To the person reading this: I am Knut Torkkelsen, an officer of the Norwegian National Board of Education, and I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal. Although I don't know you, neither have I seen you before, my confidence was reposed on you for a confidential business venture because you are a reader of the estimable internet forum with the name of DegreeInfo.com. In the course of the general operation of my agency, I have been able to set aside the sum of US$26, which has escaped the scrutiny of the government auditors, due to the conditions of inertia that prevail in my country. The funds currently sit, in the form of 260 U.S. dimes that have been packed into a lütfisk box and placed in a secret warehouse adjoining a private airport near the border. Since Federal Express requires payment in advance, I must have assistance in shipping this jar out of the country. If you are prepared to assist me in this important project, you will be rewarded with 30% of the treasure. Further, one of our finest Norwegian universities will award you a Ph.D. in the field of your choice. May the light of the Lutheran deity shine gloriously upon you.
Sadistic implications I guess I had expected better from Dr. Bear than commentary that is cruel and insensitive to the plight of animals (lütfisk?) when criticizing and even making fun of the Scandinavians (not that they don’t deserve it, with their superior attitudes and odiferous gasses emanating from their bums). If this is what RA gets us, I am starting to understand where these unaccredited folks are coming from. Don’t you understand that codfish already lead a life of suffering and strife? It is unfathomably cruel for you to be advocating that they be air-dried, soaked in a lye solution for several weeks, followed by skinning, boning, and boiling until they become a gelatinous mass. Perhaps the PETA people should be notified. Then again, perhaps this is the best we can expect from someone who authored a book entitled Not Your Mother's Cookbook: Unusual Recipes for the Adventurous Cook.
I still need ten bucks, so this guy better increase my take by 10% or else I am doing business with the Liberian guy.
What an opportunity! But then, as a "religious psychotic" responding to a "racist," what do I know? I can't even tell Kiwi from Meltonian. I do, do hope that I not ashame you, baas. "You're not heavy, you're my brother" (singing, philadelphically).
True that the box may not have been thoroughly cleaned, it was dried in the sun so shouldn't be too smelly as long as it's kept dry.
You're not going to like this... ...but I'm Norwegian too, on my mother's side. Now this is really hitting home... Dr. Bear, can you puhleeze refrain from the ethnic jokes when trashing all those less than wonderful institutions. By the way, I'll have you know St. Olaf in Minnesota is a FINE RA institution of higher learning, and pretty much run by Norwegians.
Re: You're not going to like this... Come on man. Lighten up. Dr. Bear, just make it about rednecks no one ever complains bout dat.
Rednecks... Problem is, no one would ever believe there could be a redneck fortune anywhere. The South will rise again - one of these days, after they are done with that six pack and fixing the double wide up a bit more....
Re: Rednecks... Ya see, now how is it tere dat wat yoo say is defernt dan wat Bear say. It's all in good fun.
Mea culpa... It's not, and I realized Bear's stuff was a joke after I posted my politically correct critique in the manner of a true American academic. In any case, I put a bee in uncle janko's bonnet which was sort of fun to watch actually....
Now if I wrote something like this, complete with the misspelling in the headline, I imagine Mr. Regenstein would be quick to point out that I am at it again. Well it comes directly from the St. Olaf site at http://www.stolaf.edu/athletics/ Go Oles! Um Ya Ya! John Bjørn Bear ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Good Stuff Maynard"...it's the innagural "Cereal Bowl" August 18, 2003 The fresh-cut grass of a football field...the enthusiastic yells of Um! Ya! Ya! from the stands...the scent of Malt-O-Meal wafting through the air. No, it’s not just autumn on Manitou Heights. It’s the college’s first-ever "Cereal Bowl," of course! On Sept. 13, the St. Olaf and Carleton football teams will meet for their annual cross-town rival football game -- and the chance for St. Olaf to retain the Goat Trophy, which currently resides in the St. Olaf trophy case. The game, dubbed the “Cereal Bowl” for 2003, will be sponsored by Northfield hot and cold cereal maker, Malt-O-Meal Company. Complimentary cold cereal will be handed out before the game. Kick-off at 1 p.m. Grab your Ole sweatshirt and plan to attend what is sure to be one of the most exciting football games of the season!
Re: Rednecks... Speaking as a proud redneck (did I say that out loud?) - I can confirm that 26 of your Northern US dollars would indeed be a fortune. That's a couple cases of beer at least, plus maybe a new clear plastic slipcover for the couch. Some of us would sell family members for 26 bucks!
Re: You're not going to like this... Isn't St. Olaf where Barbara Whites charecter on Golden Girls is from? Whoda thunk it there really is a St. Olaf School.. Of course there is also a Slippery Rock University too..
This discussion reminds me of one of the stranger high school cheers I've ever heard: Lutefisk, lutefisk Lefse, lefse Colton High School Yah sure you betcha Not surprisingly, Colton HS (Oregon) was in a largely Scandinavian-American community. Not sure if the students still chant this at games, but they used to.
