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.
