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Norwegian Prime Minister Caught Playing Pokémon Go in Parliament

posted by janrinok on Saturday October 08 2016, @10:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-better-to-do? dept.

takyon writes:

Now that Pokémon Go has peaked, we can dig into the trough:

The Norwegian prime minister has been caught playing Pokémon Go during a debate in Norway's parliament. Erna Solberg was pictured playing the game during a debate in the Storting on Tuesday. It's no secret Solberg is a big fan of Pokémon Go. During an official trip in Slovakia, she took some time out to play the game, telling reporters she was keen to hatch some of her 10km eggs.

This isn't even the first time a Norwegian politician has been caught playing the game while in parliament.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by frojack on Sunday October 09 2016, @12:01AM

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday October 09 2016, @12:01AM (#411867) Journal

    Well He's a She, so.....

    But look, its Norway. They don't really have any problems except surviving winter. What a great country that is, where the Chief Executive has nothing pressing to meddle in. Its a far cry from Sweden.

    Can you honestly say we might not be better if every congresscritter was forced to play Pokémon Go for two hours every day?

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    Limiting the time available for gutting our liberties and raiding our wallet might be a boon to the country. If the two hour required play period could be allocated randomly to each congressman we could contrive it such that no work at all could be done for lack of a quorum.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:09AM (#411893)

    They are raising a wall in the border near Kirkenes (north), with CCTV. And Russia is not paying but themselves, while laughing. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37577547 [bbc.com]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:41AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:41AM (#412016)
      You do want some sort of barrier to entry. Reduce the numbers of those who can't be bothered to figure out the barrier and how to get past it.

  • (Score: 1) by gmrath on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:52AM

    by gmrath (4181) on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:52AM (#411896)

    Well, if you look at state, county, and city legislatures as well as Congress, it seems clear that they are already spending much time playing at something. Here in Madiganistan it seems pretty clear what legislators are playing with under their desks. And in the back rooms. And with each others' too. I wish adult supervision would step in and make them stop.