“It’s a Norwegian lunatic armed with a chainsaw drinking vodka in a bathtub in the snow,” she observed, casting a wary eye in my direction. I felt a rare sense of delight the other night as I queued up this video on my iPad and handed it to my unsuspecting wife. No, he also takes healthy swigs from an ice-cold Norwegian beer, before lying in the newfallen snow to make snow angels. I do not want to give the impression that this skivvies-clad Norwegian patriot spends the entire video drinking vodka, because he doesn’t. In the video, Eckhoff thumps around in the snow in his briefs, then uses a shovel to clean the snow from an outdoor bathtub, before firing up a chainsaw to rid the tub of ice so that he can climb in, dunk himself in the ice-filled water and slurp happily from an icy bottle of Norwegian vodka.ĭon’t get me wrong. Which is why I could not wait the other night to show my wife the latest viral video from a 51-year-old Norwegian guy named Tor Eckhoff, whose YouTube channel, Apetor, features videos in which he consumes copious amounts of alcohol and frolicks in the beautiful Norwegian countryside.Įckhoff’s latest video, which was promoted on my office computer’s MSN landing page, involved this off-the-wall Norwegian celebrating the first snowfall of the season earlier this month wearing only his underpants. I still remember her getting all weepy when - brace yourselves for a painful memory - the Italians beat Norway for the gold medal in the 4×10-kilometre cross-country skiing relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Īnyway, what with being a crusading journalist who spends most of his time playing around with the Google search engine, I feel a powerful compulsion to share the latest Norwegian news with my spouse. This is even more true of news reports emanating from Norway, because my wife, She Who Must Not Be Named, is fanatical about her Norwegian heritage - even though she has never set foot in the “Old Country” in her life. Norway's Tor Eckhoff celebrates the first snowfall with a swig of vodka while lounging in a bathtub of frozen water. For instance, I am eagle-eyed when it comes to Swedish news stories, because my buddy Bob - who also happens to be my boss - is married to a lovely woman from Sweden. You know how when someone you care about obsessively collects a certain thing, you always keep one eye open in case you run across a must-have example of their quirky collectible?įor example, if your mom collects pigs and spoons, you are always on the lookout for the perfect pig or spoon - or God forbid, the ultimate blending of a pig and spoon into a single item - to add to her collection.

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