Ole, Lars and Sven had been going to the Sons
of Norway hall meeting as long as there had been a hall. And every month, wouldn’t
ya know it, they didn’t win a prize in the
monthly draw. That is until the last meeting.
Sven was the first one of the three to get his name drawn. He won two pounds
of spaghetti sauce, four boxes of noodles, and three pounds of Swedish meatballs.
Ole had his name drawn next. He got himself round trip tickets to Dulut, a nights
stay at the Dew Drop Inn and a pair of tickets to see
the Inger triplets Polka Ensemble. Ole thought that he had died and gone to heaven.
Lars was the last one to have his name drawn, he won a toilet brush.
At the next monthly meeting, they sat down together to check out how each other
had fared for the past month. Sven said “Uff da, I had dat pasghetti for tree
days. It was so good, and Helga didn’t have to buy food for dem dere tree days.”
Ole said “Lena was so happy vhen I brought home dem tickets. The trip up to Dulut
was nice, we got to ride da Greyhound, and you know, they got a built in outhouse
on dat dere bus. And the Inger Triplets, if I didn’t know better, I would swear
dey were sisters.”
Then Ole turned to Lars, and asked him how his prize worked out. Lars looks at
them both and says “Dat dere toilet brush is nice, but I tink I’ll go back to
using paper.”