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Man battled moose with slipper - and won
A Norwegian who thought he'd be spending a quiet weekend at his cabin near Kongsvinger ended up battling an angry moose with the first weapon that came to mind - his slipper.

Ivar Smedstad was relaxing at his holiday cabin (called a hytte in Norwegian) when his uninvited visitor suddenly appeared on his property.

"The moose was furious," Smedstad told local newspaper Glåmdalen. "Its ears were pulled back, the moose was snorting loudly and seemed to rear back on its legs."

The object of the moose's anger was Smedstad's dog, a seemingly innocent Leonberger named Shiba. Smedstad had no idea why the moose, a fully grown male, targeted Shiba or what prompted the moose to bound onto his otherwise peaceful retreat near a small lake called Bruntjern at Lunderseter.

"I was scared to death," Smedstad said. So was Shiba, and Smedstad did his best to save his pet.

"I screamed and yelled, trying to scare off the moose, but it was only focused on the dog," Smedstad said. "The moose didn't pay any attention to me at all."

In desperation, Smedstad took off his worn felt slipper and threw it at the moose. It hit the huge animal, known in Norway as "The King of the Forest," right in the forehead.

That was apparently enough to startle the moose, who calmed down, turned around and wandered off.

Check it here on Aftenposten!!!


I love Norway more and more!!!

A hen from Molde managed to lay an egg roughly twice the normal size.
The Sponås family in Strande, Molde had a hen that managed to lay an egg weighing 122 grams (4.3 oz), compared to the norm of 50-60 grams, newspaper Romsdal Budstikke reports. It was the last thing the bird did.

"I couldn't believe my own eyes when she laid an egg that was more than twice the size of a normal hen's egg. It looked completely unreal, with a 122-gram egg," Solveig Sponås told the newspaper.

The hen, a Loman Brown, came from Erlend Aarskog's poultry farm, and he has never heard of an egg like it.

"It is at least extremely rare. With eggs like this you would only get eight eggs to the kilo, and normally you get 16," Aarskog said.

Sponås wondered if diet, as well as talent, was behind the record production, saying her hens are fed much fruit and vegetables in addition to their feed.

The story ended sadly. As the newspaper put it, it is no joke laying an egg twice normal size, and the hen suffered injuries so serious that it had to be put down.

From
today Aftenposten on line edition

Poor hen!!! At least Aftenposten gave her a day of glory!!

... And I've started with a new haircut!!!




...Keeping up writing that long long post about my trip, thiking if I could manage to go to Urbino and see Mr. Øye and his Whitest Boy Alive again!!

I got a 30 this mornig for my medieval latin exam!!
But after the exam I lost my smile discovering that someone stole from the library the book I need to study for the next exam... Stupid asshole!!
So now I can’t take it on the 16th of may as I have to search for someone who could lend me the book... Maybe I should order it (waiting until it comes!!)...

Well... At least today afternoon I managed to practice with my bow... And now I'm here, ready to write that famous post about Oslo!!!

Medieval latin exam!!

I need to say I haven't been studying sooo much in this period and today for the exam... But I think all will go in the right way!! Or at least I hope so!!
Anyway finally tomorrow afternoon I'm sure I'll have the time to post something about Oslo!!!

...that Marcin during the gig in Modena wore the same t-shirt Erlend's wearing in this video!!! (taken from WBA myspace profile)




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