Fit Like a Yolk in an Egg

The hit TV show Pluribus featured a scene in a Norwegian ice hotel where guests are assured that once you get used to it, their room is quite cozy, and uses an apt Norwegian idiom describing how they’ll feel: som plommen i egget, or fitting “like a yolk in an egg.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Fit Like a Yolk in an Egg”

Grant, have you been watching the series Pluribus?

Oh, no, but I’m looking forward to it. Many people say it’s great.

Yeah, it’s really different from anything I’ve ever seen. I can’t even begin to tell you what the plot of the show is. But one thing you’ll appreciate in it is a great Norwegian expression that I learned from it. There’s a part of the show where this couple goes on a romantic vacation to one of those ice hotels in Scandinavia, specifically Norway. And the guy who’s showing them around their room explains that their guest suites are slightly warmer than the rest of this frigid hotel. He says it’s not too, too cold, and it’s quite invigorating once you get used to it.

As we say, you will feel som plumen jägget, which means like a yolk in an egg.

Oh, that’s cozy as all get out, isn’t it?

That’s super cozy.

Yeah, it didn’t look cozy at all, but that is. I would do a nice hotel just for the experience, but maybe only a night. But also, I don’t think I would call that a romantic getaway. That does not prompt romance.

I see hotels is a prompt romance for me.

Well, I guess if you’re snuggling under lots of covers. But I did love this Norwegian expression that means, you know, just really comfortable, feeling just right, like a yolk in an egg.

Like a yolk in an egg.

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