100-Year-Old Mysterious Package In Norway Set To Be Opened

[Gold Metal Flake]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/100-year-old-package-norway_n_1825464.html




Stocks in oil? Historical documents? A small treasure? Speculation over what might be inside a 100-year-old package that's set to be unsealed this Friday in a small town in Norway abounds, according to Verdens Gang, a Norwegian newspaper.

Verdens Gang explains that the package has been kept in a museum in Gudbrandsdal and dates all the way back to August 26th, 1912. It carries a note from a man named Johan Nygard, specifying that it is not to be opened until 2012.

There are few clues about what the package might contain. What is known is that Nygard was involved in local politics and that he reportedly walked up to the mayor and handed him the package telling him that its contents would "benefit and delight future generations," according to a video that was posted the Verdens Gang website.

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This Friday, August 24th, residents of the town will finally find out what's inside. VGTV.no http://www.vgtv.no/#! will be live broadcasting the opening of the Norway package on Friday at noon EST.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. whoo. that's spooky. What if it's an 100 year old IPAD?

[loli phabay]

2. sonic screwdriver and a bow tie

[area51]

62. +1 n/t

[reflection]

66. You win.

[Drale]

79. You just won the internet my friend

[Ian David]

3. OMG, I bet it's porn. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

4. That's pørn. nt

Sick minds think alike, too.

[msanthrope]

17. That is a DUZY of epic proportions. You win the Internets. nt

[cyberswede]

23. Win!

[hifiguy]

32. DU-ZEEE!!

[jberryhill]

49. RØFL

[calimary]

52. Double DUzy!

[Initech]

82. It has to be pørn.

[sufrommich]

5. It's going to release the Kraken. You read it here first. nt

[liberallibral]

60. +80,000,000!!!

Hahahaha!!! Too awesome!!!!

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. "benefit and delight future generations," ......Porn? n/t

[RagAss]

7. Is Geraldo hosting the show?

[Riftaxe]

8. Probably a fruit cake

Those things last forever...

[Le Taz Hot]

63. LOL!

Literally.

[LadyHawkAZ]

9. Bookmarking

I'm curious now, too.

[Ian David]

10. It's a wind-up masturbating monkey toy. n/t

[Bonobo]

11. Oh god, I hope it's not lutefisk... nt

[Taverner]

12. rofl

[awoke_in_2003]

15. You can't mask that smell

withsmell with three feet of concrete

[Salviati]

55. Lutefisk improves with age you know...

because every moment it's aging is a moment that you're not eating it, and who knows you might luck out and die in the meantime.

[Scuba]

65. I hear that. There's a reason Jello doesn't come in fish flavor.

[-..__...]

13. "It's from the Doc"!!!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7muzj_back-to-the-future-part-ii-letter-f_shortfilms

[Hugabear]

14. Is David Blaine involved?

Nt

[justanidea]

16. Maybe the guy was a psychic and its Romney's tax returns. (nt)

[CabCurious]

18. I'm going with psychic predictions...

Or pornography.

[CK_John]

19. Magic underwear. nt

[SoCalDem]

20. These

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. kick!

and bookmarked

[charlie and algernon]

22. bookmarking so I can watch tomorrow.

[REP]

24. Instructions for putting Mustakrakish to sleep using grandpa guitars

[Codeine]

27. Awaken! Awaken! Take the land that must be taken!

[hifiguy]

29. LOL

I play bass not to have a job! - William Murderface

[REP]

35. Always relevant:

[hifiguy]

36. "Dammit, what smells like piss

and cocaine??"

[kestrel91316]

25. Dried lutefisk.

[longship]

30. And after 100 years it will still be inedible.

And I am half Norwegian; half Suomaleinen.

Cannot stomach lutefisk. It is inedible no matter it's age.

[kestrel91316]

39. When my sister returned from her year as a foreign exchange student in 1974,

she decided to try making lutefisk. I think she had only heard about it when she was living in Sweden. She can't possibly have eaten it.

She prepared it, with the traditional boiled potatoes and white sauce (how yummy, a completely white meal), and served it. I think it was the only time in my life I ever saw MY DAD take a bite of something and then refuse to eat any more - he would eat anything. I ate one bite and declined any more. My mom did the same. My sister turned red and apologized, and couldn't eat a single bite of it, it smelled so bad.

We NEVER tried it again. I don't think there is any way on earth to put lipstick on THAT pig.

[TahitiNut]

46. Once you get past the smell, you've got it licked.

I was brought up in a Norwegian-American family. Both my maternal grandparents immigrated from Norway 1916-1919 as well as his brother, my grand-uncle, and wife, my grand-aunt. Sons of Norway gatherings were regular as I grew up. Smorgasbord was my grand-aunt's tour-de-force... she was an amazing cook.

My grandfather LOVED lutefisk. The smell is VERY strong... but it tastes like fish-flavored wallpaper paste. Uffda. From Thanksgiving to New Years, lutefisk was served several times. (It's the "season" for it.)

[hifiguy]

54. My late uncle Cliff was a Norseman who married into my mom's

exceedingly German family. He would eat cold, leftover lutefisk for breakfast. I'd sooner stand on my head in a bucket of live squid. We Germans in the family regarded this behavior as perverse beyond belief.

Tried the stuff once and the sensation of eating fish jello almost made me urp. The smell ain't no picnic either.

ETA anyone who use "uffda" in conversation is by definition an expert on things Scandinavian. I picked it up from relatives and say it occasionally. When I was in grad school I once leaned back and said Oh, Uffda! in the presence of a Jewish friend from Lawn Guyland. "What's this 'uffda'? What's up with that, anyway?" he asked. I explained that it was Minnesotan for "oy vey." He got the point.

[trixicopper]

88. Sounds like my family

Ah, those Smorgasbords at the Sons of Norway hall. Not just lutefisk but Herring! Served 950,000 different ways! Blech! And guess what? It's still just bait. With lutefisk it's not just the smell, anything that turns the silverware black can't possibly be good for you!
Uffda back atcha!

[TahitiNut]

42. Uffda

GMTA

[Heather MC]

26. it's a Where's Waldo book

[hifiguy]

28. Very stale lefse... nt

[Codeine]

31. Al Capøne's vault. nt

[hughee99]

33. Bookmarking...

I want to remember to check in on this tomorrow.

My guess... a puppy.

[Politicalboi]

34. Where's Geraldo?

Wouldn't a good nose breaking make for good PR.

It just came to me. It's Rmoney's taxes.

[beac]

37. I'm gonna be disappointed if it's that ice cube recipe:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115713266

[alfredo]

38. knr

[BlueJazz]

40. Schrödinger's cat

[alittlelark]

45. ....

[unc70]

61. Are you sure?

[BlueJazz]

93. Not until we open the box

[unc70]

94. Then only when we last looked

There when I looked. Uncertain when not looking.

[TahitiNut]

41. Lutefisk

They were VERY proud of their lutefisk in those days.

Uffda!

[B Calm]

43. Hashish maybe. . .

[Gold Metal Flake]

67. "telling him that its contents would "benefit and delight future generations,""

Hmm, you may be right.

[Rowdyboy]

44. An early sketch of a famous piece of Norwegian art by....

Edvard Munch!

[thelordofhell]

47. The Hammer Of Thor

[Moonwalk]

83. Cosmic Cube, of course!

Glad he saved it from falling into the hands of the Red Skull

[DeSwiss]

48. A translation of.....

...The Voynich Manuscript.

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[freshwest]

51. Looks good to me.

[hifiguy]

57. That would be one of the ten coolest things

that has ever happened. A lost DaVinci codex would be pretty neat, too.

[harmonicon]

58. That would be pretty great.

Or maybe just Book II.

[jsr]

50. Meh

[CreekDog]

53. surprisingly, the pickled herring was still edible

[progressoid]

56. Hope it explains how magnets work.

[gateley]

59. Fascinating!

[left is right]

64. I wonder what will the museum in Gudbrandsdal

have to put on display once the mystery package is opened. Will the musuem be able to remain open?

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

68. OK, I'm trying to watch the link, but don't understand the language

Some has been in english, but most not. Can someone who speaks this language inform us what is happening?

[Gold Metal Flake]

69. The server is getting hammered.

Video streaming sucks.

[cleanhippie]

70. So what was it?

Video showed people playing music on a stage.

[Gold Metal Flake]

71. Musical presentation on the show... OH SHIT!! BAGPIPES!!

DUCK!

[Gold Metal Flake]

74. Wow, that was close. Fucking bagpipes. Now, interpretive dance.

[Chiyo-chichi]

72. The program is

a 400 year commemoration of the The Battle of Kringen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kringen) which took place on August 26, 1612.

Does anyone else have a bad feeling that the package contains material from the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Kringen?

I have no idea when they're going to open it.

[Chiyo-chichi]

87. I was at least partly right.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/100-year-old-package-open_n_1827839.html?utm_hp_ref=world

"Sure enough, among the documents inside were telegrams that the museum workers said were related to the celebration of the victory, and committee work for what might be a memorial of the battle."

Here's a shot of the audience:



(not really.)

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

73. this appears to be a cultural program, honoring something that happened 400 yrs ago.

I can't watch this for hours to see what the package contains. Hope someone posts about the contents after they open it. Just guessing it must happen sometime during this show.

[yawnmaster]

75. They have brought a table out and the package...

it appears it will be opened soon.
(unless they are going to have another folk dancer or bagpipe session)

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

77. The dancer is still dancing on my connection

Guess I'm not live, but getting a delayed feed.

[get the red out]

76. Are we finally going to see

rMoney's taxes?

[CabCurious]

78. I don't speak SYORDOFORDENYEEBLARON, can somebody update us?

[yawnmaster]

80. it is open and it contains 42?

oh...there it is..
some silks or cloths, some papers, maybe more...

[yawnmaster]

81. apparently we have been using those college notebooks...

for over a hundred years as I saw two of them there and they look like the one I have right here.

[DawgHouse]

84. Rose Nylund

We're going to need Rose Nylund to interpret!

[valerief]

85. Hundred-year-old Akvavit? And porn. nt

[thelordofhell]

86. Looks like newspapers...........

Back then, he probably couldn't predict computers and the internet would have this stuff archived somewhere.

[cbdo2007]

89. So what was it? Bigfoot DNA?? HD video of flying saucers??? Lost works of Mozart???

[Chiyo-chichi]

90. It was very exciting stuff... if you work at the Gudbrandsdal museum.

Otherwise...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2012/08/24/norways-100-year-old-mystery-package-opened-guess-what-was-inside/

[Tx4obama]

96. But there were clippings in there from 1914 and 1919, so someone opened it before 2012

I wonder if whoever opened it in 1919 might have taken whatever was originally out, maybe something valuable, and replaced it with other stuff?

[eShirl]

92. photo of a cat asking "I can haz lutefisk?"

[DeSwiss]

91. Earlier they said the package would be opened at 6pm....

...on stage and then taken back stage so they could examine the package's contents. Then they're supposed to bring the contents back out to show the audience.

Right now on the screen they're just showing a picture of the package from earlier.

- Maybe it's just an old 1912 Swedish Olympic Program......

[randome]

95. This thread is hilarious! Thanks for the laughs!

[Marr]

97. Update: It was a letter to a local teenager, asking him to use the time machine to come pick him up.

[RagAss]

98. LOL !