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    3. Ole, from Sebeka, appeared on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 Kroner. "You've done very well so far," said Sven Svensen, the show's presenter, "but for a million Kroner yew've only got vun life-line left, phone a friend. Everyting is riding on dis question. Vill yew go for it?" "Ya, yew betcha," said Ole, "I'll try it vun time!" "Vhich of the following birds does NOT build its own nest? a) Sparrow b) Thrush, c) Magpie, d) Cuckoo?" "Uffda, dat’s a hard vun," said Ole, ''Sew I'll use my last lifeline and phone my friend Lars back home in Wadena.." Ole called up Lars, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him. "Yumpin yimminy, Ole!" cried Lars, "Dat's simple, it's a cuckoo." "Are yew sure?" "I'm sure." Ole hung up the phone and told Sven, "I'll go vith cuckoo as my answer." "Is dat your final answer?" asked Sven. "Ya, yew betcha." There was a long, long pause and then the presenter screamed, "Cuckoo is the correct answer! Ole, you've von 1 million kroner!" The next night, Ole invited Lars over to give him a drink. "Tell me, Lars? How in Heaven's name did yew know it vas da Cuckoo dat doesn't build its own nest?" "Because he lives in a goldang clock!" Sent from my iPad John Ferman Minneapolis, MN

    04/22/2015 10:28:23