"A vegetarian in Norway is a Nor-vegan” is a pun that was posted on Twitter on January 31, 2011. “What do you call a vegetarian Viking? A nor-vegan” was posted on Twitter on September 20, 2017.
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 20, 2018:
Q: What do you call a Scandinavian who only eats plants?
A: A Nor-vegan.
“What do you call a plant-eating Viking?"/"A Norvegan” is a related riddle.
Twitter
Minus Swede
@_snats
A vegetarian in Norway is a Nor-vegan.
8:36 AM - 31 Jan 2011
Twitter
speed then mosey
@insouciiant
#therestaurantman She should describe her restaurant’s food as Nor-Vegan [pronounced from her food being Vegan and Norwegian]
3:49 PM - 12 Feb 2014
Twitter
Nicole 🌌 ♏ 😼 📚
@claidissastar
Him: What do you call a vegetarian viking?
Me: I don’t know, what?
Him: Nor-vegan...hahaha!
Me: ...
11:46 PM - 6 Aug 2016
Twitter
pepe
@velorex16
an anemic viking, is a nor-vegan.
6:53 PM - 27 Sep 2016
Twitter
oozicool
@oozicool
Replying to @Valnir_Rok
What do you call a vegetarian Viking?
A nor-vegan.
5:55 PM - 20 Sep 2017
Reddit—Jokes
What do you call a Scandinavian who only eats plants?
submitted April 20, 2018 by Rocktrout331490
A Nor-vegan!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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