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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: Mart 'n' Al on Friday 06 July 18 13:51 BST (UK)
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Or refusing to accompany their wife to IKEA? And not playing Abba records, and wishing they hadn't bought a Volvo? And as for those Swedish meatballs...
Martin
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Is this by any chance a football question? ::) They haven't beaten us have they?
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I like the Swedes they speak better English than what we do ;D
Blue
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No they haven't beaten us - the game is tomorrow afternoon.
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Had a Shetland granny & will be rooting for Sweden! Skol ;D
Skoosh.
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We haven't been to war with the Swedes for over 200 years when they changed sides. Perhaps they'll do it again & it will be 21 vs. the Swedish goalkeeper.
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at the moment I am a very lonely Englishman in Sweden and nowhere to hide.
Ian
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Ian,
And as the whistle blows, I am sure they will all take you welcomingly under their collective wings, and even laugh at your re-telling of The Swedish Chemist Joke...
Martin
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So do the Norwegians and Danes in Sweden behave like the stereotype Scots and support the other side? Or is there nordic solidarity?
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Ian,
And as the whistle blows, I am sure they will all take you welcomingly under their collective wings, and even laugh at your re-telling of The Swedish Chemist Joke...
Martin
The Swedes are pretty good in defeat so no worries there.
I think you'll have to re-tell that joke. I don't know that one.
Ian
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So do the Norwegians and Danes in Sweden behave like the stereotype Scots and support the other side? Or is there nordic solidarity?
No they don"t.
I can say that the Swedes got a lot of Twitter support from Scotland and Wales.
Ian
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Ian, "The Swedish Chemist Joke...", one to research privately on the internet. Harmless really, but subject to vetting...
Martin
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Reading the joke doesn't have the same effect. Just seen the tv version. No comment :)
Ian
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Well, that seems to be that! ;D
Skoosh.
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To be continued in 2022.
Martin