Norwegian extradition

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

The Swedish police were looking for a criminal whom they believed had fled to Norway. So they sent a message to their Norwegian colleagues, demanding he be arrested and extradited back to Sweden to face justice. They included mugshots of the man, taken from the left, the right, and face on.

After a week or so, they followed up with the Oslo police to see how the hunt was progressing. The Oslo police proudly reported that they had arrested the man to the left, and the man in the middle, and they expected to have the man in the middle in custody in a few more days.

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OK, I admit. That was a cheap shot. I know the Norwegians are very clever people. After all, after Sir Thomas Crapper invented the modern flush toilet, the Norwegians improved it greatly by adding a seat. Of course, it was the Swedes who immediately realized the seat would work better if it had a hole in it.

[JudyS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JudyS]

No one expects the Norwegian extradition!

[I-DE-HO Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close I-DE-HO]

Hey Steve. I'm Norwegian and I resemble, I mean resent, that story.

When you going to answer my last email? Do you want me to resend it with easier to understand words?

Phil

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

I got to hang out with World Idol Kurt Nilsen and his band, manager & posse and they were fantastic human beings. Funny, warm, smart...and boy can Kurt sing! So stop picking on Norway. Stick with the American South!

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Carol - please allow me a bit of slack here. I come from a culture whose greatest contribution to world cuisine is Swedish meatballs. But the members of that culture don't realize even that; they think their greatest contribution is pickled herring!

This is the culture that believes that Max van Sydow and Liv Ullman would have been much more popular if they had better controlled their impulses to overact, and that being directed by that crazy and wild man Ingmar Bergman didn't help matters.

When that is your background, you take your humor wherever you can find it. And, as dense as we are, we still have enough sense to realize that lutefisk is not something to get excited about.

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

Carol - please allow me a bit of slack here. I come from a culture whose greatest contribution to world cuisine is Swedish meatballs. But the members of that culture don't realize even that; they think their greatest contribution is pickled herring!

This is the culture that believes that Max van Sydow and Liv Ullman would have been much more popular if they had better controlled their impulses to overact, and that being directed by that crazy and wild man Ingmar Bergman didn't help matters.

When that is your background, you take your humor wherever you can find it. And, as dense as we are, we still have enough sense to realize that lutefisk is not something to get excited about.

Is your native land the country responsible for haggis?

Btw, I like Max, Liv and Ingmar...I even did an indie study in Swedish film, as I was a film major in college. I could probably recite the script to "The Seventh Seal" in Swedish, I've seen it so many times! Btw, have you seen the short spoof film, "Da Duva"? Hilarious!

[Nadonahoe Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nadonahoe]

Is your native land the country responsible for haggis?

Och nae Carol, even I - a 3rd generation Scot know that only a bonnie Scots man or woman would celebrate Haggis as a gourmet treat!!. never tasted the stuff myself, but have enjoyed skirling-in-the-pan when my Da would make it in the cold mornings.

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

MY FIL says the greatest Swedish contribution to world cuisine is surströmming.
You ask what is that. It a fermented herring product, which is canned then burried in the ground. here is a quote from a swedish food website about it

A speciality of northen Sweden, surströmming, is for sale from the third Thursday in August. To serve surströmming the proper way: · Tie a napkin around the can · Place it on the table · Then carefully open the can · A strong odor will at once reach your nostrils and fill the room
"Beginners" often need some time to get used to the unique smell of surströmming, some even go so far as to call it a stench. You serve surströmming with potatoes, sourcream, onoin and white crispbread.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

"Beginners" often need some time to get used to the unique smell of surströmming, some even go so far as to call it a stench.

I think I'd go with the Swedish Meatballs....Dead, buried fish, with a stench, is sounding so good.

[Steve Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve]

I have some Swedish ancestry. But fortunately, the cooking has NOT been passed down in my family!!!

Steve

[happymum Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close happymum]

MY FIL says the greatest Swedish contribution to world cuisine is surströmming.
You ask what is that. It a fermented herring product, which is canned then burried in the ground. here is a quote from a swedish food website about it

I spent a summer in Sweden as a student and was served this delicacy. The memory haunts me still!

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

I have some Swedish ancestry. But fortunately, the cooking has NOT been passed down in my family!!!

Steve

I do make Swedish pancakes, and generally get rave reviews for them. I have relatives who grew up with Swedish pancakes who won't eat anything but mine.

[Sydney Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close Sydney]

I do make Swedish pancakes, and generally get rave reviews for them. I have relatives who grew up with Swedish pancakes who won't eat anything but mine.

Steve, with a post like that, you know you're going to have to post the recipe in the Recipes forum don't you?!

We love Swedish meatballs. You know, the kind from Ikea?

[gomom Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gomom]

Uff Da!

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

Steve, with a post like that, you know you're going to have to post the recipe in the Recipes forum don't you?!

We love Swedish meatballs. You know, the kind from Ikea?

They are very delicious, aren't they?