Norwegian Jokes from Hendricks Minnesota

This man is not laughing at these bad Norwegian Jokes!

Many people in Hendricks Minn will tell you Norwegian Jokes. Many of these jokes start out by the question "Have you heard the one about Ole and Lena?" This fictional Norwegian couple has been the staple of our jokes for over a century. Here's a couple you might hear on Main Street on any given day.

Little Ole and the Stork
Little Ole was sitting at the kitchen table doing his school homework. He had a puzzled look on his face at he considered the assignment that was due--writing an essay about his origin. He turned to question his mother.

"Mama, vere did Grandma come from?" he asked. "Da stork brought her," answered mama Lena. "And vere did yew come from?" asked Little Ole. "Da stork brought me," his mother answered. "And vere did I come from?" Little Ole inquired. "Vell, son, da stork brought yew, tew," mama Lena replied.

With a scowl on his face, Little Ole picked up his pencil, turned to his school tablet, and began writing his essay: "Dere have been no natural births in our family for three yenerations."

This man has just been told an official Hendricks Norwegian Joke!

Fingernails
One day Lena confided to her friend Hilda that she had finally cured her nervous husband, Ole, of his habit of biting his nails.

"Good gracious," said Hilda, "How did yew ever dew that?"

"It vas really simple," was Lena's reply. "I yust hid his false teeth."

The Relations
Ole and Lena were getting on in years. Ole was 92 and Lena was 89. One evening they were sitting on the porch in their rockers. Ole reached over and patted Lena on her knee.

"Lena, vat ever happened tew our sex relations?" he asked.

"Vell, Ole, I yust don't know," replied Lena. "I don't tink ve even got a card from dem last Christmas."

The Train Ride
Ole and Lars were on their very first MN train ride, heading to Minneapolis. They had brought along bananas for lunch. Just as they began to peel them, the train entered a long, dark tunnel.

"Have you eaten your banana yet?" Ole asked excitedly. "No," replied Lars.

"Vell don't touch it den," Ole exclaimed. "I yust took vun bite and vent blind!"

This lady is not laughing at these bad Norwegian Jokes!

Music
Ole bought Lena a piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, Lars inquired how she was doing with it. "Oh," said Ole, "I persuaded her to svitch to a clarinet." "How come?" asked Lars. "Vell," Ole answered, "because vith a clarinet, she can't sing."

The Optometrist
Ole was having eye trouble, so he went to see the optometrist. "Put this little gadget over your left eye, Ole," said the optometrist. "Now over the right eye, over the left eye. No, Ole, I said left eye. Now right . . . No Ole, your right eye!"

Completely confused, Ole just looked at the optometrist.
"Now, Ole," the optometrist continued, "just remember which is your left hand. OK, Ole, cover your right eye . . . No Ole, that's your left eye!"

Finally in exasperation, the optometrist took a brown paper bag, cut a hole in it, put it over Ole's head, and moved the hole back and forth from the left eye to the right eye. "Now, Ole," asked the optometrist, "How is that?"

"Vell, Doc, I guess it's all right," said Ole. "But I vas vishing I could have some wire rims like Sven."