tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229312.post3611334075791252924..comments2023-05-13T09:16:17.585-06:00Comments on FollowingFrodo: Jumping the, um, Gun?Gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229312.post-67607421727386137392009-10-12T09:27:18.992-06:002009-10-12T09:27:18.992-06:00Hmm. I was once at a workshop where Prof. Gracia G...Hmm. I was once at a workshop where Prof. Gracia Grindal (http://hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/<br />Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/gracia_grindal.htm) quipped about the emotionality of Scandinavians: On a desert island, the Norwegians are fighting, the Danes are cooking and the Swedes are standing around, waiting to be introduced. <br /><br />She added that the Norwegians are "the Latins of the Scandinavian world".<br /><br />FWIW, I am married to a Finn, or Scandinavians by means of a wrong turn at Germany a couple of millenia ago, whose people are responsible for the shortest book on the planet: Overt Finnish<br /> Emotional Expressions.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052081819882002321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14229312.post-65733428083413050302009-10-09T17:44:14.349-06:002009-10-09T17:44:14.349-06:00I think the committee is made up of Norwegians and...I think the committee is made up of Norwegians and Swedes, not known for their excitability (at least in the area I grew up in where there were quite a few - one of my great-grandfathers was Omar Nicholson and his brother was Olaf) so I had to laugh about Obama-mania!!<br /><br />Don't know if President Obama would have picked himself either, but the recipient doesn't have a say except to refuse it or accept it.WinnyNinny PooPoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237156887425609665noreply@blogger.com