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You know you've been in Norway too long when...

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  • 08-08-2012 4:53pm
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    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,694 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing
    You associate warm rice porridge with Saturday and Xmas eve
    It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up in the mountains, with no running water and no electricity
    It seems sensible that the age limit at Oslo nightclubs is 25
    You think cross-country skiing is the only "real" skiing
    You know at least five different words describing different kinds of snow
    A sharp intake of breath has become part of your active vocabulary
    You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to Vinmonopolet
    You rummage through your plastic bottles collection to see which ones you should store and which can be sacrificed to the recycling centre
    It's acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00 and dinner at 15.00
    Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop
    Silence is fun
    The reason you take the ferry to Denmark is:
    a. duty free vodka
    b. duty free beer
    c. to party
    The only reason for getting off the boat in Copenhagen is to eat pizza
    It no longer seems excessive to spend 800 kr. on alcohol in a single night
    Your old habit of being "fashionably late" is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.
    You enjoy the taste of lutefisk
    You use "Mmmm" as a conversation filler
    An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild (in mid June)
    You wear sandals with socks
    You think riding a racing bike in the snow is a perfectly sensible thing to do (with or without snowtires)
    Traditional dinners may not necessarily mean a cooked meal
    You think it's acceptable to wrap your hotdog in a cold pancake
    Can't remember when to say "please" and "excuse me"
    You will leave a pub if you can't find a seat
    You believe that having no choice of products in a supermarket makes it easier to shop
    You don't mind paying the same for a 200 metre bus ride as you do for going 10 kms
    You have more than one scarf
    You have more than one hat and at least one of them has earflaps
    You know the difference between Blue and Red ski wax
    You don't fall over when walking on ice
    Always prepare to catch the closing door if following too closely behind somebody
    You know the rules to handball
    You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it
    You know Norway's results the last three years in the "Eurovision Song Contest"
    You start to believe that if it wasn't for Norway's efforts the world would probably collapse soon
    You find yourself speaking halfway Swedish with Swedes
    You don't question the habit of always making "matpakke"

    http://www.norway.org.uk/ARKIV/Other/Culture/misc/troll/


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  • Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    You accept weird smelling fish as food.
    You accept alcohol as food.
    You accept.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Overflow


    The smell of oranges remind you of xmas.
    Only use one slice of bread when making a sandwich.
    Drink loads of black coffee.
    You start using snus.
    When you go to Ireland you miss Norway :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭long range shooter


    I miss the brown cheese and mills mayones,best in the world.


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