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by BurningFrog 740 days ago
As I remember the 1970s joke wars, they were driven by tabloid newspapers on both sides, and all in good fun between friendly nations.

I learned later that many of the jokes were translated American "Polish jokes".
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stareatgoats 740 days ago
> all in good fun

Well, not everybody's idea of good fun I guess, friendly nations or not.

But what do I know, I only visit Norway once in a blue moon nowadays. I have actually yet to hear a good "swede joke" at all actually; maybe they are just a myth?

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bewaretheirs 740 days ago
> I have actually yet to hear a good "swede joke" at all actually; maybe they are just a myth?

Perhaps most of the good Swede jokes moved to Minnesota?

(seriously, a bunch of the intra-scandinavian humor seems to be of Scandahoovian-American origin. Like the "10,000 Swedes chased through the weeds / by one Norwegian" thing.)

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BurningFrog 740 days ago
I think it ended in the 80s at the latest.

No joke can run forever.

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