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Tag: Norwegian
Beer Gnomes
Beer has to taste so much better when the bottles have gnomes on them.
The tales Norwegian Nisse may seldom find their way out of the comfort of their country, but Norsk Ol packaging turns these enchanting little characters into commodities that can be sold, exported, bought and drunk.
Ryanna Christianson designed these beverage bottles with an affection towards the tiny gnome-like creatures. In Scandinavian folklore, the bearded elves were known to live in barns and forests, and each was adapted to its own familiar environment. What seems to have happened here is that this product presents brewery Nisse, as one might expect to find a farm Nisse. However, Ryanna literally illustrated these bottles of alcohol to resemble the dwarfs with their pointed red hats, and Norsk Ol packaging even gives them a cardboard crate for a home, complete with cutout windows.
Norwegian Math Test
A Norwegian fella wants a job, but the foreman won’t hire him until he passes a little math test.
Here is your first question, the foreman said. ‘Without using numbers, represent the number 9.’
‘Without numbers?’ The Norwegian says, ‘Dat’s easy.’ and proceeds to draw three trees.
‘What’s this?’ the boss asks.
‘Vot! you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine,’ says the Norwegian.
‘Fair enough,’ says the boss. ‘Here’s your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.’
The Norwegian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. ‘Dar ya go.’
The boss scratches his head and says, ‘How on earth do you get that to represent 99?’
‘Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it’s dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99.’
The boss is getting worried that he’s going to actually have to hire this Norwegian, so he says, ‘All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100.’
The Norwegian fella stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, ‘Dar ya go. Von hundred.’
The boss looks at the attempt. ‘You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!’
The Norwegian leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, ‘A little dog come along and pooped by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, vich makes von hundred.’ ‘So, ven do I start?