Stumbled across this thing ...
Some of them really hits the nail.
You know you're been in Sweden to long when ...
Some favourites:
5. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume:
a: he is drunk
b: he is insane
c: he's an American
7. A friend asks about your holiday plans and you answer "Oh, I'm going to Europe!" meaning any other Western European country outside Sweden.
28. You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a: they are drunk
b: they are Finnish
c: they are American
d: they are Turks
e: all of the above
36. You understand why the Finnish language has no future tense.
54. When someone asks for â€three cheers†you say â€hoorah, hoorah, hoorah, hoorah!â€
58. You regard it as sensible to eat ice cream when it is –15C.
59. You regard it as sensible that the ice cream van comes around playing that annoying song when it is -15C.
60. Someone calls you a â€good moron†first thing in the morning and you smile acknowledgement.
97. You reach for your pocket 20 times a day as mobile phones ring all around you.
98. You actually care if your mobile phone meets the fashion standard - and so do your new Swedish friends!
99. It seems reasonable that even those begging for money at T-centralen reach for their pocket as the melodic music of the Swedish mobile phone resounds.
106. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you.
118. You can't contemplate actually doing anything until you've first had a 'fika' (with coffee AND cake). <---- Very true
128. Hearing the words f*ck and shag on daytime TV seems perfectly normal.
130. You mutter "oy,oy,oy" continually to yourself even though you are the only one in the room.
134. When someone asks you for "sex" you assume they mean half-a-dozen.
135. All winter you dream of what you will do in summer, and summer is the warmest day of the year
142. You talk of –10C as â€10 degrees coldâ€, when in Australia +10C would be considered cold. And who else calls +1C, â€one degree warmâ€!
189. You think there is nothing wrong with planning Christmas around Kalle Anka (Donald Duck). <------- So very true
190. You don't even think about what you are saying when you are off to the shop to buy your favourite brand of cat food, and you say, "Be right back love, I'm just gonna go get some Pussi"
202. When visiting others you try to go in first. If it's locked THEN you ring the doorbell.
208. As a student, you accept and even enjoy getting dressed in formal wear to go to a candle-lit 3 course dinner where you will alternately bang on your table and stand on your chair singing songs in praise of alcohol each and every time you attempt to raise your fork to your mouth.
212. The words "typ" and "liksom" are part of you spoken English vocabulary. <--- I personally have a hard time getting those words out of my vocabulary when I'm outside Sweden
Guess you gotta have been in Sweded to understand them all, but I thought they were pretty funny 8)
Some of them really hits the nail.
You know you're been in Sweden to long when ...
Some favourites:
5. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume:
a: he is drunk
b: he is insane
c: he's an American
7. A friend asks about your holiday plans and you answer "Oh, I'm going to Europe!" meaning any other Western European country outside Sweden.
28. You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a: they are drunk
b: they are Finnish
c: they are American
d: they are Turks
e: all of the above
36. You understand why the Finnish language has no future tense.
54. When someone asks for â€three cheers†you say â€hoorah, hoorah, hoorah, hoorah!â€
58. You regard it as sensible to eat ice cream when it is –15C.
59. You regard it as sensible that the ice cream van comes around playing that annoying song when it is -15C.
60. Someone calls you a â€good moron†first thing in the morning and you smile acknowledgement.
97. You reach for your pocket 20 times a day as mobile phones ring all around you.
98. You actually care if your mobile phone meets the fashion standard - and so do your new Swedish friends!
99. It seems reasonable that even those begging for money at T-centralen reach for their pocket as the melodic music of the Swedish mobile phone resounds.
106. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you.
118. You can't contemplate actually doing anything until you've first had a 'fika' (with coffee AND cake). <---- Very true
128. Hearing the words f*ck and shag on daytime TV seems perfectly normal.
130. You mutter "oy,oy,oy" continually to yourself even though you are the only one in the room.
134. When someone asks you for "sex" you assume they mean half-a-dozen.
135. All winter you dream of what you will do in summer, and summer is the warmest day of the year
142. You talk of –10C as â€10 degrees coldâ€, when in Australia +10C would be considered cold. And who else calls +1C, â€one degree warmâ€!
189. You think there is nothing wrong with planning Christmas around Kalle Anka (Donald Duck). <------- So very true
190. You don't even think about what you are saying when you are off to the shop to buy your favourite brand of cat food, and you say, "Be right back love, I'm just gonna go get some Pussi"
202. When visiting others you try to go in first. If it's locked THEN you ring the doorbell.
208. As a student, you accept and even enjoy getting dressed in formal wear to go to a candle-lit 3 course dinner where you will alternately bang on your table and stand on your chair singing songs in praise of alcohol each and every time you attempt to raise your fork to your mouth.
212. The words "typ" and "liksom" are part of you spoken English vocabulary. <--- I personally have a hard time getting those words out of my vocabulary when I'm outside Sweden
Guess you gotta have been in Sweded to understand them all, but I thought they were pretty funny 8)
