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I watched a new Swedish tv show today. It's called Welcome to Sweden and it's about Verne Troyer (Mini Me in Austin Powers and Griphook in HP and the CoS) and Richard Kiel (Jaws in James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing) coming to Sweden and experiencing typical Swedish things. It was quite amusing. Some of the things were kind of stupid, but I think that was mostly because their guides annoy me. :P Anyway, I thought some of you might be interested in the highlights of the show, as they're typical Swedish things:
First May celebrations: It's basically politicians having lots of speeches and people demonstrating and speaking about issues important to them. What they did in this segment was that they had a bunch of middle-aged people waving the flag of Social Democratic Youth, which was hillarious. And then they gave Verne and Richard posters and a bull horn so they could say what they wanted to say. "Big things come in small packages!" and "Free Willy!!" is what they came up with. :D
Pre-parties (Swe. förfest): Alcohol is so expensive in Sweden that Swedes usually have a "pre-party" before they go out. That means that they buy lots of alcohol in Systembolaget (the only shop allowed to sell alcohol), so that they can drink (and get drunk) before they go out. And then once they are out they either drink less and spend less money, or they're already so drunk that they don't care about how much they spend. :P This segment was a bunch of middle-aged women drinking wine, vodka, beer, etc. and singing dansband songs. And flirting with Verne and Richard. :D
The food: They promised them a hotdog from a Swedish fast food stand, but what they made them eat was something which looked like a banana split, except that it was made of: a hotdog sausage, mashed potatoes with ketchup, and shrimp salad. EWW. I think Sweden is the only place where I've seen people eating mashed potatoes with ketchup! Blergh. Verne and Richard thought it was icky too. :)
So, that was the show today. I hope it'll be a bit better next week. They're going to visit Santa next time! :D
*needs a Swedish icon*
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