Author: John

The Plungerprize has launched and is headed for space! The picture above shows the the starship riding atop the launch engine as it glides down the launch ramp prior to rocket ignition. Just before the launch, all systems were pronounced “A-OO-KAY” according to the two pilots of the Plungerprize, Yohann Keeling and Yam Yamansen. The…

Under the careful hand of rocket scientist Rolff Grieg the starship Ploongerprize has been readied for launch! The picture above shows the the starship sitting atop the launch engine that will move it into earth orbit. The launch site is just south of Bergen, on an island off the Norwegian coast (right). Sven and friends…

The Oslo Sanitation Institute has announced that they will be moving their operations to Bergen next month. Since they will no longer be headquartered in Oslo, they will also be changing their name to Bergen Sanitation or BS. BS has long been a leader in the sanitation software industry. Their most notable product which monitors…

Sven’s former employer, the Olso Sanitation Institute, recently subscribed to a series of training seminars entitled “How to Avoid Hiring Lemons, Nuts, and Flakes”. Several Institute managers attended the seminars, hoping to pick up tips on how to spot those troublesome employees: the dreamers who believe their job is something more than a statistic to…

Sven was nearly killed the other day when a meteorite crashed through the roof above his bathroom and landed in his toilet. Sven rushed to the bathroom, plunger in hand, and removed the steaming meteorite. “I knew it vass froom Marss, yoost by looking at it!” Sven told local reporters. After Sven came to this…

Rolff Grieg has done it! He unveiled a prototype model of his interplanetary craft, the Starship Plungerprize. When the ship is completed, Sven and company will board it for an expedition to the planet Mars. Sven was very excited. “Uff dah! Uff dah! I can’t vait foor der liftuff!”

News has reached us that Gusqay Husqvarna, the CFO of the Oslo Sanitation Institute, has resigned to become an aerial sky-writer. After the annoucement of her resignation, Gusqay packed up her broom (general issue at the Institute) and flew to Bergen where she practiced her new craft above Sven and company. When asked what he…