Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009

you know you are from sweden when (part2)

... you end your phonecalls with 'pusspuss' and then don't understand at all why the english-speaking people around you look at you like you're a retard or a pervert
... you are always apologizing, even if you don´t know why
... you insist on sitting outside to have lunch/coffee/beer wrapped in a blanket (or two!) although it's only ten-something degrees outside and barely sunny, since it’s finally time for "uteservering"
... you find it annoying that you have to tip in a restaurant outside of sweden
... you think it's normal to get your post delivered through a hole in the door
... on the night of the 25th every month, you “go wild” with expensive drinks and excessive amounts of beer. when you wake up the day after, your money for the next month is more or less gone
... you consider yourself as scandinavian, not european
... you feel bad if you're not outside on a sunny day
... you think thats its ridiculous to build houses from bricks. wood is the real deal!
... you refuse to believe that snuff or "snus" is harmful. since snuff "isn't harmful", you can't understand why no one except the scandinavians use it
... you know what a modem is but you can't believe people still use them
... you systematically accuse the germans for stealing elk signs
... when the only school grades you know are "pass", "fail" and "high pass", and don't understand why others have grades like A, B. C.....
... you don't find it rude to snoop around in people's houses the first time you visit (“gå husesyn”)
... you find the ads for coca cola during christmas completely useless since no one would consider drinking any other soft drink than "julmust" during christmas anyway
... you love “kalles kaviar” and get offended when non-swedes claim it is “only cod roe, not caviar”
... you know that the most common cars in sweden are not volvo's or saab's, but “ahlgrens bilar”
... you feel that "kladdkaka" tastes better than normal chocolate cake
... you put salt and not sugar on your popcorn (and think people who eat sugary popcorn are totally wierd)
... you get upset by the fact that a free second cup isn't included in the price, when ordering coffee abroad
... 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
... you consider a fast and audible intake of breath as a synonym to the word "yes"
... you find it obvious that a mile is 10 kilometres
... you grew up in a house looking exactly as if it would have been in the IKEA-catalogue

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