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09 Dec 2009, 6:22 pm

I've been to Norway, and I learnt there that Norwegians make Swedes the butt of a lot of their jokes, similar to how you get "Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman" jokes in Britain.
(All good-natured stuff, of course.)

I've never been to Sweden, and I don't know if Swedes return the compliment.
(Maybe they make jokes about the Finns instead?)



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09 Dec 2009, 8:04 pm

Do they sell Freia chocolate in the U.S.?


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09 Dec 2009, 8:56 pm

skysaw wrote:
I've been to Norway, and I learnt there that Norwegians make Swedes the butt of a lot of their jokes, similar to how you get "Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman" jokes in Britain.
(All good-natured stuff, of course.)

I've never been to Sweden, and I don't know if Swedes return the compliment.
(Maybe they make jokes about the Finns instead?)


Maybe, but as far as I know the Swedes are the butt of jokes in both Norway and Finland.

One of the best jokes I ever heard was from a Finnish dude, it was making fun of some stupid Swedish song/dance and the end result was the Finnish and Norwegian guys throwing the Swedish guy out of a helicopter.


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09 Dec 2009, 11:39 pm

Black Metal vs Death Metal.



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10 Dec 2009, 12:16 am

I thought Freia was a Norse goddess? or was that Freja?...;)

I've often thought the essence of American Liberalism was to be as much like Scandanavia as possible...;)


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10 Dec 2009, 2:20 am

pakled wrote:
I thought Freia was a Norse goddess? or was that Freja?


Her name is; "Frøya".



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10 Dec 2009, 3:37 am

I think black metal appeals to me more than death metal.


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10 Dec 2009, 2:19 pm

skysaw wrote:
I've been to Norway, and I learnt there that Norwegians make Swedes the butt of a lot of their jokes, similar to how you get "Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman" jokes in Britain.
(All good-natured stuff, of course.)

I've never been to Sweden, and I don't know if Swedes return the compliment.
(Maybe they make jokes about the Finns instead?)


My Swedish friend says that Swedes make fun of Norwegians as well. :P

Anyway, I'd rather live in Sweden because 1) one of my best friends lives there 2) I've already learned a little swedish and 3) I don't like chocolate so I don't care where Freia is anyway. :wink:


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12 Dec 2009, 2:46 pm

Norway every time. Sweden is boring, boring, boring, travel 10 miles anywhere and you've seen the whole country.

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12 Dec 2009, 2:56 pm

Yeah, Sweden is just basically plains and forests.



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12 Dec 2009, 3:06 pm

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As for "Capitalism" and "Obese people", bdhkhsfgk, you ain't seen capitalism or obese people until you see them in the US! :lol:


Check out this guy:
http://www.news.com.au/world/worlds-fat ... 5789138798



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12 Dec 2009, 3:08 pm

bdhkhsfgk wrote:
Yeah, Sweden is just basically plains and forests.


Doesn't Sweden have all the sexy women?



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12 Dec 2009, 3:11 pm

Norwegian women are hotter.



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12 Dec 2009, 3:26 pm

I'll just mention something that is completely irrelevant to modern conditions, but pretty cool/uncool nevertheless - Sweden was a Great Power once upon a time.

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12 Dec 2009, 3:36 pm

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I'll just mention something that is completely irrelevant to modern conditions, but pretty cool/uncool nevertheless - Sweden was a Great Power once upon a time.

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Interesting.



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13 Dec 2009, 1:32 am

Yeah, Sweden is still a great power now with Nobel Prize and Saab cars. :)


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