- You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing
- You associate warm rice porridge with Saturday and Xmas eve
- It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up in the mountains, with no running water and no electricity
- It seems sensible that the age limit at Oslo nightclubs is 25
- You think cross-country skiing is the only "real" skiing
- You know at least five different words describing different kinds of snow
- A sharp intake of breath has become part of your active vocabulary
- You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to Vinmonopolet
- You rummage through your plastic bottles collection to see which ones you should store and which can be sacrificed to the recycling centre
- It's acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00 and dinner at 15.00
- Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop
- Silence is fun
- The reason you take the ferry to Denmark is:
a. duty free vodka b. duty free beer c. to party
- The only reason for getting off the boat in Copenhagen is to eat pizza
- It no longer seems excessive to spend 800 kr. on alcohol in a single night
- Your old habit of being "fashionably late" is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.
- You enjoy the taste of lutefisk
- You use "Mmmm" as a conversation filler
- An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild (in mid June)
- You wear sandals with socks
- You think riding a racing bike in the snow is a perfectly sensible thing to do (with or without snowtires)
- Traditional dinners may not necessarily mean a cooked meal
- You think it's acceptable to wrap your hotdog in a cold pancake
- Can't remember when to say "please" and "excuse me"
- You will leave a pub if you can't find a seat
- You believe that having no choice of products in a supermarket makes it easier to shop
- You don't mind paying the same for a 200 metre bus ride as you do for going 10 kms
- You have more than one scarf
- You have more than one hat and at least one of them has earflaps
- You know the difference between Blue and Red ski wax
- You don't fall over when walking on ice
- Always prepare to catch the closing door if following too closely behind somebody
- You know the rules to handball
- You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it
- You know Norway's results the last three years in the "Eurovision Song Contest"
- You start to believe that if it wasn't for Norway's efforts the world would probably collapse soon
- You find yourself speaking halfway Swedish with Swedes
- You don't question the habit of always making "matpakke"
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