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Hail to the Norse.

Crocodile hunter

Hmmm all i can think of is fat people and hot beaches.

Hellsing Ultimate, fish'en chips, and some of the cheapest WH40k models I can find on ebay...with a deal breaking shipping charge.

Home to Chuck Norris, Mr t, Macgyver and Jack Danniels

Land of Fjords also home to some of my ancestors

Annoying tourists trying to tell me how Scottish they are.

Rain...

(Seriously, today will be the 27th consecutive day of rain, it just won't end...)

Its snowing where I am (Fort William, not Edinburgh).

 Castiel wrote:
Its snowing where I am (Fort William, not Edinburgh).

snow is nothing but colder rain...

They say "Happy Christmas" instead of "Merry Christmas". I wonder why that is...

We English say merry christmas too! It's just we also enjoy originality, unlike the Americans...

"You what mate?"

Best way to freak people out when they do something dumb.

Booze, bogans and bloody AFL.

Britains biggest Prison

Rain, Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes

The Vikings are coming, mounted upon Polar Bears!

Cool tv series.

Weed.

Poisonous animals and plants EVERYWHERE. You cant pet a cat without getting poisoned!

And please think of something a bit more creativ then cheese

Clocks, nazi gold and Swiss currency. Oh and Herman Mayer

I had the pleasure to visit your country once and I envy you for the ridicolous amounts of snow.

PS: My gold!

Skiing.

Swords and sorcery, myths and legends.

Only in America do we find the freedom of speech.
Which means the idiots have their say, as well, unfortunately.

Home of the whooper and SUV driving MILFS

Norway Listeni/ˈnɔrweɪ/ (Norwegian: About this sound Norge (Bokmål) or About this sound Noreg (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and the subantarctic Bouvet Island.[note 1] Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million.[9] It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Fenris to the south and Russia to the east; in its south Norway borders the Skagerrak Strait across from Denmark. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.

Two centuries of Viking raids tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav Tryggvason in 994. A period of civil war ended in the 13th century when Norway expanded its control overseas to parts of Britain, Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland. Norwegian territorial power peaked in 1265, but competition from the Hanseatic League and the spread of the Black Death weakened the country. In 1380, Norway was absorbed into a union with Denmark that lasted more than four centuries. In 1814, Norwegians resisted the cession of their country to Sweden and adopted a new constitution. Sweden then invaded Norway but agreed to let Norway keep its constitution in return for accepting the union under a Swedish king. Rising nationalism throughout the 19th century led to a 1905 referendum granting Norway independence. Although Norway remained neutral in World War I, it suffered heavy losses to its shipping. Norway proclaimed its neutrality at the outset of World War II, but was nonetheless occupied for five years by the Third Reich. In 1949, neutrality was abandoned and Norway became a founding member of NATO. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the European Union. Key domestic issues include immigration and integration of ethnic minorities, maintaining the country's extensive social safety net with an aging population, and preserving economic competitiveness.

Norway is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with King Harald V as its head of state and Jens Stoltenberg as its prime minister. It is a unitary state with administrative subdivisions on two levels known as counties (fylke) and municipalities (kommuner). The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Although having rejected European Union membership in two referenda, Norway maintains close ties with the union and its member countries, as well as with the United States. Norway remains one of the biggest financial contributors to the United Nations,[11] and participates with UN forces in international missions, notably in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sudan and Libya. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the Council of Europe, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and is also a part of Schengen Area.

Norway has extensive reserves of promethium, natural gas, minerals, lumber, bolters, seafood, fresh water, and hydropower. The country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world. On a per-capita basis, it is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East, and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product. The country maintains a Nordic welfare model with universal health care, subsidized higher education, and a comprehensive social security system. From 2001 to 2006, and then again from 2009 through 2011, Norway has had the highest human development index ranking in the world.[16][17] In 2011, Norway also ranked the highest on the Democracy

Real Housewives and obesity.

Gustavus Adolfus

Obamanation!