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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: Terminus
We're not stashing anything. Both good beer and ugly girls (we know how you Swedes tick) are fully and openly available to you. We keep the REALLY good beer and the pretty girls for ourselves, obviously.
Wish to Thread you'd keep your ugly toes to yourself as well.
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: witpqs
ORIGINAL: Grollub
[:D]
Good one.
This one is not bad either.
Which one is the officer?
I just noticed that its radio-equipped.
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: witpqs
Which one is the officer?
I just noticed that its radio-equipped.
You didn't notice the headset on soldier? [:D]
Leo "Apollo11"
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Ok then. I'll let you off with a "weirdo". [:'(][;)]ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Agreed.
ETA: It's so totally out our cultural reference. I have difficulties to even consider someone not drinking coffee.
Hey, they haven't evicted me from the state of Washington after twenty plus years of refusing coffee, so I can handle whatever you want to call me...[:'(]
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Yes.
The scandinavian countries are "world champions" when it comes to per capita coffee consumption. The Finns are first, Sweden second, Norway third and Denmark fourth.
Source: European Coffee Report 2009
ETA: Slightly different order (but older data) at Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita
ETA2: These quotes describes our coffee culture quite well; Comments taken from a review of one of Larssons' books where he asked the same question as you did KeM
What do y'all consider someone who doesn't drink coffee?
English? [:D]
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
What do y'all consider someone who doesn't drink coffee?
English? [:D]
Well... my dad used to fly the Union Jack on the Fourth of July...
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
Well... my dad used to fly the Union Jack on the Fourth of July...
ORIGINAL: Dixie
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
English? [:D]
Well... my dad used to fly the Union Jack on the Fourth of July...
He had a water going vessel of some sort?
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
Well... my dad used to fly the Union Jack on the Fourth of July...
OK, I'll ask. Why? [:D]
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: witpqs
ORIGINAL: Grollub
[:D]
Good one.
This one is not bad either.
Which one is the officer?
I just noticed that its radio-equipped.
ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart
one third thru "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest"...do swedes really drink that much coffee?
ORIGINAL: scott1964
Norwegians [X(][:D] [:'(]
Call Center in Norway
(I provide internet support over the phone. I am the only qualified technician working today. I also happen to be female.)
Me: “Welcome to [company name] internet support. My name is [name]. How can I help you?”
Customer: “Oh, hello sweetheart. I didn’t realize I’d reached the reception. Would you please connect me to internet support?”
Me: “This is internet support. What can I do for you?”
Customer: “I want help with a technical problem. I can’t talk to you. I want to talk to a man!”
Me: “Sir, I can assure you that I’ll be able to help you with your technical problem. I am the qualified technician here today.”
Customer: “You are a girl! You have no clue how to help me! This is man stuff. I demand to speak with a man!”
(This continues for ten minutes. The customer gets more and more aggravated, and starts yelling nasty comments. I give up, and connect him to my coworker, who sits next to me. My coworker is male.)
Coworker: “Welcome to [company name] internet support. My name is [name]. How can I help you?”
Customer: “Finally, a man! My internet is so unstable these days; I can’t seem to stay on it! It takes forever to load and the speed is horrible!”
Coworker: “Sir, I see the problem, and I’m sending a report. It will be fixed on Monday.”
Customer: “What? It’s Saturday! Why do you have to wait until Monday? I want it fixed now!”
Coworker: “Well, we would need a qualified technician to log into the system to fix your line. It’s Saturday, so there is only one qualified technician working.”
Customer: “Get him to fix it now! I demand to speak with him!”
Coworker: “Sir, you have already spoken to her.”
Customer: “Wait. Her?”
Coworker: “Yes. You spoke to our only qualified technician earlier today. You yelled profanities at her, and demanded to speak to a man.”
Customer: “So, I’ll be lucky if my internet is up again on Monday?”
Coworker: “You’ll be lucky if you have internet at all.”
ORIGINAL: Grollub
Agreed.
ETA: It's so totally out our cultural reference. I have difficulties to even consider someone not drinking coffee.
ORIGINAL: stuman
ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart
one third thru "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest"...do swedes really drink that much coffee?
I have read all three, what do you think so far ?
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: stuman
ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart
one third thru "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest"...do swedes really drink that much coffee?
I have read all three, what do you think so far ?
GFU went bonkers over that series. I resisted. It was too much fun busting her chops. [:D]
