I'm late as usual...

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Gakked from dolimir and a whole bunch of other people.

 

Go to Google and type in "You Know You're From (Your State).
Bold the ones you think are true.

 

Hmm. I found the list YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN SWEDEN TOO LONG WHEN........... on a site called Aussies in Sweden. But while it's in an Australian perspective, it works for swedes too. ;)

There are 306 statements and most of them is true. So instead of putting the ones I agree with in bold, I've not included the ones I don't agree with.

You can find the whole list at :
http://www.coolabah.com/sweden/youknow.html

Here we go!

1. You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you should keep to take

to the shop and which can be sacrificed to garbage.

3. The first thing you do upon entering a bank/post office/pharmacy etc. is to look for the

queue number machine.

4. You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.

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.

8. You no longer crunch up or fold your paper money. You always put your money in your

wallet.

11. The reason you take the ferry to Finland is:
a: duty free vodka
b: duty free beer
c: to party hearty...no need to get off the boat in Helsinki, just turn around and do it

again on the way back to Sweden.

16. You associate pea soup with Thursday.

17. Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street when the

light is red and there is no WALK symbol, even though there are no cars in sight.

23. The fact that all of the "v's" and the "w's" are together in the phone directory seems

right.

27. You refuse to wear a hat, even in -30 degree weather.

41. You just love Jaffa.

42. You've come to expect Sunday morning sidewalk vomit dodging.

43. You know that "religious holiday" means "let's get pissed."

45. You know that "men’s public bathroom" is another phrase for footpath.

46. You know that more than three channels means cable.

47. You get all the Finnish and Norwegians jokes.

48. When you're hungry you can peel a boiled potato like lightning.

51. You accept that 80 degrees C in a sauna is chilly, but 20 degrees C outside is freaking

hot.

52. An outside temperature of 5 degrees C is mild.

53. It no longer seems excessive to spend 1,000kr on alcohol in a single night

54. When someone asks for ”three cheers” you say ”hoorah, hoorah, hoorah, hoorah!”

55. You think that riding a bicycle in the snow is a perfectly sensible thing to do.

56. You have conversations with people outside when it is –10C.

57. Having to book seat numbers at a cinema makes perfect sense. And you sit in your booked

seat even if there are only 2 other people there and your seat is in the front row, on the

side!

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.

61. It's acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00.

63. You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to system bolaget.

64. You think nothing of paying $50 for a bottle of 'cheap' spirits at system bolaget

72. You think it's more fun to stay at home and drink then go out.

73. You wear warm clothing when it's 25 degrees plus in April - because it's April.

74. You wear shorts and t-shirt when it's barely 10 degrees in July - because it's July.

75. You get extremely annoyed when the bus is two minutes late.

76. You think women are more than equal than men and deserve to have better positions in the

work place.

80. When a stranger asks you a question in the streets, you think it's normal to just keep

walking, saying nothing.

81. You've been engaged for four years and don't have any plans to get married.

82. Americans start to look entertaining, witty and fun, and you just want to go to the

U.S.A., travelling across country on a greyhound, because it's "romantic."

85. You think that if you smoke a joint you will wind up in an insane asylum. [or become a

habitual criminal]

92. You eat unlimited amounts of sausage products without worrying about your nitrate

intake.

93. You think that an unripe wedge of tomato on a limp leaf of iceberg lettuce can be called

a salad.

94. You don't question the concept of 'telephone time'. It seems reasonable that no business

can be conducted on Friday afternoons. [or the entire month of July]

95. You assume that anyone who apologises after bumping into you is a tourist.

96. You think it is normal that a huge restaurant has a smoking section which consists of

three tables near the door.

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.

100. You get into a Mercedes taxi cab and think nothing of it

101. Paying $6 for a cup of coffee seems reasonable.

102. You understand that when a colleague asks you out for "a drink," it will probably be a

long night with a severe hangover the next day.

104. You start to differentiate between types of snow.

106. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you.

107. You become extremely skilled at assembling pre-packaged furniture kits.

109. You get to the movies early so that you can watch the commercials.

110. Most of your friends have the same names and you must use both names to distinguish

between them.

112. You accept you must walk 2 kilometres to collect your book/tape from the Post Office,

because they don't deliver small packages (or large ones...)

113. You finally accept that the milkman isn't going to roll up - ever- and you have to go

out in the snow to the shop to buy your milk.

114. Your shed becomes the first stage in the recycling process and you can't get in it for

bags of paper/cardboard/bottles, refundable glass/plastic, recyclable glass/plastic/

containers/etc, etc

116. When offered a bottle of beer the first thing you look at is the alcoholic percentage.

118. You can't contemplate actually doing anything until you've first had a 'fika' (with

coffee AND cake).

119. You think it entirely reasonable to pay $40 for a five minute chat with the doctor.

121. You think it is normal EVERYTHING is regulated and you obey the rules voluntarily.

123. You think it's normal to park your car only on the right hand side of the street and

are quite happy to move it elsewhere on Thursday evening because the street is been cleaned

124. You accept that you will get parking tickets regularly and stop caring that you have no

idea what was wrong with your parking.

125. You don´t eat the jacket on your potato.

128. Hearing the words f*ck and shag on daytime TV seems perfectly normal.

129. You think Australia is wrong to drive on the left hand side.

131. You understand why there is a Green, Red and Blue underground.

132. You understand why the underground does not only operate underground.

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

137. You expect to find the glove you dropped in February hanging on a post in June

138. Bringing dead sticks indoors at Easter and hanging coloured feathers on them seems a

good way to celebrate spring.

139. Pigs say ”nerf nerf”, frogs say ”kvack, kvack” and roosters say ”kuckeliku”

141. “It's 5 degrees outside" does not necessarily mean PLUS 5, it could mean minus 5.

142. You talk of –10C as ”10 degrees cold”, when in Australia +10C would be considered cold.

And who else calls +1C, ”one degree warm”!

146. The first thing you do in the morning is to switch on your car heater.

147. Drinking spirits can only be accompanied by formal singing from song sheets and vice

versa.

148. You accept that adverts for houses do not include the price of the house.

149. You accept that Job adverts do not include the salary scale.

150. A fun way for people to pass a wintry afternoon is to watch a Bandy match outdoors when

it's minus 20 degrees.

151. Everybody has an outdoor thermometer at home and they all compare temperatures when

they get to work.

156. You pay the TV-avgift because you think you're getting your money's worth watching SVT.

158. You pour filmjölk (soured milk) on your Kellogg's Frosties.

159. You put tomato sauce (as in Heinz Big Red) on your macaroni. Just tomato sauce. And

love it.

167. You accept and take for granted that you will just have to suffer through a cold.

169. You don't even get surprised when the doctor, not only can't help you, he/she can't

even diagnose you.

171. You tailgate people who are driving 120 on the freeway.

176. You think nothing of spending all day at IKEA looking for a piece of furniture and then

spending the whole next day putting it together.

179. You can't throw a plastic bottle away with out having a guilty conscience.

180. You think an hour and a half cycle on your washing machine is a "quick wash".

183. You find yourself munching on Kalles Kaviar and hårdbröd at 3 A.M.

185. You find yourself wobbling home from the pub on your bicycle.

186. You know how to take care of a toddler, a pram with baby, a shopping trolley (that

needs to be returned for the coin), paying for and bagging all your own groceries, without

ever once expecting anyone to offer to help you.

187. You hide 5 or 6 bottles of spirits in your suitcase, one or two in your backpack, and

put just one in the duty free shopping bag.

188. You think horse meat is a totally acceptable sandwich topping.

189. You think there is nothing wrong with planning Christmas around Kalle Anka (Donald

Duck).

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"

191. You start calling Coke "cola".

192. You get up for a cigarette at 2 AM in July and put on your sunglasses first.

196. You start to miss falukorv when you go on vacation

197. You know the words to more than one 'snapsvisa' and sing them without difficulty.

198. You can deal with the idea that the week starts on Monday.

201. "Godis" and "glass" become daily necessities.

202. When visiting others you try to go in first. If it's locked THEN you ring the doorbell.

209. You have an Åhlgrens “Bilar” addiction.

211. You think that the 25kr ICA bonus cheque is generous after spending 2500kr in their

shop.

213. If a friend says that he/she would like to get together with you, you instinctively

reach for your pocket calendar.

214. You own a pocket calendar.

216. It seems normal to you that you've been bleeding in the emergency room at the hospital

for four and a half hours when the three doctors walk by on their third coffee break since

you got there.

217. You can identify the people on Big Brother and Expedition Robinson.

218. You plan to watch "kvinnofängelset" (Prisoner) the next day because you need to know

what happens.

219. You can name the toppings of at least ten different pizzas just by name (which is

coincidentally more than the pizza-baker can himself)

221. Not only do you not mind, but even expect to wait ten minutes for a Big Mac at

McDonald's.

224. Someone cuts you off on the freeway and instead of giving them the finger, you simply

mumble "eedeeyout" under your breath.

225. You even lock your car to take a pee on the side of the road.

229. You say “I’m almost annoyed” when you’re as furious as humanly possible.

230. You find it completely natural that otherwise sensible people dress up in silly hats on

several occasions during August while they’re eating crayfish and drinking as much vodka as

they can.

231. Christmas has changed so much that you only associate it with porridge and Donald Duck.

232. You don’t think twice about calling someone in the next room using your mobile phone.

233. People buy you a drink in November because they remember when you bought them one in

March.

235. It's normal for a post office to be located inside the local ICA store, where no one

can help you.

236. A 25 % sales tax on just about everything is no big deal.

237. VD is the boss, not something you need to get medical treatment for.

238. You know the names of at least three different types of sill (pickled herring).

242. You refer to weeks by their number.

243. You carefully dissect the restaurant bill so you know to the exact kr. how much

everybody owes.

245. It's May. It's 15C degrees. And you're stretched out on your balcony in your bikini

trying to get a head start on your tan.

250. If you meet someone you haven't seen in ages you just stay right where you are chatting

away even if that happens to be in the doorway of a very busy department store.

252. Christmas presents are opened somewhere between Donald Duck and "Karl-Bertil Jonsson"

on Christmas Eve. Whoever heard of doing it the morning of Christmas Day?

253. If no TV station airs "Ivanhoe" on Christmas Day you become extremely irritated.

254. You just have to watch "Grevinnan och betjänten" on New Years Eve.

255. You don't find it strange that they add tax on top of the taxes.

256. It's perfectly normal to hear teenage girls say "cunt" as a swear word.

260. You find it reasonable that reviews of non-Swedish movies with a Swedish actor in them

should use at least half of the space available to discuss how good or bad the actor was in

it, even if he had just one line.

261. You understand the jokes in "Pistvakt".

262. You watched "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" just to see Pernilla

August.

263. It's normal to have an entire pizza just for yourself.

264. You have learned how to schedule your bouts of illness so you don't get sick on

weekends. Because if you do get sick on a weekend you have a hard time getting to see a

doctor and you've wasted a weekend. It's much better to be sick on a Monday so you can call

in sick. That way you can extend your weekend!

265. You don't get surprised when kids come trick-or-treating during Easter, all dressed up

like witches.

266. You don't find it odd to find movies with a "translated" title. It's perfectly normal

for a movie to get a completely different English title than the one it has in the rest of

the world.

269. You use the word "or" as a question.

278. You remember to buy the weekend grog supply before 5.00pm on Friday

279. It is your birthday. YOU have to make the cake

281. You start collecting travel brochures and talking of trips to tacky places like Gran

Canaria just for a fix of sun.

282. You agree to pay 500kr for a basic hair trim.

283. You accept that fruit juice is always made from concentrate.

284. The most interesting report on the news is the weather.

288. You don't blink an eye at the cloak room size at the pub with all the boots and stuff

in there, despite the fact that it may be 3 levels high and cost 5 bucks - making a pub

crawl definitely out of the question sometimes.

289. You get annoyed when you realise you have to say “not too much and not too little”

instead of “lagom”.

290. You either run for the last pendeltåg at 1 am or choose to kick on until 5 am when they

start again rather than endure the horrific night bus home, as a taxi ride would require

taking out a 2nd mortgage.

294. ICA is not I.C.A - it's eeka.

295. The wash cottage is not a holiday resort but a very competitive environment, where the

rules should never be broken and in particular never go over your time by even a minute or

you risk a lot of sucking and muttering from the next in line.

296. A recipe for drugs is not instructions on how to make them.

297. Gift is not a present but it could be dangerous (whether it is poison or marriage)

299. A dime is yummy not currency

300. Sambo is not a racist remark

305. You think that reading this list is one of the most exciting things you have done for ages.