Friday Fun Facts About … Norway?

VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Torger Nergaard (C) of Norway delivers as Haavard Vad Petersson (L) and Christoffer Svae sweep during the curling round robin game against Switzerland on day 7 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver Olympic Centre on February 18, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Most of us would be challenged to find Norway on a map if it wasn’t clearly marked.

We know they ski there and a couple of Winter Olympics were held there but other than that Norway is sort of an anomaly.

Here are a few facts you might not have known about those crazy, snappy dressing Norwegians.(See Above)

Fun Facts About Norway

It was Norway who introduced the Japanese to Salmon Sushi in the 1980s.
The 2014 Prosperity Index ranked Norway #1 for wealth and well-being.
Not sure how wealth and well-being work out because Norway has the world’s highest gas prices — $10.12 a gallon for premium.
You might have a good chance of being knighted in Norway. They knighted a penguin in 2008.
Stripping will get you some tax breaks in Norway. Stripping counts as an art form for tax purposes. So take it off for H&R Block.
If you think our prisons are easy, in Norway there is Internet service in every cell. Are X-Boxes next? Maybe tax deductible strippers.
If you can get a book published in Norway the Feds will buy 1,000 copies and send them out to libraries around the country.
Trix are not for kids in Norway. It’s illegal to advertise to children under the age of 12 in Norway. Bet that cereal aisle is pretty bleak.
Don’t want to pay those big tuition fees? Head to Norway where public universities are free to any one from anywhere.
“Odd” and “Even” are popular names for guys in Norway. I guess it beats Tanner and Tiffany. Or Moon Unit and Dwezzle.
If someone tells you to “Go to Hell,” they are not being rude just giving you directions to the town of the same name.
This one makes no sense to me at all. For some unknown reason, Sweden has run out of trash so they are importing their trash from Norway. I thought that was Congressional type thinking.

Some Final Thoughts

Norway does sound like a cool place. They do have mountains, good skiing, free education, and export their trash. I guess all in all I should dust off my passport and just go to hell.

Lord knows I’ve been told to go there many times.