by INFORUM
Road crew didn’t get Syttende Mai memo
May 18, 2010 at 4:21 am in INFORUM
Planners at the Fargo street department must have forgotten to check their Norwegian calendars before scheduling Monday’s construction project outside the Sons of Norway.
The two-block resurfacing project on Second Avenue North fell on Syttende Mai, Norway’s constitution day and the biggest celebration of the year at the Sons of Norway. Continue reading…
Beware of the revenge of the Norwegian. They could throw lutefisk at you….. or worse make you eat it!
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Truly the fate worse than death!
(And yes, my family has it on the table twice a year. I try not to breathe when it gets passed to me.)
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Way to go Mayor Walaker! Again the city is saved!
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Uff-DA, you sure don’t want to get the Norwegians mad at the city, especially before a mayoral election. Us Norwegians are a easy going group of people; however, keeping us from our lutefisk and lefse can turn us into a bunch fighting Vikings!
YAH Sure YAH bet YAH.
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I think a better headline would be “Ethnic Unrest Strikes Fargo, Mayor Steps in!”
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Until this year I did not even know about this holiday. A little more advertising on Syttende Mai may have made a big difference.
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