UFF DA

[pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no]

To survive in Norway, should you ever go there, or among a group of 
Norwegians, there are some things that must be learned and understood 
in order to survive.  Among the most important things to know, is the 
meaning of the expression UFF DA.

UFF DA IS:

*     trying to dance the polka to rock and roll music

*     losing your wad of gum in the chicken yard 

*     having Swedish meat balls at a lutefisk supper 

*     spending two hours cleaning up my room and my mom says 'Uff Da' 

*     walking downtown and then wondering what you wanted 

*     arriving late at a lutefisk supper and getting served minced 
ham instead 

*     looking in the mirror and discovering you're not getting 
better, just older 

*     trying to pour two buckets of manure into one bucket 

*     having a mouse crawl up your leg when you're on a hayload 

*     eating hot soup when you've got a runny nose 

*     getting out of bed in the morning with a backache 

*     getting swished in the face with a cow's wet tail 

*     waking yourself up in church with your own snoring 

*     forgetting your mother-in-law's first name 

*     when two steady boy/girl friends find out about each other 

*     noticing non-Norwegians at a church dinner using lefse for a 
napkin 

*     eating a delicious sandwich and then discovering the spread is 
cat food 

*     sneezing so hard your false teeth end up in the bread plate 

AND

*     UFF DA is NOT being Norwegian