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Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by tamana » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 4:33 PM UTC

fennecfoxen wrote: post #164

Dutchie wrote: post #84

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American cheese? Does that relate to real cheese as Pizza Hawaii compares to an actual Italian pizza?

Don't look for American cheese, look for Wisconsin or Vermont cheese. Maybe California in a pinch. Those will be good.

That makes no sense. The geographic source of the cheese is trivila compared to the way it is made. You can get cheap American process ccheese food or you can get expensive classic varieties of cheese from anywhere.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by osfa » Tue, Apr 12, 2016, 8:47 PM UTC

https://vimeo.com/162594920 though

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by rosege » Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 4:09 AM UTC

BurningFrog wrote: post #120

exabrial wrote: post #16

Anyone try this yet? I've always wondered what Swedes think about IKEA in America...

IKEA is much the same the world over. Sadly, the Swedish food they sell has deteriorated last few years. I can no longer recommend people to buy it.

the horse-meat balls arent what they used to be?

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by stenl » Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 10:31 AM UTC

fludlight wrote: post #203

stenl wrote: post #128

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We're in 64th place for crime, just behind UK and Australia and way behind the US (obviously). But Japan is absolutely great if you're looking for low crime rates, and the food is fantastic too. http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

That index claims that there is less crime in Colombia and Russia than in the US. Also that there is less crime in Azerbaijan than in New Zealand.

Yes, sorry that was a terrible reference; I should have been more careful. But take instead the murder rate from Wikipedia (which gets stats from the UN): Sweden is in place 205 out of 218 countries and no other nordic country is lower except Iceland (and the rate in Iceland is not accurately measurable since they had only a single murder).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

This despite the fact we're in the top ten for gun ownership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_c...

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by sneak » Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

Reminder: A trumped-up Swedish arrest warrant is the reason that Julian Assange has been trapped for years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London and denied his right to asylum... all for journalism that made the US government look bad.

Don't travel to Sweden. Don't support the Swedish government in any way. They are cooperating in a large-scale effort to censor the types of things you can read about in the newspaper.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by tilt_error » Fri, Apr 15, 2016, 8:50 AM UTC

The prime minister answering the call :)

http://youtu.be/S087OHdCG8I

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by carlheath » Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

jamesblonde wrote: post #148

alekseypo wrote: post #127

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haha yes! I used interflora

Oops, just found out he's a colleague :)

And we can also use google to find stories on ourselves too, in Sweden. Havent seen any flowers yet, though. ;)

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by carlheath » Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 8:47 PM UTC

Watch the Swedish Prime Minister answer The Swedish Number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S087OHdCG8I