When life hands us maple trees

of course we make syrup. And then we give it to Norwegians when they hand us a much-needed pole in the course of an Olympic cross-country ski race. The 7,400 cans will be distributed around the country, much to the delight of the Norwegian Dental Association.

It really doesn't get more heart-stirring than that. Can't you see all the Nordic people holding hands with their Inuit and Aleut brothers and sisters and singing, "It's a Small World After All" as they dance around the North Pole?


(Sidenote: It's eerie when you know what you're Googling for, but the actual result is kind of fuzzy, yet somehow Google manages to find the exact thing you couldn't bring into focus. I actually had that LP as a wee child. Very surreal.)