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Streetwise · Oct 22, 2022

Forest Cat said:
This is Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III. He is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. And I'm talking about the penguin and it's not a joke. This is a real thing. He was honoured with a Knighthood in 2008. He was the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian Army.

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UberScout · Oct 22, 2022

American Dad and mum got me a way to hang with my Ocean Buddy. Smoke shop was actually out of flower but they had the next best thing, got lucky!

VictorR · Oct 22, 2022

One of the many wonderful (and playable) antique arcade games at Musée Mécanique, located at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.

Greatshield17 · Oct 22, 2022

I’m not a fan of or endorsing this show, but what about the mysterious behaviour of the barbecue lid?

Forest Cat · Oct 25, 2022

Streetwise said:

I'm sorry, the penguin doesn't actually live on a military base or anything like that. He lives in Scotland with other penguins and he is well cared for.

Outdated · Oct 25, 2022

Forest Cat said:
I'm sorry, the penguin doesn't actually live on a military base or anything like that. He lives in Scotland with other penguins and he is well cared for.

It surprised me that they didn't use a native animal as a mascot.

As far as I know penguins only exist in the wild in the southern hemisphere. Mind you, parts of Britain now have troubles with feral wallabies and I heard that Germany has troubles with feral lorikeets so I wouldn't be too surprised if there's wild populations of penguins in the north now too.

maycontainthunder · Oct 25, 2022

Rodafina · Oct 25, 2022

Greatshield17 · Oct 25, 2022

Hello my name is HIJKLMNOP.

Luca · Oct 26, 2022

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This looks like something I would see at my local Home Depot lol
Did I ever mention on here that the Walmarts here sell shotguns? I'm not joking.

WhitewaterWoman · Oct 26, 2022

Forest Cat said:
In Minneapolis there is actually a Norwegian church and our Queen Sonja visited it yesterday. I think that's a little weird, a church in the US where they speak Norwegian and have done so for a hundred years. I like it. Those Americans really have everything over there, even Norwegian churches.

Queen Sonja lauds Minnesota church’s century of Norwegian worship

They had lined up for more than an hour in this modest neighborhood in brisk fall weather in the 40s — single digits in Celsius, just as in Oslo — to participate in the service.

www.twincities.com

The website wouldn’t let me read the article, but I was able to see your lovely Queen and her traditional dress. Beautiful.

I was trying to remember why so many Norwegian immigrants came to Minnesota (rather than other locations) - apparently it had something to do with available land - and learned that Minnesota is the unofficial Norwegian capital of the US.

Forest Cat · Oct 26, 2022

WhitewaterWoman said:
The website wouldn’t let me read the article, but I was able to see your lovely Queen and her traditional dress. Beautiful.

I was trying to remember why so many Norwegian immigrants came to Minnesota (rather than other locations) - apparently it had something to do with available land - and learned that Minnesota is the unofficial Norwegian capital of the US.

Yeah Minnesota is the state with the most Norwegians. At one point 20% of the states population was Norwegians. That's where the "Minnesota nice" comes from.

I actually have family there.