The mind works in mysterious ways. When in high school, I memorized Ibsen's 'Terje Vigen'[0], a dramatic poem on the hardships felt in southern Norway during th

The mind works in mysterious ways. When in high school, I memorized Ibsen's 'Terje Vigen'[0], a dramatic poem on the hardships felt in southern Norway during the British blockade during the Napoleonic wars - and of revenge, redemption and all that. (Cough). Anyway, it has probably been 20 years since I last recited it, but I just found to my amazement that I still held it down pat, once I had mumbled the first couple of phrases to myself, the rest just came pouring out. "Det bodde en underlig gråsprengt en/på den ytterste, nøgne ø..." [0] http://www.sitater.com/home/ibsen/vigen/idx_eng.htm http://www.sitater.com/home/ibsen/vigen/idx_eng.htm