Is there no such thing as Mobile Phone Insurance in Norway? It sounds a “slightly” drastic measure just to retrieve a Nokia 3310.
The moral of the story: don’t check Facebook when peeing in a public place
You’re forgetting the tenacious expeditionary spirit that brought the Norwegians first to the South Pole, spit-roasting actual penguins while their British counterparts were still hundreds of miles away stuffing their faces with penguins of the chocolate variety, in the hope that the calories would sustain them for their journey…
Well done, you’ve blown it. No one wanted to draw attention to this in case MyAmericanMate spotted it and used it as proof positive that yanks are not the dumbest dull buttons in the tin after all, it’s the Norwegians.
I know that I am going to sound like an archetypal grumpy old man now, but what gets me most about the BBC story is “Norway Man” in the headline.
Why not “Norwegian Man”? Pound-to-a-penny that the man (a Mr Berntsen Larsen) is not going to write to the BBC to complain that he is, in fact, Swedish or Danish or (for all I know) Venezuelan. Anyway, if he wasn’t a “Norway Man”, wouldn’t he be as likely to write to say that he is (for example) not a “Norway Man”, but a (say) “Venezuela Man”?
Later on in the article, the BBC was happy enough to describe the newspaper VG as “Norwegian”. May be that should a “Norway newspaper”.
I just don’t get it… Is it some perceived “sensitivity” about ascribe a nationality to someone? … but then again, the story does that by describing him as a “Norway Man”!
Norway Man is his superhero identity. His powers are….er, something to do with herring? (Note to self: check sources. That might be Icelandman). All moot now that the Beeb have blown his cover anyway.
‘Pound-to-a-penny that the man (a Mr Berntsen Larsen) is not going to write to the BBC to complain that he is, in fact, Swedish or Danish or (for all I know) Venezuelan.’
Perhaps a Norwegian would?
‘Anyway, if he wasn’t a “Norway Man”, wouldn’t he be as likely to write to say that he is (for example) not a “Norway Man”, but a (say) “Venezuela Man”?’
The last line is the icing on the cake.
You know, I don’t really fancy any cake – with or without icing – at the moment…
Is there no such thing as Mobile Phone Insurance in Norway? It sounds a “slightly” drastic measure just to retrieve a Nokia 3310.
The moral of the story: don’t check Facebook when peeing in a public place
You’re forgetting the tenacious expeditionary spirit that brought the Norwegians first to the South Pole, spit-roasting actual penguins while their British counterparts were still hundreds of miles away stuffing their faces with penguins of the chocolate variety, in the hope that the calories would sustain them for their journey…
Never have I felt the absence of Moose more keenly
Well done, you’ve blown it. No one wanted to draw attention to this in case MyAmericanMate spotted it and used it as proof positive that yanks are not the dumbest dull buttons in the tin after all, it’s the Norwegians.
Which led me to this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37217773/taylor-swift-dismissed-from-jury-duty-in-the-us
Hilarious…..mobile phones, eh?
One of those pictures looks like the cover of “Hot Rats.”
I know that I am going to sound like an archetypal grumpy old man now, but what gets me most about the BBC story is “Norway Man” in the headline.
Why not “Norwegian Man”? Pound-to-a-penny that the man (a Mr Berntsen Larsen) is not going to write to the BBC to complain that he is, in fact, Swedish or Danish or (for all I know) Venezuelan. Anyway, if he wasn’t a “Norway Man”, wouldn’t he be as likely to write to say that he is (for example) not a “Norway Man”, but a (say) “Venezuela Man”?
Later on in the article, the BBC was happy enough to describe the newspaper VG as “Norwegian”. May be that should a “Norway newspaper”.
I just don’t get it… Is it some perceived “sensitivity” about ascribe a nationality to someone? … but then again, the story does that by describing him as a “Norway Man”!
Help save the national adjective!
OK. Rant over.
Norway Man is his superhero identity. His powers are….er, something to do with herring? (Note to self: check sources. That might be Icelandman). All moot now that the Beeb have blown his cover anyway.
‘Pound-to-a-penny that the man (a Mr Berntsen Larsen) is not going to write to the BBC to complain that he is, in fact, Swedish or Danish or (for all I know) Venezuelan.’
Perhaps a Norwegian would?
‘Anyway, if he wasn’t a “Norway Man”, wouldn’t he be as likely to write to say that he is (for example) not a “Norway Man”, but a (say) “Venezuela Man”?’
He’s a real Norway Man…
But how did he get around the u-bend?
“I panicked because I hate confined spaces…”
Hates confined spaces, loves toilets.
Could be worse, look what happened to Attaporn Boonmakchuay (crazy name, etc).
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36397505
Still, happy to discover that Geoff Jacobs at Queensland Wildlife Solutions has got my, er, back here in Brisbane.
Cue for a discussion surely?
“The worst job I ever had…”
Pretty bog standard story, though the guy was probably flushed with embarrassment.