# 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:** 6
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/101 "2012-08-24T16:28:37Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Seriously? Interpretive dance? > > This just keeps getting better. There is no way she is going to win this talent show. I was with them on all the entries until this one but all I can do is look on in horror now. I hope they have some animal tricks next. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/102 "2012-08-24T16:28:39Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > The package will contain a smaller package that says OPEN IN 2112. Have you seen this before? 😕 ---
**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, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/103 "2012-08-24T16:31:45Z")
> [@hammos1](#): > > Next up, a traditional Norwegian dance, followed by an hour-long slide presentation titled ‘The Development of Oat Harvesting Methods in Svalbard 1890-1905’. It’s like watching the CBC in the mid-'50s, except in colour. Every time the network crashed — and it often did — the local station would put on some National Film Board dreck, like Pottery Making in Norway. Actually, that was pretty much all of Sunday, too. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/104 "2012-08-24T16:32:18Z")
Come on! This is once in a lifetime opportunity for Norwegians. Enjoy while it lasts! ---
**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/105 "2012-08-24T16:32:55Z")
They’re doing it, they’re doing it!! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/106 "2012-08-24T16:32:56Z")
I can’t get to the video. Anyone have a direct link? On Edit: Never mind, got it. ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/107 "2012-08-24T16:35:45Z")
The slide projector has jammed, so they’re opening the package now. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/108 "2012-08-24T16:36:12Z")
Opening now! ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/109 "2012-08-24T16:36:38Z")
Here we go! ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/110 "2012-08-24T16:37:09Z")
Come ON guys, NOW would be the time to translate!! ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/111 "2012-08-24T16:37:10Z")
Wow, Phyllis from The Office is a real card. ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/112 "2012-08-24T16:38:37Z")
It WAS a smaller box inside!!! ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/113 "2012-08-24T16:39:05Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > The package will contain a smaller package that says OPEN IN 2112. Um…you may be the winner!! ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/114 "2012-08-24T16:40:10Z")
The vibe I’m getting is that Norway really wants a go at an Olympic opening ceremony. Oh, THEY ARE OPENING IT, THEY ARE OPENING IT, THEY ARE OPENING IT! > [@fifty-six](#): > > The package will contain a smaller package that says OPEN IN 2112. I don’t speak Norweigian, but I think they just made that joke. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/115 "2012-08-24T16:40:37Z")
The box contains a parallel universe. In that universe there is a box that contains our universe. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/116 "2012-08-24T16:41:46Z")
Are composition notebooks really the same style they were a century ago? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/117 "2012-08-24T16:41:55Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > The vibe I’m getting is that Norway really wants a go at an Olympic opening ceremony. Haven’t they HAD one of those already? Remember Lillehammar? ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/118 "2012-08-24T16:42:39Z")
That is a lot of stuff for one package. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/119 "2012-08-24T16:43:03Z")
How was there a newspaper from 1914 in there if the package was handed over in 1912? ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-the-100-year-old-norwegian-mystery-package-its-being-opened-tomorrow-8-24/632441/120 "2012-08-24T16:43:53Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > How was there a newspaper from 1914 in there if the package was handed over in 1912? And another one from 1919. Weird. [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=5) [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=7)