice to see people smiling but it became a bit too much for me. Could everybody really be that happy??? 🙂
It really doesn’t bother me either when strangers don’t smile or say hello…
But when people I know pass me by without even a nod it makes me wonder, have I done something wrong?
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