# What's in the 100 year old Norwegian mystery package? It's being opened tomorrow 8/24. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441 "2012-08-24T01:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/81 "2012-08-24T16:12:19Z")
Two more luminaries will now speak, and then we will have some traditional Scottish music. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/82 "2012-08-24T16:13:00Z")
Was that thing about being a Sinclair a joke? Edit: Nevermind, googled it up. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/83 "2012-08-24T16:14:04Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Man, these people learned nothing from Al Capone’s vault. Yeah, they are making way too much of this. It’s going to end up being someones notes for a compelling coming of age story on the Fjords. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/84 "2012-08-24T16:14:16Z")
Ok, I’m not watching anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gesturing\_Mildly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/85 "2012-08-24T16:14:28Z")
The guy speaking now looks a little fishy … I think I know what’s in the package and OPEN THE PACKAGE Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn! ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/86 "2012-08-24T16:14:50Z")
It’s a gong show commemorating some ancient battle or something. Who can I sue? ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/87 "2012-08-24T16:15:17Z")
I have a lunch to go to at 4:30 GMT so I’m betting I’ll not see the unveiling. Drat! ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/88 "2012-08-24T16:17:53Z")
I feel they could have made better use of the hundred years they had to prepare for the opening of the package. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/89 "2012-08-24T16:20:32Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > They’re opening it now! > > [VGTV](http://www.vgtv.no/#!id=55544) I followed that link, but I’m getting a violin and guitar folk duo. They are pretty good though, were they inside? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/90 "2012-08-24T16:21:47Z")
At least the music is bitchin’ ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/91 "2012-08-24T16:22:00Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I followed that link, but I’m getting a violin and guitar folk duo. They are pretty good though, were they inside? It was a really big box. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/92 "2012-08-24T16:23:00Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I followed that link, but I’m getting a violin and guitar folk duo. They are pretty good though, were they inside? They’re one of the opening acts apparently. (ba dum bum!) ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/93 "2012-08-24T16:23:02Z")
The package will contain a smaller package that says OPEN IN 2112. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/94 "2012-08-24T16:23:19Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > It was a really big box. Bigger on the inside, at any rate. Like the Tardis. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/95 "2012-08-24T16:23:26Z")
Oh I see. The package was just a publicity stunt for the new TV show Norway 's Got Talent. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/96 "2012-08-24T16:24:12Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I followed that link, but I’m getting a violin and guitar folk duo. They are pretty good though, were they inside? They’re having a cultural show and speakers and stuff before the opening. LOL about the ‘really big box’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/97 "2012-08-24T16:25:47Z")
“It’s with great anticipation…that I introduce another act!” ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/98 "2012-08-24T16:25:55Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > Was that thing about being a Sinclair a joke? > > Edit: Nevermind, googled it up. I can’t find anything. Can you share/explain? I heard it too but have no idea what it was referencing. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/99 "2012-08-24T16:27:07Z")
Seriously? Interpretive dance? This just keeps getting better. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/100 "2012-08-24T16:27:45Z")
Next up, a traditional Norwegian dance, followed by an hour-long slide presentation titled ‘The Development of Oat Harvesting Methods in Svalbard 1890-1905’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441.md?page=6)