May 26, 2012
Published: 19 Dec 10 10:46 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/30948/20101219/
A woman in eastern Sweden awoke with a start recently to find a strange man lying next to her in bed licking her arm.
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lång
adjective
Lång means long, tall and can be used for height, distance or time.
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So, if the bf answered "oh yes I know him" she would just be ok with that?
I'm thinking this guy will get away with it.
"the crotch of her arm" - presume that means her armpit ???!!!
My legs each have an elbow - they're called knees !!
@byke,
+1 to you mate!
We've experienced someone banging on our door at 1 am only for him to announce "Åh jag trodde du var någon annan" when I opened it, drunk men crashing into our conversations in bars trying to drag my partner away, and last weekend one student idiot out of his skull kicked my feet out from under me as I stood on the train. So I panned him. It was long overdue, and I felt all the better for it.
Perhaps if more people adopted my approach Swedish men might finally learn some manners. Drunk or not there's no excuse for their frequently loathsome brat conduct at night.
Sweden unfortunately has this culture of accepting the most worst of behaviours as long as the person is drunk, everything is completely excused as "Oh well, they're drunk." Also the binge drinking is insane, it's not just one beer or wine to dinner, or being just a bit tipsy.
Hopefully the government does some educational programs and commericals showing people and the children that teenagers and adults getting stupidly drunk and acting anyway they want is a poor excuse. I always heard from other Europeans that Swedes are one of the worst drunks ever, and I didn't believe them until I moved here.
Reporter? You think that story's been filed by a real reporter?
"Upon discovering the strange man's tongue pressed against the inside of her elbow, the woman first woke up her boyfriend to ask if he knew who the stranger was."
Seriously this is her first reaction when a stranger is in her house licking her in her sleep? "Excuse me honey do you know this guy licking my arm because I would like to know if I should slap him or invite him into bed."
planet.sweden, "So I panned him", I'm assuming this means you punched him in the face? Sorry I tried translatebritish.com which usually works for most phrases I hear from European English speakers, but it didnt "translate" it.
I went to the police and they said it was rape, so Lisa is now on the run, on the Interpol red list, and being hunted by every police force in the world. When she is captured, she will be fined 15 Crowns.