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| Norway has their own version of "Klinger" |
| 2005-02-04 |
| It sounds like a scene from "MASH." A Norwegian doctor called up for military service pretended to be insane. The not-so-mad doc rubbed sour cream in his hair, spilled beer on his clothes and sat in a closet smoking 40 cigarettes at once. It was all in an effort to show he wasn't mentally fit for the army. And it worked, perhaps a little too well. The Norwegian newspaper Fredrikstad Blad reports not only was the man rejected by the military, national health authorities were alerted to his mental status. The doc's attempt to dodge the draft is likely to result in disciplinary action from both the military and the medical board. "Wait! I'm only mostly insane! Ow! Get off... me! mmmmph!" |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #9 The way you say that, Anonymooose, makes it sound like you've been very very naughty... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-02-04 7:02:02 PM |
| #8 If any of you read the english language 'Aftenposten Norway' online newspaper, you're in for a treat. It is loaded with "news of the weird" type articles from Norway, of which there are plenty, often involving moose. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-02-04 5:09:25 PM |
| #7 This is a very old dodge. Ulysses tried it prior to the Trojan war: he pretended to be nuts by plowing a field and sowing salt when Agamemnon and Menelaus came by to get him. They put his little boy in the path of the plow. When he turned away, they had him. Then, Achilles tried to get out of going to Troy by dressing as a woman. Nobody likes the draft. |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-02-04 5:07:58 PM |
| #6 "Then I had that setback with the Cheez Whiz... but I'm MUCH BETTER NOW!" |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-02-04 4:22:35 PM |
| #5 Could some admin correct my awful grammar in the headline? I hate when I miss stuff like that. Vielen Dank! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-02-04 4:14:07 PM |
| #4 40 ciggies at once. He's lucky he didn't die of acute nicotine poisoning. Too bad, he could have been in the running for Darwin |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2005-02-04 4:10:27 PM |
| #3 Alls well that ends well - the doc is getting his, and the Norwegian army is better off. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2005-02-04 4:07:33 PM |
| #2 Shrink! I wanna Kill! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-04 3:17:09 PM |
| #1 Pathetic. |
| Posted by: true nuff 2005-02-04 2:40:25 PM |