What's in the 100 year old Norwegian mystery package? It's being opened tomorrow 8/24.

[TriPolar]

@garygnu

100 years doesn’t seem like that long for a time capsule.

That’s the time period I usually hear about. How long do you expect one to go?

[carnivorousplant]

@Sicks_Ate

Why do you think he would need to hide letters from his mistress?

I figured he didn’t want his wife to know about her.

[Boyo_Jim]

It’s a note that says, “Look around you. What you see is the biggest collection of dumb asses in Norway since the Kaiser visited.”

[garygnu]

@TriPolar

That’s the time period I usually hear about. How long do you expect one to go?

Longer than that if you expect it to be a big deal globally. One hundred years just doesn’t seem like very long ago to me.

[lieu]

Damn Swedes.

[flodnak]

A man after my own heart. He saved every piece of paper that might be useful to someone else, and he saved them meticulously

[running_coach]

@Boyo_Jim

It’s a note that says, “Look around you. What you see is the biggest collection of dumb asses in Norway since the Kaiser visited.”

Brilliant.

[Gagundathar]

I, for one, welcome our coming Norwegian masters and mistresses.
…

What?

Too early?

Danggit… my timing is always off with these things.

[Taomist]

@Sicks_Ate

Why do you think he would need to hide letters from his mistress?

I suspect it was meant to be read as "Hide letters that came from his mistress " and not ‘Hide letters away from his mistress’.

Ok maybe I’m tired, lol. It made sense when I typed it!

[Sicks_Ate]

@Taomist

I suspect it was meant to be read as "Hide letters that came from his mistress " and not ‘Hide letters away from his mistress’.

Ok maybe I’m tired, lol. It made sense when I typed it!

Yea, I know

[Taomist]

:smack::smack:

Boy, I sure wish I could take naps, 'cause I apparantly need one!

[GreasyJack]

Pshhh… the Norwegian authorities obviously handed down the controversial Breivik ruling when they knew the nation would be distracted by old box opening fever!

[Ms_Boods]

@lieu

Damn Swedes.

They’re Norwegian, MacCready…

[Johnny_L.A]

@Bob Ducca

Anyone else see the trailer for a movie called “Kon Tiki” that looks amazing?

I have Kon-Tiki on DVD. I love it. I’ll have to watch the dramatisation when it comes out here.

[Leaffan]

@GreasyJack

Pshhh… the Norwegian authorities obviously handed down the controversial Breivik ruling when they knew the nation would be distracted by old box opening fever!

I don’t know if this is breaking any rules, but it is a little insensitive.

[Shagnasty]

@Leaffan

I don’t know if this is breaking any rules, but it is a little insensitive.

Not any more than making us watch interpretative dance before opening the package. I was about to jump off the nearest fjord myself during that horror show.

[Cicero]

“Inside the package? Surprise! Another package! Inside that, much to my dismay, was not an increasingly small series of packages leading to a pea. Instead, the interior package contained a number of fabrics in the color of Norway’s flag – “from the King,” said one of the package openers. Under the fabric the curators found notebooks, newspapers, a letter, a small drawing, some community council papers and other bits of paper.”

Here

[Alka_Seltzer]

@Bob Ducca

Anyone else see the trailer for a movie called “Kon Tiki” that looks amazing?

I saw that as well. I was a little confused by the autobot symbol on the mast.

[davidm]

Norway's 100-Year-Old Mystery Package Opened: Guess What Was Inside

The curators returned to the stage without the secret for time travel. Instead, the package contents seem to be primarily concerned with the construction of a monument to celebrate the victory in 1612. The notebooks and newspapers contain ledgers and accounts of donations given to fund the memorial.

[Boyo_Jim]

@runner pat

Brilliant.

Thank you. It’s nice to find an appreciative audience, even if it’s an audience of 1.