This is too good not to read, especially if you
> thought ghosts didn't exist! This happened a few months ago just outside
> of Willmar,a little town in the back country of Minnesota, and
> while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's real.
>
> This out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a
> real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm. Time passed slowly and
> no cars went by. It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in
> front of his face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly, approaching and
> appearing ghostlike in the rain. It slowly and silently crept toward him
> and stopped. Wanting a ride real bad the guy jumped into the car and
> closed the door; only then did he realize that there was nobody behind
> the wheel, and no sound of an engine to be heard over the rain.
> Again the car crept slowly forward and the guy was terrified,
> too scared to think of jumping out and running. The guy saw that the car
> was approaching a sharp curve and, still too scared to jump out, he
> started to pray and began begging for his life; he was sure the ghost
> car would go off the road and into a nearby lake and he would surely
> drown! But just before the curve a shadowy figure appeared at the
> driver's window and a hand reached in and turned the steering wheel,
> guiding the car safely around the bend. Then,just as silently, the hand
> disappeared through the window and the hitchhiker was alone again!
> Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they
> reached a curve.
> Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could take and
> jumped out of the car and ran and ran, into town, into Willmar. Wet and
> in shock, he went into a bar and voice
> quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his
> supernatural experience. A silence enveloped and everybody got goose
> bumps when they realized the guy was telling the truth (and was not just
> some drunk).
>
> About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to
> the other, "Look Ole, ders dat idiot dat rode in our car when we wuz
> pushin it in da rain!"

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That's a good one!

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Aw, jeeze. Ever since the film Fargo was released in theaters we here in Minnesota have been the brunt of horrible Norwegian jokes.

That being said...

Sven and Ole were out fishing when Ole pulled an old lamp outta da lake. He gave it a few rubs and the Genie of the Lake appeared. "Oh, cripes, thanks a bunch for lettin' me outta dat lamp! Hows about a wish for you and yer pal?" quipped the Genie. Ole thought for only a moment when he exclaimed, "I wish da lake was BEER!"

POOF! The lake was beer and the Genie was gone. Ole beamed over at Sven who was shaking his head in disbelief. "Ole..." Sven meekly said with disappointment in his voice, "Now we gotta pee in da boat."

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I live in WI and we have a huge Norwiegen population here too. I thought I had heard them all, but this one is new to me.

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