Ole, Lars and Sven had been going to the Sons of Norway hall meetings as long as there had been a hall. And every month, wouldn't ya know it, they never won a prize at the monthly drawing.
That is, until the last meeting...

Sven was the first one of the three to have his name drawn. He won two pounds of spaghetti sauce, four boxes of noodles and three pounds of Swedish meatballs.

Ole had his name drawn next. He got himself round trip tickets to Duluth, MN., 2 nights' stay at
the Dew Drop Inn, and a pair of tickets to see the Inger triplets Polka Ensemble. Ole thought that he had died and gone to heaven.

Lars was the last one to have his name drawn. He won a toilet brush.

At the next monthly meeting, they sat down together to check out how they had fared for the past
month.

Sven said, “Uff da, I had dat pasghetti for tree days. It was so good, and Helga didn't have to buy food for dem dere tree days.”

Ole said, “Lena was so happy vhen I brought home dem tickets. The trip up to Duloot was nice, and we got to ride da Greyhound, and you know, they got a built-in outhouse on dat dere bus. And the Inger triplets, if I didn't know better, I would swear dey vere sisters.”

Then Ole turned to Lars, and asked him how his prize worked out. Lars looked at them both and said, “Dat dere toilet brush is nice, but I tink I'll go back to using paper.”