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shades
01-29-2005, 07:08 PM
BYTE: how Lena stops Ole's advances.

LOG ON: dats how ya make da vood stove hotter.

LOG OFF: vhat Sven vas trying to do vhen he burnt his hands terrible.

MONITOR: keep an eye on da vood stove.

MEGAHERTZ: ven a big log drops on your foot.

COMPACT DISK: vhat ya get from lifting logs dat's too heavy.

FLOPPY DISK: vhat da lefse looks like vhen it's cooked yust right.

RAM: da hydraulic ting dat makes da voodsplitter vork.

DRIVE: how you get home ven da snow's not too deep.

HARD DRIVE: dat's vhen you're going to Dalute vhen da snow's deep.

PROMPT: vhat ya vish da mail vas during da snow season.

ENTER: vhen ya come on in!

WINDOWS: vhat ya shut vhen it gets 10 below out.

SCREEN: vaht ya gotta have in blackfly season.

CHIP: vhat ya munch on during da Vikings game.

MICROCHIP: vhat's left in da bottom of da bag vhen da big ones are gone.

MODEM: vhat ve did to da hayfields last yuly.

DOT MATRIX: Lars Matrix's vife.

LAPTOP: vhere da grandkids sit.

KEYBOARD: vher ya suppose to put da keys so da Missus can find em.

SOFTWARE: da plastic picnic utinsils.

HARDWARE: vhen da missus starches da undervare.

MOUSE: vhat leaves dem turds in da cupboard.

MAINFRAME: da part of da outhouse dat holds up da roof.

SERIAL PORT: vhere da vheaties come from by boat to Dalute

(Duluth is a port on Lake Superior for those who don't know Minnesotan)