Norwegian Mothers

Never let your "Norwegian Raised During the War Without Enough Stuff" Mother come over to help you get rid of things.

I love my Mom, but she spent most of the day trying to talk me out of giving things away.

M: "you're going to need that someday"

S: " ma, it's magnifying glass; I think I used to use it to torture insects as a boy'

M: "well, eventually your eye's will go and you'll regret giving that away".

I'm not kidding here. That's an example of the entire day.