Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [3]

christian sørland version is even more polite. "did you mjau, did you cheat, do you got christmas-decorations in your shrub" (it does rhyme i promise).

the refrain changes but the second one is "big, black peas that jingles when you fart"

again a dialect-georgaphy spoof where they compare norway to the body.. 

(i loved these guys in like 2007.. how the years have passed  )

i need a life.

I need a haircut. A life sounds a little optimistic.

They are overrated anyway, and I suspect mis-sold.

Norway just banned these flowers.


http://www.nrk.no/nordland/na-blir-denne-arten-forbudt-i-norge-1.12418653

Bluebottle wrote:
I need a haircut. A life sounds a little optimistic.

What's this about banning flowers? Not like I can read Norsk.

Those fox gloves? If so they grow all over the place here- poisonous to humans mind you but its not like its hard to avoid eating or handling them.

Invasive species. It's odd to think increasing the amount of species somewhere threaten biodiversity, but I guess that's the way it is.

Good luck with that, gonna need it.  We've got something here called Kudzu, an invasive vine from asia that climbs and smothers trees or anything else in its path.  Flowers don't seem so bad in comparison.

Not Foxglove, Lupin. Lupine... Was about to replant one earlier, good thing I didn't find a good shovel. Might have had the police at my door.

Chinese knot weed is the bugger here that chokes everything else. Rhododendrons too.

Ah lupines- thanks Amarie- they look quite similar.

The rules don't come into effect until January 1st 2016, but after that you would indeed have broken the law.

Yep, we've got the knotweed too.

Bloody horrible stuff

Bluebottle wrote: The rules don't come into effect until January 1st 2016, but after that you would indeed have broken the law.

Would I, though? The lupines have been growing there for at the very least 10 years, I would have moved a few 2 meters to a big flower pot.

Mm, that's a good question. Planting is definitely illegal,

Planter som lupin, rynkerose, kanadagullris og gullregn vil ikke lenger bli solgt i hagesentrene, og det vil heller ikke lenger være lov å plante ut disse i hager, parker og andre områder.

but you would be replanting, and existent vegetation will still be allowed.

Vi kommer ikke til å kreve at det som allerede er plantet ut, må fjernes. Heldigvis er det en del i dag som frivillig fjerner fremmede arter på eget initiativ, når man nå vet hvilken trussel de utgjør.

You would probably be within the rules moving it that short a distance, but, then again, I haven't actually read the rules.

And would planting it in a pot constitute planting it in your garden? You see, these are the sorts of questions that keep us law people up at night.

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.

It does feel a bit weird when you find the question "Does planting something in a pot equal planting something in your garden?" really interesting.

poor Lupins

Weird thing is, I just realized this picture is from somewhere I've driven past hundreds of times.

Well yes it's a plant that kinda takes over but at least it's decorative... Not like the Tromsø-palm....

Big epic photo: http://www2.arcticlightphoto.no/pano/tos52/

^ That's frickin awesome, Norc. What's a Tromso palm, though?

And Blue, stop quoting stuff in Norwegian if you're not bothered to translate, it's kinda disrespectful towards those who don't speak the language.