February 14, 2012
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Four Swedes are described by medical authorities as having a life-threatening condition following infection with the A/H1N1 swine flu.
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fin
adjective
Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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four ill but where are they living?
Local Värmland farmer, Lars Svensson, has reported to Djurverket that four of his pigs are "critically ill with Swede flu". According to Mr. Svensson the pigs suddenly went from being happy and sociable to depressed, unsociable and self-obessed. "Just overnight my pigs started ignoring each other completely, preferring to stick in a corner with their families and mope about". They (the pigs), "no longer seem to care about the well-being of the other pigs - they seem to spend hours preening themselves". An interesting side effect, according to Mr Svensson, is that the pigs have developed an unhealthy obession with alcohol. "I just have to walk into the stye with a bottle of beers and the infected pigs all of a sudden perk up and make a bee line straight for the beer - it is the only time they seem sociable!"
Djurverket was unavaivable to comment on this potential agricultural catastrophe. An official voicemail message at the agency's office stated that the entire agency was away on holiday for 6 weeks and would not be able to respond to any agricultural matters during this period.
I'm testing a theory. Are any of you NOT Americans or Brits?
I am none of what you have mentioned. But do you really need to take it that seriously? Just show us the finger and thats it.
P.S I really wonder why everyone is always so pi$$ed off n frustrated here.
It's part of the TL cultur3. Hyp0crisy sometimes. You say that someone (Swedes) is (are) 4ngry h4teful and rud3 while writing rud3, 4ngry, h4teful rud3 and h4teful things. Oh and don't forget rud3 things! Well that or that Sweden would be great if someone just k1lled us.. really flattering. I'm really into being called a naz1. And anti-semit3 and stup1d and bra1nwashed and a dr0nk and an ev1l soc1alist and su1cidal and mano depress1ve and rac1st and 1mmoral and soc1ally 1ncompetent and a coward and nationalist1c (I actually thought we were famous for not being nationalist1c.. but since I started reading on TL I read opposite things.. and horr1ble things about us, things I didn't consider possible to experience anywhere in the west... but apparently ppl see that here) and self1sh and rud3 and obl1vious and hat3d by seemingly everyone around us (or so people here claim) and hat3d by everyone everywhere except for people who are bra1nwashed and don't know what we are REALLY like behind the humanitarian mask and c0rrupt and rac1st because we donate so much money to Africa which makes us look super1or to them, instead we should give the money as permanent loans to show that they don't need our money and that we give money so that we can get on a high horse and claim to car3 about others and Musl1m l0vers and Musl1m hat3rs and a§§ rap3d by other nat1ons and 1ncapable of having normal conversations and looking d0wn on other people and hat1ng everyone, natives and foreigners and so on and on and on and on and on. Oh and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.
I don't know why or where but at some point it stops being funny. I'm so s1ck of it.
And what is making my comment disallowed?!
You could always choose not to read those things. Since they upset you so much 'n all. After all, freedom of speech right?
You wouldn't want the fact that your skin is so paper thin that nobody here can speak their mind, would you?
I didnt know swede flu is contiguous, go get the vaccine,hurry up mate. and we talk during the weekend when you will be more social :-)
You forgot b0r1ng. You're all really, really b0r1ng.
Just how do you know that Fagersta is in my local area??
@ casinoed
First of all I am mostly told those things, secondly it's hard not to read them after reading them and it is hard to know what to read and not to read unless you know what you're about to read.
Thirdly I never said anything about free speech, I have never said that they don't have the right to say it. Freedom of speech doesn't mean that you can't be offended by what someone says.
Lastly.. I don't think i understood your last sentence.. :?
Just to brake the stereotypical Swede picture you got; I rarely drink.. in fact it has been 6 weeks since I was slightly drunk (because of the "jokes" I've read I am starting to hear something that goes "god save the queen".. anyway don't make a joke about "drunk by Swedish standards", to duck the Swedish alcohol culture, have you ever seen Russians drink? Now that's impressive.. well.. actually it's a bit discomforting.. especially when some drunk Swedish idiot decides it's a good idea to play tingaliin in front of 20 rich and nationalistic pro-Putin Russians.. at least it got exciting (they didn't hear a word of what they were singing though)).
I'm gonna hate myself for this..
Sigh, what is the biggest flaw of Swedes?
Even more funny is the response following it. I am glad a sense of humour still exists out there..........and at least some of us can laugh at ourselves.