A waterside walk in Oslo kept my finger busy on my camera shutter, but I did find time for a chat with a friendly local who was about to sail across to his house boat. I learned about the frustrations of living off shore in winter and found that this man’s slightly wild reaction to an icy day was captured on video by someone on a passing ferry. As a result of this instant fame the police came out to remove him from the water and he became known as the Crazy Man of Oslo Fjord.
Crazy man in the yellow boat, Oslo, October 2016
You can watch the video here, but it is rather distant and fuzzy.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 29 October 2016
Part of Six Word Saturday
Travel with Intent 
That is an interesting story.
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Great comment there on the video: “Ble denne videoen filmet med en potet?” (Was this movie filmed using a potato?) 😀
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Oh I love that! Thanks for the translation
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He has to have run out of gas before making it to shore!
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Sort of like when it snows you had better have a plow!
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Yes, a perfect analogy!
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Kind of stubborn I guess. Nice picture.
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I think do. Big must be difficult when you’re in need of something. Like food!
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I thought for a moment you were referring to Cardinal Guzman. 🙂 🙂 I could be in big trouble!
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No. But I’m hoping to meet him on my next visit!
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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🙂
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Aw, poor guy. as if “normal” commuting wasn’t annoying enough…
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Indeed! Though in summer he clearly has some advantages over packed metros and queues of cars
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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oh my. He doesnt look like he’s having a good time, he looks stuck…
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Yes – I think there is little chance of success in the ice – unless your vessel is equipped with an ice breaker
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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WOW..!
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