NORWEGIANS ARE EGG KNOCKERS AND THEY'RE NOT ALONE

If you were in Norway, at Easter time, you'd be playing THE EGG KNOCKING GAME!  If you're Norwegian you should already know how to play this.  Everyone plays it in Norway.

Here's the game.  Everyone chooses an egg.  Then everyone pairs up.  The two partners take turns tapping their egg against their partners egg.  The first egg to crack is the loser.  The winner goes on to challenge the other winners and they start knocking and cracking again and this goes on until there's only one Norwegian left with an egg that isn't cracked.

Now, tell the truth.  Isn't that the dumbest game you have ever heard of in your life?  Only a Norwegian could think of such a thing.  That's what I thought when I first read about it.

Alas!  This isn't just a Norwegian thing.  Believe it or not, THE DUTCH ARE EGG KNOCKERS TOO!  But, the Dutch go one better.  Once their eggs are all cracked they gather wood and go up on the highest hill they can find (which isn't very high in Holland) and play another game to see who can build the biggest bonfire.

What is it with these people?
I'm thinking the days are too short and the nights are too long.