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Sven & Ole’s to host World Championship joke-telling competition




You didn’t know it, but you have been training your whole life. Anytime you told a Sven & Ole’s joke at home or school or to your dog, you were sharpening your skills. And now it’s time to show the world just how good you have become at delivering a punch line.

On February 20 the first world championship Sven & Ole’s joke-telling competition will be held at Sven & Ole’s pizzeria at 7 p.m. Competitors should get there a little bit before 7 p.m. to warm up their gums and loosen their tongues.

First prize is a $50 gift certificate and the right to call yourself a World Champion. A $25 gift certificate will be given to the contestant judged to have the best Scandinavian accent.

All participants will get a prize of some sort.

There is a strong rumor that two young Norwegian journalists will be on hand to take pictures and use some of the film for their interactive documentary project. At least that’s what Sven said. Ole couldn’t be reached because he was busy cutting lutefisk into heart shapes to give to Lena for Valentine’s Day.

Uffdah, won’t she be happy?



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