my husband (whose account this is) says (and I quite agree) that it's because Bard actually had to think about what he was saying, and therefore it kept him from thinking about the pain. The gene test showed that he had the lowest tolerance for pain, it's just that he had to actively produce summery, pleasant, expletives. Solsikke!
I can just watch this, especially the part 1.30-1.48, over and over again. The combination with Calle just starting to howl into the bowl, Bård´s "Thank you mommy for letting me come along, Mommy I´ve gotten a new flower in my hair. A sunflower!" and Vegards little happy dance and his joy when Bård wins is just awesome. Love it! Thank you for uploading it again!
Perhaps Bård lasted the longest because his mind was focused on creating a story, rather than yelling the same swear words over and over. Just my theory.
Vegard: Only summer! Crocus is spring! Haha, he's such a stern taskmaster while his little brother is going through "helvete"! I think this was one of their funniest bits on the show, an absolute riot!
So fun to watch... at the same time so hard to watch. Love Bard yelling about flowers, the beach, and picnics, sandwich spread and more.. Then Calle yelling satan and f**k. Another silly game/contest that keeps me laughing. (BTW, I love silly) I love watching Bard, Vegard & Calle.
Thanks so much for subbing this! I got the gist of what Calle was saying, but I didn't quite follow Bård. I guess "sunflower" doesn't translate as well as "Satan." ;)
I'v just realized that in the background the band plays The Girl From Ipanema (soo classy to have a jazz band, I love it!). The new lyrics are awesome. Faen, marihøne, satan, crocus, masse små fisk, helvete, SOLSIKKE!!!
Interesting....though (according to the gene test they did) Bard feels pain first, he is the last to remove his hands from the ice water. Bet it's the combination of competitiveness and thinking of nice words, which might distract him from the pain somewhat. Vegard didn't get to say anything, so he didn't last as long.
I am so confused with the language sometimes, I know Norwegians can generally speak English as well, but why does Calle revert the swearing back and forth in English and Norwegian? I think it's cool, I wish I could speak it.
MsStrife1 I think that's pretty common in countries where the English fluency rate is very high. Here in the Netherlands it's the same. Shit is definitely in the top 3 of the most common swear words used, and the average Dutch teen drops the F-bomb more often and more casually than a lot of Americans. They are so common that people use them without anyone (including themselves) even realizing they switched to English. However, we do have many more Dutch swear words than English, so all of them put together Dutch swear words are still considerably more common than the English ones.
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