Another wonderful Norwegian product is the ever reliable Sodd. I suppose the closest thing I can compare it to is the old 'Camp Pie' in a can for those of you who can remember such things. Just keep telling yourself it's soup.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Yet another product not found on English speaking shelves
Now you know what happens to silly sods.
Another wonderful Norwegian product is the ever reliable Sodd. I suppose the closest thing I can compare it to is the old 'Camp Pie' in a can for those of you who can remember such things. Just keep telling yourself it's soup.
Another wonderful Norwegian product is the ever reliable Sodd. I suppose the closest thing I can compare it to is the old 'Camp Pie' in a can for those of you who can remember such things. Just keep telling yourself it's soup.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Go Fish
Alaskan pilot exaggerates the size of his last catch?
This one I've put up just for Kim. Seeing as she spends more than her fair share of time in thefrozen hellhole that is Alaska, beautiful, picturesque land of the midnight sun, I thought I would show off Alaska Airlines latest idea for promoting local culture and art. Paint a giant fish on your plane. No prizes for guessing what the inflight meal is.
This one I've put up just for Kim. Seeing as she spends more than her fair share of time in the
Another product not found on English speaking shelves
Bog... the other, other meat-like substance in a can
Todays little taste of Norway comes via the canned meat section. 'Bog' is in fact a canned ham even though the Norwegian name is much more descriptive of the sound it makes when you remove it from its container.
NOTE: Jennifer (Cooper-White from Tax I assume) put up a comment about 'Stiff' to the effect that the couple on the can were scarier than anything on the label. I was going to make a comment on that myself, but refrained as I kind of dig that whole "Villiage of the damned when they grew up" vibe. ;)
Todays little taste of Norway comes via the canned meat section. 'Bog' is in fact a canned ham even though the Norwegian name is much more descriptive of the sound it makes when you remove it from its container.
NOTE: Jennifer (Cooper-White from Tax I assume) put up a comment about 'Stiff' to the effect that the couple on the can were scarier than anything on the label. I was going to make a comment on that myself, but refrained as I kind of dig that whole "Villiage of the damned when they grew up" vibe. ;)
Birthday season
Already a year has blitzed past since the precious came into the world. Friday just past marked her first birthday and we had a small (ha!) gathering of friends and sub-1 meter people on the Saturday following to celebrate.
Apart from the fabulous selection of cake and goodies, it was a chance to compare notes with fellow 1 year veterans and see how it was going. The consensus is not surprisingly, that sleep is a good thing. This was also my first kids birthday party in, oh, say 30+ years. I'd forgotten how much drama can occur!
Oskar was mercifully, not present at the gathering and failed to send his best wishes (as I would expect). Rannveig courageously fought off a stress induced attack of the vapours to pull the show together and make it all an unexpectedly happy event for everyone.
Linnea herself thought the whole thing was a ball and had a great time. Sadly for her she has now discovered the Yin Yang side of life as she had to head off to the health clinic this morning for her regular checkup and innoculations. For someone who screams her head off at the thought of having her face washed, you can only imagine what happened when the Doc wanted to examine her throat. Plus the indignity of jabs. I'm hoping Rannveig's hearing will be back to normal in a week or two.
Apart from the fabulous selection of cake and goodies, it was a chance to compare notes with fellow 1 year veterans and see how it was going. The consensus is not surprisingly, that sleep is a good thing. This was also my first kids birthday party in, oh, say 30+ years. I'd forgotten how much drama can occur!
Oskar was mercifully, not present at the gathering and failed to send his best wishes (as I would expect). Rannveig courageously fought off a stress induced attack of the vapours to pull the show together and make it all an unexpectedly happy event for everyone.
Linnea herself thought the whole thing was a ball and had a great time. Sadly for her she has now discovered the Yin Yang side of life as she had to head off to the health clinic this morning for her regular checkup and innoculations. For someone who screams her head off at the thought of having her face washed, you can only imagine what happened when the Doc wanted to examine her throat. Plus the indignity of jabs. I'm hoping Rannveig's hearing will be back to normal in a week or two.
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