They say that laughter is the best medicine.  And it seems to be pretty universal. Here’s a Norwegian joke.

A Norwegian lorry driver was on his way to Bergen, transporting penguins to the aquarium there. Unfortunately his lorry broke down on a mountain pass.  As he stood by the road, wondering what to do, another lorry pulled up, and the Swedish driver got out and asked if he could help. The Norwegian explained his predicament, and the Swede offered to help, loaded the penguins into his truck, and drove off.

Next day, lorry fixed, the Norwegian reached Bergen. As he stopped at a traffic light, he saw his Swedish saviour from the day before, waiting to cross, with the penguins in a row behind him. “What on earth are you doing?” he asked “You were supposed to be taking them to the aquarium!”. “Oh yes” replied the Swede. “That was yesterday. Today I’m taking them to the movies.”

Footnote

Quite a lot of humour appears to be at the expense of other nationalities. The English tell Irish jokes, for example, the French- Belgian jokes. Indian jokes are often about Sikhs, Polish jokes about Russians, Brazilian jokes about Portuguese… You get the idea. Hmmm. There’s a whole question there about who it’s OK to laugh at, if anyone.

Footnote to the Footnote

Blonde jokes are told by everyone