Lena and Ole

I realized that the blog has been lacking in Lena and Ole jokes lately. Here's one from an unidentified family member of mine:

Ole and Lena had just come to America where Ole had a job promised to him. They were newlyweds and deeply in love. During the workday Ole would sneak home and they would have passionate love. Soon, Arne Ole's forman spotted Ole's absence and admonished him he would be fired if he kept on with this practice. But after two weeks Ole could stand it no longer and snuck toward their house. Coming around the bedroom window he saw Arne in bed with Lena. Oh my gosh, he ran back to the plant where he gasped to his best friend, Ralph. Boy, that was a close one. I just about got fired.

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http://www.norskarv.com/jokes1.htm

Snow and Sailing

Bergen is rainy, and like Seattle snow is not all that common - at least snow that sticks. But the Arctic Winds visited us last weekend, bringing a snow storm to all of Northern Europe, and even in the lowlands we had a taste of winter. I hiked up Løvstakken with some friends on Saturday (one of the seven mountains that surround Bergen), and went sailing with the university sailing team in crazy weather on Sunday with sun, snow, rain, hail, and a full range of calm to storming wind conditions. We were practicing putting up the spinnaker with sun and calm winds, and when we felt menacing dark clouds turning day into night and the first sprinkling of snow mixed with rain, we learned how to take it down even more quickly!