DianaT
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Just some more North Dakota humor
Amidon, North Dakota, the county seat for Slope County, prides itself on being the smallest of the county seats.
Shoot, they even had to look north to find some police protection --- even with the Molson in his pocket. :-)
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I recognize that trooper, Diane...I've bribed him...twice.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Errm, Diana, I know the SD's love a good ND joke and vice-versy, but North Dakota is NOT a State or Province of Canada, EH? That hoser fuzz ain't
even wearin' a TOOK, eh?
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha  | | Errm, Diana, I know the SD's love a good ND joke and vice-versy, but North Dakota is NOT a State or Province of Canada, EH? That hoser fuzz ain't
even wearin' a TOOK, eh? |
Uhhh, that would be "touque"....eh!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/hey-hosers-what-do-you-call-that-cap-on-your-head-1.2455217
Don't believe everything you think....
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huh. That's what I thought you did with your blunt....... or is that, "blount"? 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Doobie?
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North Dakota is where you can readily shop for rare delicacies...
...and Depression is almost unknown due to our canine prescriptions..
..although, as with any prescription, some can overdose..
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Oh Lord, Roger, the mere thought of Cream of Lutefisk has me retching! I have spent decades trying to forget the taste of that stuff.
A few years ago while visiting my ancestral homeland "Up North" I found a book entitled "Scandinavian Humor and Other Myths." It was a very thin
volume.
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| Quote: Originally posted by KurtG | Oh Lord, Roger, the mere thought of Cream of Lutefisk has me retching! I have spent decades trying to forget the taste of that stuff.
A few years ago while visiting my ancestral homeland "Up North" I found a book entitled "Scandinavian Humor and Other Myths." It was a very thin
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Lutefisk is definitely an acquired taste --- NAUGHT. Just the smell is enough to kill you. 
On edit --- Then again, I had a friend who used to try and convince me that Scrapple was eatable.
[Edited on 6-11-2015 by DianaT]
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cream of Lutefisk? I don't care how much cream you put in it, it wont help it any!
Me too, KurtG...if I never see another Lutefisk it will be too soon.
Lutefisk every Christmas at my grandparents house when I was a child, and you are right DianaT it is NOT an acquired task....I always waited until the
last minute to get my plate hoping that only the pickled herring was left on the table...although I didn't like that either, but it was better than
Lutefisk.
I will never eat that stuff again, now that I don't have to! Ick!
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Some statements on the consumption of lutefisk.
Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Lake Wobegon Days:
Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a
goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I
always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little."
Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.
Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Pontoon:
Lutefisk is cod that has been dried in a lye solution. It looks like the desiccated cadavers of squirrels run over by trucks, but after it is soaked
and reconstituted and the lye is washed out and it's cooked, it looks more fish-related, though with lutefisk, the window of success is small. It can
be tasty, but the statistics aren't on your side. It is the hereditary delicacy of Swedes and Norwegians who serve it around the holidays, in memory
of their ancestors, who ate it because they were poor. Most lutefisk is not edible by normal people. It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or
the world's largest chunk of phlegm.
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All I can add is.....Uff Da!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Lutefisk
I grew up in Sweden, and have somehow managed to never have lutfisk (Swedish spelling). Heck, I think the first time I had crawfish was in Baja!
Never had surströmming (soured herring) either (this video not for the squeamish, the mere smell induces vomiting in the subjects):
THE WORST FOOD EVER - SURSTRÖMMING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmu7bHj81WI
[Edited on 6-15-2015 by BigBearRider]
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"Uff Da" the all purpose exclamation. For you non-Scandinavians, depending on inflection it can express joy, amazement, despair or just about any
combination thereof.
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Uff da! good expression
I have some Norwegian friends who are near and dear, what I remember eating at their house was FONDUE. Meat fondue, cheese fondue. Oh so good.
I actually went to school with Ingeborg Lorentzen- her late mom was a would be princess. She married non-blue blood and was not allowed to become
crowned princess nor live in Norway.....apparently it was scandalous to marry a non royal spouse at the time. So, they lived in Brazil and we went to
high school together.
I guess I was never over for Christmas dinner and thank goodness for that!
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| Quote: Originally posted by KurtG |
"Uff Da" the all purpose exclamation. For you non-Scandinavians, depending on inflection it can express joy, amazement, despair or just about any
combination thereof. |
Equivalent of the military term FUBAR!
[Edited on 6-15-2015 by durrelllrobert]
Bob Durrell
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Yokzi mosh!
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Pompano
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| Quote: Originally posted by KurtG |
"Uff Da" the all purpose exclamation. For you non-Scandinavians, depending on inflection it can express joy, amazement, despair or just about any
combination thereof. |
Hey, it's Baja travel related.
And furthermore...saying 'Uff Da' is universal.
[Edited on 6-15-2015 by Pompano]
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