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YOU KNOW YOU'RE A SWEDE WHEN: [ ] Your family had to re-arrange a number of Christmas traditions when Arne Weise retired. [ ] You get nostalgic by thinking of the summer of 1994. [ ] You don't rely on weather forecasts unless presented by John Pohlman. [x]. You thought Astrid Lindgren was immortal and was shocked and cried your heart out when she actually did die. [x] You really want to attend the Nobel Prize Dinner. [x] You go seriously sentimental when entering an IKEA store, outside the borders of Sweden. [x] You love complaining about Sweden when you are there and state "it's much better in Sweden" when you are abroad. [ ] You secretly love the Eurovision Song Contest to pieces. [/] You know at least 10 Abba songs by heart. [/] You are prone to stand in line without complaining. [x] Whenever discussing international problems you always, without exception state that "why don't you do it like we do it in Sweden?" [ ] You know the names of a multitude of IKEA items. [x] You have a tendency to not divide words when you write in English, since "särskrivning" is a sin. jag erkänner. men bara ibland. särskrivning är värre :D [ ] You don't really care about winning as long as the Swedish beat the Norwegains and the Finish, no matter what the game/contest is. [x] You know that Sweden never actually will win the World Cup in Football, but keep partying anyway. [x] You don't really consider silence a problem in social situations. [x] When you find people from other cultures generally being rather loud. With the exception of the Finish. [x] You wouldn't even consider buying electrical items unless they are "S"-marked. [ ] You have serious difficulties crossing the street when there is a red light. Even when there are no cars. [x] You get guilty conciense from throwing things in the dustbin that could have been recycled. [x] You take your shoes off when entering a house, and don't get why non-Swedes find that funny. WHAT? [x] You know what the term "dansband" refers to, but know that it is a losing battle explaining to non-Swedes what it is. [x]. You don't consider a congregation of trees being a "real" forrest unless it takes at least 20 minutes to drive through it. [x] You use metric system and really don't get why there are people out there who don't. [x] You consider "schlager" being a proper music genre. [x] You consider a fast and audioable intake of breath as a synonym to the word "yes". [x] You find the ads for Coca Cola during Christmas completely useless since noone would consider drinking any other soft drink than "julmust" during Christmas anyway. HAHHAHHA JA :D:D [x] You consider Denmark and the Danish "pretty continental". DOM ÄR JU DET?? [x] You know that it is not true, but you like to believe that there is a massive difference between the taste of "julmust" and "påskmust". [x] You know that the most common cars in Sweden are not Volvo's or Saab's, but Ahlgrens Bilar. You can debate for hours the difference between the taste of the pink, the green and the white car in a pack of Ahlgrens bilar. You actually have a favourite colour of Ahlgrens bilar, and is pretty militant in your opinion on this point. HAHA TYP [ ] You are not likely admit to having watched a full episode of Allsång på Skansen, but feel that the fact that they broadcast it every summer is soothing, and a notion that things remain in their normal state. VADÅ ALLSÅNG P SKANSEN ÄGER? [x] You like things in general to be "lagom". It annoys the hell out of you that there is no good translation for the word "lagom" in any language (except in Turkish, apparently). [x] You have at one point, or more, during your childhood, attempted to fabricate something that you learnt how to make from watching "Hajk". [ ] While fabricating the thing mentioned in point 33. things went terribly wrong. NEJ FÖR FAN: jag kan sånt här! [x] You think that Sweden winning a gold in any type of World Championships require celebrating by getting really drunk and splash around in a large and famous fountain. [ ] You have a tendency to make Swedish verbs out of English nouns, and do not consider it slang or gramatically incorrect. [x]. You've never seen a starbucks. [/] You have a summer house in the countryside. It has no running water or flushing toilet, but you can't understand why no one wants to visit. (jag har ett landställe? ^^) [x] Making fun of Norway is a national institution. And vise versa. [ ] You love Kalles Caviar. Everyone else outside scandanavia hates it. [x] You find it normal to have to go to a special store that is owned by the government, that's only open during daytime to buy a bottle of wine, or other alcoholic beverages. [x] You constantly try to avoid meeting your neoghbours in the stairwell. HAHAHHA FEDT! [ ] You split the check by the exact penny after eating at a restaurant. [ ] You try to explain "The Law of Jante" to non-Swedes..! hahaah jag ska försöka göra det i sommar ^^ [x]. You just don't "orka"... [x]. You think you understand Danish. [x]. The Danish think you understand Danish. [x] Ultimatley, when spoken, you don't really understand Danish. [ ] You die a little inside if you don't get your weekly ransion of "Mamma Scans Kottbullar". [ ] You think that everyone is allowed to walk in any field or forrest. And when people abroad tell you it's private land, you don't understand and say "But, what about Allemansratten?" [ ] You expect people to be drinking atleast a bottle each of vodka, and think that's normal. [ ] Your ideal breakfast consists of a slice of bread with egg och kalles kaviar, och a big cup of oboy... [x] You drink black espresso without sugar, believing that is what you do in Italy, and actually believe that you like it... [x] After having realized that someone is standing on your foot in the subway, you think that the best idea is to not say anything at all or maybe cough or nod a little in order to attract the attention of the person standing on your foot. [x] You find non-scandinavians so loud and noisy but find it perfectly normal to get completely wasted, "bröla", sing along to "när vi gräver guld i usa..." and piss in public, when you're abroad and partying with non-scandinavians. [x] You know who Bamse is, and love him with all of your heart. [x] You refuse to belive that snuff or "snus" is harmful. bara för att du inte har förlorat luktsinnet av snuff en hel dag??? [x ]Since snuff "isn't harmful", you can't understand why no one except the swedes use it... ÄR DET SANT? [x] You think that all things Astrid Lindgren ever wrote, sums up all the good things about being Swedish. [x] You have become addicted to Playahead/Lunarstorm/Helgon and/or Bilddagboken. FEDT!! [ ] Your favourite site for games and videos is Hamsterpaj.net. [x] Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you. [x] You wake up with BIG hang-overs on the days after April 30th (Valborg) and December 13th (Lucia). [x] You refer to some internationally famous Swedes by their nicknames, even when speaking to bewildered non-Swedes who have no clue what you are talking about.(I.e: "Svennis" (Sven-Goran Ericsson) and "Henke" (Henrik Larsson). [ ] You cried when Henke Larsson cut his hair. om jag gillat honom kanske ^^ [x] You just love singing "snapsvisor" while drinking any kind of alcohol. [x]. You would rather stand up on the bus for an hour than bother the person who's handbag is currently occupying the last available seat. [x]. You would never use public transportation without a valid ticket, even though it's ridiculously overpriced. [x] You happily engage in a conversation about the weather. [ ] You cannot see why the first floor you walk in to should be called anything but the first floor, and the next one up the second, and so on, and you get confused by this in every multi-storey building you enter. nej. först borde noll komma. sen ett. sen två. osv^^ [ ] You generally consider the pre-party better than the night out in a club that follows. [ ] You cry of nostalgy and happiness thinking about Peter "Foppa" Forsberg's penalty in the ice-hockey final, Olympic Games in Lillehammer 1994. [x] You look forward all year for August when you get to gather your friends, put on stupid paper hats, drink Vodka, sing and eat crayfish. ÅH JA. OCH JAG HAR BARA GJORT DET EN GÅNG I ÅR ;__; [x] You don't mind women using the men's bathroom in clubs if the queue to the "Ladies" is long. [x] You go abroad on vacation and first things first try to localize a Swedish bar and restaurant. [ ] You LOVE Carola and knows almost all her songs by heart even though she's a bit of a freak these days. [ ] It still disturbs you that Carola did not win the Eurovision Song Contest the first time around she participated, back in -83. [ ] you get chills down your spine thinking about the "Flour-tant". [x]. It's totally ok to stop working for a while when Anja is skiing in an important competition and instead join your colleagues in front of the TV which somebody brought. [x] You actually miss Knäckebröd abroad but never eat it in Sweden because it's so "torrt"! [x] It's raining and you hear yourself say your grandmothers wise words, "There is no bad weather, just bad clothes" [ ] You realise that toast and marmalade can never, ever replace dark bread with "prästost". [x] You consider blond hair about as normal as dark hair. [x] You constantly have to point out that not EVERYONE in sweden is blond, in fact you add that most people are not. [x] You only consider hair on the verge of being "white", blond. Everything else is just very bright brown hair. [ ] You have tried, and failed, to convince non-swedes that jam with your food is really good. [x] IKEA is home away from home. [x] You don't understand why non-swedes find saltlakris inedible. [x] You know Carl Larsson captures the atmosphere of a 'stuga' perfectly. [x] you realise the potential and imagination behind a number of Swedish words (like: förfest, träningsvärk, groggvirke, sola, klockrent) [x] you get frustrated because there is no way you can say these words in any other language and sound correct. [x] you consider taking a cruise ship to tallin a valid excuse to get completely off your face and act like an utter ass as soon as the ship leaves port. [ ] you insist on buying ridiculously tight pants (guys) you innocently say F**K at completely inappropriate times when talking english. [x] you consider it tradition to get wasted and dance around a giant penis symbol stuck in the ground every summer. [ ]. you think it's perfectly normal to pay over 50 % of your income in taxes. [ ] everything you know about sex you learned from ?Bullen? or KP's "Kropp och Knopp". HAHAHAHA <3 [x] you can't for you life understand why there's no handles on the paper bags you get in the liquor store. [ ] you see a woman with a baby carriage trying to get on the bus you're in so you pretend to be sleeping so you don't have to help her with it. [x]. Smörgåstårta. You actually know how to pronounce smörgåsbord. [x] You just love to 'fika', and know that it is an activity that is meant to last for hours and is not the equivalent of going for a coffee. 70 x)
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TheGreenSun
Thu 15 Nov 2007 10:29
Den mä danskaXD.. Fan va jag garva ihjäl mig det stämmer så himla braXD!!
iwillshine
Thu 8 Nov 2007 17:09
Det roliga är ju att någon bemödat sig med att skriva listan på engelska men tydligen vet vad 'julbord' är, och listan helt klart är menad för svenskar.
igualpop
Thu 8 Nov 2007 17:10
ja. och ibland en gång står det "och" istället för and ^^
jag vet inte. dte blir kanske roligare om det står på engelska..
jag vet inte. dte blir kanske roligare om det står på engelska..
AdwinKissecat
Mon 29 Oct 2007 23:11
SERIÖST! Orka göra hela? Det är ju typ 250 punkter eller nåt! Koppat från facebook va? :) Tog mig ett tag att läsa igenom alla
igualpop
Mon 29 Oct 2007 23:12
HAHA men det är så sjukt kul. har suttit och skrattat mig igenom det. ja antagligen från början.. ^^
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