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OT - Norwegians driven out of Ireland
Posted by: jhb8426 on Mar-13-13 1:31 AM (EST)

The reason the Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day is because this is when St. Patrick drove the Norwegians out of Ireland. It seems that some centuries ago, many Norwegians came to Ireland to escape the bitterness of the Norwegian winter. Ireland was having a famine at the time, and food was scarce. The Norwegians were eating almost all the fish caught in the area, leaving the Irish with nothing to eat but potatoes.

St. Patrick, taking matters into his own hands, as most Irishmen do, decided the Norwegians had to go. Secretly, he organized the Irish IRATRION (Irish Republican Army to Rid Ireland of Norwegians). Irish members of IRATRION passed a law in Ireland that prohibited merchants from selling ice boxes or ice to the Norwegians, in hopes that their fish would spoil. This would force the Norwegians to flee to a colder climate where their fish would keep.

Well, the fish spoiled, all right, but the Norwegians, as everyone knows today, thrive on spoiled fish. So, faced with failure, the desperate Irishmen sneaked into the Norwegian fish storage caves in the dead of night and sprinkled the rotten fish with lye, hoping to poison the Norwegian invaders.

But, as everyone knows, the Norwegians thought this only added to the flavor of the fish, and they liked it so much they decided to call it "lutefisk", which is Norwegian for "luscious fish". Matters became even worse for the Irishmen when the Norwegians started taking over the Irish potato crop and making something called "lefse."

Poor St. Patrick was at his wit's end, and finally on March 17th , he blew his top and told all the Norwegians to "GO TO HELL." So they all got in their boats and emigrated to Minnesota...The only other paradise on earth where smelly fish, old potatoes and plenty of cold weather can be found in abundance.

And now you know the rest of the story.

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OT - Norwegians driven out of Ireland - jhb8426 - Mar-13-13 1:31 AM
- good story - joshua78 - Mar-13-13 6:28 AM
- So, the next time I go to the Boundary.. - Jackl - Mar-13-13 7:09 AM
  - hm.. - svenkalmar - Mar-13-13 7:12 AM
    - Heck, even... - canoeswithduckheads - Mar-13-13 8:44 AM
      - hehe - svenkalmar - Mar-13-13 8:58 AM
- everyone knows - slushpaddler - Mar-13-13 11:43 AM
  - Nothing served with... - canoeswithduckheads - Mar-13-13 3:52 PM
    - tough to grow things in norway - slushpaddler - Mar-14-13 10:34 AM
      - yes. - svenkalmar - Mar-15-13 7:02 AM
- Ya sure ya betchya - NDpaddleman - Mar-24-13 3:29 AM
- In my HS English class, Ms. Sundquist - g2d - Mar-25-13 10:38 PM
  - hah - svenkalmar - Mar-26-13 8:06 AM
    - Fishy Potato Stew... - canoeswithduckheads - Mar-26-13 10:45 AM
      - I wonder - slushpaddler - Mar-26-13 10:54 AM

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  good story
  Posted by: joshua78 on Mar-13-13 6:28 AM (EST)

That one had me laughing. Guess the Norwegians are a hardy breed then ain't they?

  So, the next time I go to the Boundary..
  Posted by: Jackl on Mar-13-13 7:09 AM (EST)

Waters, I am not eating any fish!

Jack L

  hm..
  Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-13-13 7:12 AM (EST)

lutefisk is weird stuff. i CAN be good with lotsa pepper and some bacon.It depends on the fish too. i think its best when it comes frome a good size fish.some can be just like jelly..aweful stuff. i very rarely eat lutefisk but my mother liked it.

  Heck, even...
  Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-13-13 8:44 AM (EST)

...a platter of 3-week old roadkill cat stuffed with carp and skunk cabbage can be good when coated "with lotsa pepper and some BACON"!

At least, that's what they keep tellin' me down at my neighborhood Gypsy Kenyan Korean Restaurant ("A melange of tastes for the non-fastidious!")

So, St. Patty twas the fella started that whole, "Irish Diplomacy" thing, eh?

  hehe
  Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-13-13 8:58 AM (EST)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO6zzxKp4LU

  everyone knows
  Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-13-13 11:43 AM (EST)

the best food is between the 45th parallels.

  Nothing served with...
  Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-13-13 3:52 PM (EST)

...skewers there, I'd guess. Lest they'd get out of lines.

Bipolar food
is why a polar bear svelte
upon herring of walrus
tasted penguin that smelt

  tough to grow things in norway
  Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-14-13 10:34 AM (EST)

  yes.
  Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-15-13 7:02 AM (EST)

the icebears eats up everything we try to grow..

  Ya sure ya betchya
  Posted by: NDpaddleman on Mar-24-13 3:29 AM (EST)

Dat doggone St. Patty sent em packin to North Dakota too ya know. Thats more Hell than MN. At least you got trees there. I am third generation and I still like Lutefisk and lefse. It is strange but good. :)

  In my HS English class, Ms. Sundquist
  Posted by: g2d on Mar-25-13 10:38 PM (EST)

whispered that Mr. McBride, sitting within earshot, was a dumb Irishman.

Mr. McBride commented that if there was anyone dumber than a dumb Irishman, it was a smart Swede.

Based on the past possession of Norway by Sweden, that would apply to Norwegians as well.

  hah
  Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-26-13 8:06 AM (EST)

remember leif ericson?

  Fishy Potato Stew...
  Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-26-13 10:45 AM (EST)

...In that Grand Ole American Melting Pot

Vikings with Celts,
those Saxons had felt,
weren't destined to blend Anglophiles,
once those horned-in had kilt,
welcome moved Great Lakes and smelt,
Celts rejoined getting railroaded miles.

Inga McPherson,
now there's bonny lass,
she's so brassy in bustier,
a jiggin' Valkyrie with redhead sass!

  I wonder
  Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-26-13 10:54 AM (EST)

whether the irish got better looking after the norwegian occupation...

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	good story Posted by: joshua78 on Mar-13-13 6:28 AM (EST)
	That one had me laughing. Guess the Norwegians are a hardy breed then ain't they?

	So, the next time I go to the Boundary.. Posted by: Jackl on Mar-13-13 7:09 AM (EST)
	Waters, I am not eating any fish! Jack L

	hm.. Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-13-13 7:12 AM (EST)
	lutefisk is weird stuff. i CAN be good with lotsa pepper and some bacon.It depends on the fish too. i think its best when it comes frome a good size fish.some can be just like jelly..aweful stuff. i very rarely eat lutefisk but my mother liked it.

	Heck, even... Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-13-13 8:44 AM (EST)
	...a platter of 3-week old roadkill cat stuffed with carp and skunk cabbage can be good when coated "with lotsa pepper and some BACON"! At least, that's what they keep tellin' me down at my neighborhood Gypsy Kenyan Korean Restaurant ("A melange of tastes for the non-fastidious!") So, St. Patty twas the fella started that whole, "Irish Diplomacy" thing, eh?

	hehe Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-13-13 8:58 AM (EST)
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO6zzxKp4LU

	everyone knows Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-13-13 11:43 AM (EST)
	the best food is between the 45th parallels.

	Nothing served with... Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-13-13 3:52 PM (EST)
	...skewers there, I'd guess. Lest they'd get out of lines. Bipolar food is why a polar bear svelte upon herring of walrus tasted penguin that smelt

	tough to grow things in norway Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-14-13 10:34 AM (EST)

	yes. Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-15-13 7:02 AM (EST)
	the icebears eats up everything we try to grow..

	Ya sure ya betchya Posted by: NDpaddleman on Mar-24-13 3:29 AM (EST)
	Dat doggone St. Patty sent em packin to North Dakota too ya know. Thats more Hell than MN. At least you got trees there. I am third generation and I still like Lutefisk and lefse. It is strange but good. :)

	In my HS English class, Ms. Sundquist Posted by: g2d on Mar-25-13 10:38 PM (EST)
	whispered that Mr. McBride, sitting within earshot, was a dumb Irishman. Mr. McBride commented that if there was anyone dumber than a dumb Irishman, it was a smart Swede. Based on the past possession of Norway by Sweden, that would apply to Norwegians as well.

	hah Posted by: svenkalmar on Mar-26-13 8:06 AM (EST)
	remember leif ericson?

	Fishy Potato Stew... Posted by: canoeswithduckheads on Mar-26-13 10:45 AM (EST)
	...In that Grand Ole American Melting Pot Vikings with Celts, those Saxons had felt, weren't destined to blend Anglophiles, once those horned-in had kilt, welcome moved Great Lakes and smelt, Celts rejoined getting railroaded miles. Inga McPherson, now there's bonny lass, she's so brassy in bustier, a jiggin' Valkyrie with redhead sass!

	I wonder Posted by: slushpaddler on Mar-26-13 10:54 AM (EST)
	whether the irish got better looking after the norwegian occupation...