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One of the richest men in Norway cultivated a relationship with a torpedo and used his services on several occasions. It happens.
by Thlom 3y ago
One of the richest men in Norway cultivated a relationship with a torpedo and used his services on several occasions. It happens.
- vidarh 3y agoAs a fellow Norwegian now living in the UK: That term is so archaic and unusual in English that odds are quite a few people won't know it at all (In 24 years in the UK I don't think I've ever heard it used) For the non-Norwegians: "Torpedo" in Norwegian has adopted the 1920s US slang for a hit man / hired gun, and in Norwegian it's in common, contemporary use, though more often for threats and violence than outright murder.
- Wildgoose 3y agoThanks, I hadn't heard that before.
- smegger001 3y agoOkay that was making me think of the guy who had intimate relations with unexploded WWII artillery shell a few years ago (https://www.businessinsider.com/france-man-had-wwi-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-by-hospital-2022-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/france-man-had-wwi-shell-lod...) and wondering how a that would work physically considering the size of a torpedo, and how it related to hitmen. Thing are much clearer now.