Tell me about Sweden

[murphy55d]

Djurgardens, MoDo, Nicklas Lidstrom, Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Markus Naslund, Daniel & Henrik Sedin, Tommy Salo and his awful international performances, I could keep going on and on about Sweden and it's hockey ties.

Also, Victoria Silvstedt.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: nCred

Originally posted by: Knarkarplanka

Originally posted by: DigDug
tremendous suicide rate.

yup, I´m afraid so...
read an article not long ago that said about 1 out of 20 or 30 at at least one time had tried to commit suicide.

This is a myth actually, Sweden has lower then average suicide rate. I think Russia has the highest, more three times as high as Sweden´s.

http://www.mcdl.org/Stats/gnpsuicide.htm

 

[RabidMongoose]

I've heard that in Sweden people live in huts with mud floors or igloos, don't have electricity, believe in Satan, and are born from eggs.

 

[B00ne]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: richardycc
is it true they have intermission in the middle of a movie in Sweden? or is that in Finland.

pretty much everywhere in europe.

ummm no. Never heard nor seen any of this and I have lived both in Sweden and Germany - 2 countries in Europe where it definately doesnt exsist. Unless u mean advertisements on TV but u guys then have intermissions every 10 min....

 

[B00ne]

Btw, taxes are not that high in Sweden, when I was there I only payed 33% and as far as I know it included health insurance, pension and unemployment insurance.
Here in Germany I pay close to 50% but taxes are only 20something %. The remainder is health insurance, pension insurance, unemployment insurance, intensive care insurance and what not and no I dont have a choice if I want to pay that or not, these insurances are mandatory.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

lots of boats..

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: B00ne

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: richardycc
is it true they have intermission in the middle of a movie in Sweden? or is that in Finland.

pretty much everywhere in europe.

ummm no. Never heard nor seen any of this and I have lived both in Sweden and Germany - 2 countries in Europe where it definately doesnt exsist. Unless u mean advertisements on TV but u guys then have intermissions every 10 min....

I've lived in Finland and Germany and i haven't seen it either.

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: B00ne
Btw, taxes are not that high in Sweden, when I was there I only payed 33% and as far as I know it included health insurance, pension and unemployment insurance.
Here in Germany I pay close to 50% but taxes are only 20something %. The remainder is health insurance, pension insurance, unemployment insurance, intensive care insurance and what not and no I dont have a choice if I want to pay that or not, these insurances are mandatory.

Yup, all a matter of definitions and last i heard Swedish economy is booming, unlike our economy.

 

[Knarkarplanka]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Roger
Oh, forgot something very important, you guys sold heavy equipment and ball bearings to the Nazi's during WWII thus defeating our efforts at destroying Germany's industrial war machine.

:thumbsdown:

you guys did the same with Saddam and Osama(selling stuff).

well, we´ve sold some equipment to you guys as well. The ATsomthing antitank weapon wich only can be fired once you´ve got is swedish.
and please, give me a source that says we´ve sold stuff to al-Qadia

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Knarkarplanka

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Roger
Oh, forgot something very important, you guys sold heavy equipment and ball bearings to the Nazi's during WWII thus defeating our efforts at destroying Germany's industrial war machine.

:thumbsdown:

you guys did the same with Saddam and Osama(selling stuff).

well, we´ve sold some equipment to you guys as well. The ATsomthing antitank weapon wich only can be fired once you´ve got is swedish.
and please, give me a source that says we´ve sold stuff to al-Qadia

I'm Swiss dude I meant the Americans sold stuff to Bin Laden in the 80s and also to Saddam

 

[thirdlegstump]

Yngwie Malmsteen and the ABSOLUTE finest ladies in the world. Ikea and meatballs.
Also it seems that some Swedish guys like to stick their fingers up people's butts as a way of saying hello and not think twice about it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

The land of the blond:

Ms. Sweden

To my delight, Swedes like to travel to the Greek island of Naxos, where I met a few last summer:

Maya

Anna

(Trend continues!)

 

[Knarkarplanka]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Knarkarplanka

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Roger
Oh, forgot something very important, you guys sold heavy equipment and ball bearings to the Nazi's during WWII thus defeating our efforts at destroying Germany's industrial war machine.

:thumbsdown:

you guys did the same with Saddam and Osama(selling stuff).

well, we´ve sold some equipment to you guys as well. The ATsomthing antitank weapon wich only can be fired once you´ve got is swedish.
and please, give me a source that says we´ve sold stuff to al-Qadia

I'm Swiss dude I meant the Americans sold stuff to Bin Laden in the 80s and also to Saddam

ok
I´ve read that to.
btw. it´ll be fun to see mr.moore´s movie about the Bushfamily´s connections with bin laden and that stuff.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Knarkarplanka

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I didn't have any facial hair restrictions when I was in highschool 5 or so years ago. We didn't have a dress code or anything.

If you have any racist or discriminatory views, you should leave them in Sweden (I'm not implying anything about you). That sort of stuff won't make you popular in the US.

okay, well, I´m to a racist or anything. here in sweden you´re concidered a racist if you somehow try to represent sweden, like sing the national anthem, were clothes with the swedish colours and stuff like that. sadly but true:/

some people can´t see any difference between a racist and a patroit

That's because your Swedish government is beholden to their masters in the Hague, and not the Swedish people, and is brainwashing the Swedish people in order to remove their sense of nationality and heritage and fully integrate them into the EU.

 

[WhiteWonder]

Originally posted by: KLin
I know someone that's from Sweden. His father owns a baked goods company in Sweden. I just happen to live in a town that was founded by swedish natives back in the late 1800's

City Of Kingsburg


It's a nice quiet town. Very small, but I've got Comcast HSI and digital cable

Gah!, I live in Visalia!