# You Norweigian people are the coolest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174 "2005-08-22T21:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/1 "2005-08-22T21:02:51Z")
[Niles Olav is promoted.](http://www.norway.org.uk/edinburgh/2005/nopromotion.htm) I always thought penguins were the best…in Batman Returns, I could NOT have asked for anything more since there were penguins with rockets, but this is even better! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/2 "2005-08-22T21:49:13Z")
Ah… They showed a brief clip of this during the “Moment of Zen” on _The Daily Show_ last week, without any explanation, and I wondered “What the blue frig is _that_ about?” Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/3 "2005-08-22T21:52:03Z")
Another reason why Norway will never be a world power. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/4 "2005-08-22T22:02:46Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Another reason why Norway will never be a world power. I dunno, isn’t that an _Emperor_ penguin? Methinks we should be wary. . . ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/5 "2005-08-23T01:18:30Z")
Whats the deal with this penguin? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/6 "2005-08-23T01:26:13Z")
This penguin gets promoted and the penguins steal the show in Madagascar. I think they are up to something. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/7 "2005-08-23T01:50:53Z")
If it’s an Emporer Penguin, wouldn’t that mean it should be in command of some UN troops? Not Norweigan or British? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-norweigian-people-are-the-coolest/318174/8 "2005-08-23T14:11:10Z")
What’s it mean to be Colonel in Chief? Does he have his flipper on The Button? –Cliffy