The Norwegian Olympic team got an egg-citing surprise when they received 15,000 eggs from a local distributor in Pyeongchang – 10 times more than they planned to order.
The team’s chefs blamed a translation mistake for the mix-up.
The team apparently placed the order using Google translate and accidentally added an extra 0 to their order.
But, according to the team’s chefs, they weren’t egg-ceptionally bothered by the mistake.
“They will probably use them, I guess,” said Norwegian chef de mission Tore Øvrebø.
“Maybe the people that supplied us with them will take them back I don’t know. It’s not a big issue.”
Since this story broke, the Norwegian team has replied that they were able to return the egg-cess eggs so the players could enjoy a more varied menu.
OL-leiren bestilte 1500 egg gjennom å oversette via Google Translate. Men det slo feil. 15.000 ble levert på døra. Vi ønsker lykke til og håper at de norske gullhåpene er glade – veldig glade – i egg: 😁 pic.twitter.com/qaWVpq1Xgy
— Trønder-Avisa (@tronderavisa) February 3, 2018
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