Lena: Oh Ole, did you hear that Lars got a new bike for Helga?
Ole: Oh Lena, what a lucky trade for Lars!
This from a box of Ole & Lena's Scandinavian Fortune Cookies my wife picked up from the airport on the way home from a business trip to Minneapolis. Who are Ole and Lena? I have no idea; let's check.
According to Wikipedia: Ole and Lena are characters persistent in jokes by Scandinavian–Americans, dominantly in the Upper Midwest region of the U.S., particularly in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota where Scandinavian immigrants and Lutherans are common.
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