Favorite Sentences in Wikipedia

[Zoloft]

She said she was 40 steps from her house when the meat started to slap the ground.

Kentucky meat shower (T-H-L)

[Elinruby]

She said she was 40 steps from her house when the meat started to slap the ground.

Kentucky meat shower (T-H-L)

[Zoloft]

"So plop that hunk of meat into your mouth and try to think about something else."

Svið (T-H-L)

[Ron Lybonly]

"So plop that hunk of meat into your mouth and try to think about something else."

Svið (T-H-L)

mmm, Icelandic cuisine (T-H-L). Thanks, Zoloft. Brings back memories.

Consider Hangikjöt (T-H-L) -- smoked lamb. Sounds good, doesn't it? Unless you have no forests and do your smoking over burning sheep dung. I did not care for it.

Or Hákarl (T-H-L), fermented shark: "It has a strong ammonia-rich smell and fishy taste, making hákarl an acquired taste". I wouldn't even try this. I'd rather eat the Svið.

God bless the Icelanders -- the place was a horribly poor country for centuries. "Hvalreki" is the word for "beached whale". It also means "windfall" or "good luck".

[JarrBarr]

"So plop that hunk of meat into your mouth and try to think about something else."

Svið (T-H-L)

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God bless the Icelanders -- the place was a horribly poor country for centuries. "Hvalreki" is the word for "beached whale". It also means "windfall" or "good luck".

The last time Icelanders heard the words "God bless Iceland", they understood they were in really deep shit and were swimming in a dinghy straight into the hurricane. So this phrase might give Icelanders pretty bad recession vibes.
Guð blessi Ísland (T-H-L)

[The Blue Newt]

I am convinced there are several American “old country” foods that show up at various holidays mostly to remind of us why we left.

Lutefisk comes quickly to mind.

[rnu]

Live passengers were charged 6s in first class, 3s 6d in second class and 2s in third class (in 1854 worth about £30, £17 and £10 respectively in 2024 consumer terms) for a return ticket, while dead passengers were charged £1 in first class, 5s in second class and 2s 6d in third class (in 1854 worth about £100, £25 and £12 respectively in 2024 consumer terms) for a one-way ticket.

London Necropolis Railway (T-H-L)

[AndyTheGrump]

Live passengers were charged 6s in first class, 3s 6d in second class and 2s in third class (in 1854 worth about £30, £17 and £10 respectively in 2024 consumer terms) for a return ticket, while dead passengers were charged £1 in first class, 5s in second class and 2s 6d in third class (in 1854 worth about £100, £25 and £12 respectively in 2024 consumer terms) for a one-way ticket.

London Necropolis Railway (T-H-L)

That's Iridescent (T-C-L) at work. I like it.

[Elinruby]

I am convinced there are several American “old country” foods that show up at various holidays mostly to remind of us why we left.

Lutefisk comes quickly to mind.

Winkles

[greyed.out.fields]

I am convinced there are several American “old country” foods that show up at various holidays mostly to remind of us why we left.

Lutefisk comes quickly to mind.

Winkles

The Sven and Ole jokebook wrote:
The lutefisk got rid of the racoons all right, but now we've got a family of Norwegians living in our basement.

On a side-note, I'd first heard of lutefisk on The Prairie Home Companion as a kid, but had no idea what the jokes meant until Wikipedia came along.