my tits are blue...

sure, give Norwegians another reason to hate foreigners...

This really pisses me off.

I need to calm down before I can write much more about my feelings about the matter. My guess is that the people who thinks this is a good thing are the "I'm from Oslo and therefore better than everyone else in Norway" elitist twatballs who want to force the Oslo dialect (a rather unpleasant dialect I must add), and it's a severe insult to everyone from anywhere else in Norway; this has historical roots.

Of course, they're going to make foreigners the scapegoat rather than the arrogant Oslo elite who think they're better than everyone else. And let's not ignore the fact that this makes foreigners look stupid and incompetent. Like that stupid Russian chick mentioned in the article. "Waaah waaaah waaaah, boo hoo hooooo, poor me I can't understand dialects, accommodate me!" Like that stupid journalist, who can barely translate Norwegian language articles to English. This hurts us more than it helps us, but I guess my cries fall on the deaf ears of the coddling crowd...

Also keep in mind that the kind of "people" bearing the arrogant "get rid of the dialects" mentality are also the same "people" who refused to let rooms to people from the districts, before the Pakistanis started showing up...

*grrrrrr*

moose news

More crashes in the full moon

Statistics show that a full moon really can "bring out the beast," at least in Norway, where the most collisions between cars and moose occur when the moon is full and the weather is cold.

Norway's state statistics bureau SSB reports that 1,321 moose were killed in traffic accidents during the past year. Most of them occurred in the winter: Statistics reveal three times as many collisions between moose and vehicles in January than in the summer.

Torstein Storaas of Hedmark College, one of Norway's foremost experts on moose, told newspaper Aftenposten that it's not just because it's easier for the moose to move alongside open roads when snow is lying deep in the forest.

It's also, Storaas said, because the moose prefer to eat the twigs and branches of pine and low shrubbery during the winter. "Therefore they need to emerge from the deep fir- and spruce forest," he said. "Unfortunately many claim they also are attracted by the salt spread on highways by road crews."

The moose is also most active during a full moon, although it's not entirely clear why. Moose tend to wander more than usual during a full moon, and not just because the moonlight guides their way. Studies show they're just as active when cloud cover blocks out the moon.

Motorists are thus advised to use extra caution during full moon periods in the wintertime. Subfreezing temperatures, snow in the forest and dry air draw the moose towards roadways, and that's when driving is dangerous.

Many drivers involved in collisions with moose claim the animal suddenly darted across the road, and they didn't have a chance to brake in time. Storaas said that's because the moose are easily stressed by the noise of traffic and headlights, making them unpredictable. They also have trouble moving on hard, icy roads and want to get across as quickly as possible.

Collisions between cars and moose are generally more serious than collisions with other animals, because the moose are so large. They're generally hit in the legs, and then land with full force in the car's passenger compartment.