Ja! Whic reminds me. Seattlelite was touring
Europe and found himsef in
Norway. A native asked "Where you from in the US?"
Seattle! In
Washington state.
a pause
The Norske replied "That anywhere near Poulsbo?"
You can substitute Ballard also. Or Minneapolis-St.Paul and Fargo.
Ole and Lena had landed in the USA and bought a team an wagon. They were heading out to the
Pacific Northwest of this new country with the advise " Keep going til you see waves."
Exiting the woodlands of middle
Minnesota the arrived at the Great Plains
wind swept buffalo
grass and all.
"Look Ole by golly" exclaimed Lena. It looks just like waves with that wind and all!:
"By yumpin yimminy" he shouted back. "Stop the wagon before we drown!"
And that's how the Norske's got to the Dakotas.
Fishing was terrible though which is why Lutefisk was invented.
Ufta