A Norwegian Love Story Max and Arlene lived by a lake in Norway. It was early winter and the lake had frozen over. Max asked Arlene if she would walk across the frozen lake to the general store to get him some beer. She asked him for some money but he told her, ""Nah, just put it on our tab."" So Arlene walked across, got the beer at the general store, and walked back home across the lake. When she got home and gave Max his beer, she asked him, ""Max, you always tell me not to run up the tab at …