(Sven and Ollie are mainstays of Norwegian and Swedish jokes, often told in Minnesota and northern climates. They typically are not the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree.) … … Sven’s down at the feed store and runs across Ollie. Sven says, “Ollie, good to see you! How’ve you been?” “Fine.” “And what about your wife, I haven’t seen her in awhile. How’s she doing, Ollie?” “Fine.” Sven says, “I heard you bought her a piano, didn’t you? That must be real fine. How’d she like it?” Ollie answers, “Fine. But I sold the piano and bought her a clarinet.” “A clarinet? Why would you give her a clarinet instead of a piano?” Ollie glares at Sven a bit, then says, “Because with a clarinet, she can’t sing!”
(Sven and Ollie are mainstays of Norwegian and Swedish jokes, often told in Minnesota and northern climates. They typically are not the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree.) …
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Sven’s down at the feed store and runs across Ollie.
Sven says, “Ollie, good to see you! How’ve you been?”
“Fine.”
“And what about your wife, I haven’t seen her in awhile. How’s she doing, Ollie?”
“Fine.”
Sven says, “I heard you bought her a piano, didn’t you? That must be real fine. How’d she like it?”
Ollie answers, “Fine. But I sold the piano and bought her a clarinet.”
“A clarinet? Why would you give her a clarinet instead of a piano?”
Ollie glares at Sven a bit, then says, “Because with a clarinet, she can’t sing!”