The founders of Scandinavia

[Floater]

I just have to share this: http://wumocomicstrip.com/strip/2004/11/16/

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Very funny. Honest. I almost ed.

Seaboe

[Skeptic]

Coming from an Irish family, it's nice to see there's another version of the old joke, ...

Why did the Irish get the potatoes and the Arabs got the oil?.
Because the Irish had first choice.

[thorny locust]

Depending on when the choice was made, it could easily have looked like a no-brainer from the other direction to our likely reaction.

I don't think petroleum oil was considered particularly valuable until the 1800's.

[Mouse]

Dunno if I can blame the Scandinavians for choosing the way they did: mmm....bacon

[Richard W]

Originally Posted by thorny locust

Depending on when the choice was made, it could easily have looked like a no-brainer from the other direction to our likely reaction.

I thought it was supposed to be complementing the Irish good sense until I realised it was meant to be another "Irish stupidity" joke. Would you rather be stuck in a desert with some oil, or on a fertile island with some potatoes? The potatoes are still the obvious choice, really.

[A Turtle Named Mack]

Originally Posted by Skeptic

Coming from an Irish family, it's nice to see there's another version of the old joke, ...

Why did the Irish get the potatoes and the Arabs got the oil?.
Because the Irish had first choice.

I thought the punch line - particularly among Irish - would be "Because the potatoes had first choice."