Comments for _Paddy K_ http://paddyk.wordpress.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Tea in The Local by jophan http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16127 jophan Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:33:37 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16127 What does Roiboos have to do with this article? Roiboos isn't tea anymore than coffee or filmjölk is. What does Roiboos have to do with this article? Roiboos isn’t tea anymore than coffee or filmjölk is.

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by Cattis http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16126 Cattis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:23 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16126 I like my African Roibos hot, no sugar and no milk, please. I do like the taste of ginger bread - so sue me ;-) Nicely written artikel by the way! I like my African Roibos hot, no sugar and no milk, please. I do like the taste of ginger bread – so sue me ;-)
Nicely written artikel by the way!

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by Rolf http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16125 Rolf Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:55:41 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16125 I know the reason why you get served tea in glasses in Sweden. It's to reciprocate (take revenge) upon the Russians (the former Soviets) for their dastardly deed of copying our good Hasselblad cameras. You know the old story about the Soviets copying the Hasselblad camera, up to and including the two little holes that they didn't know why they were there? It's the same thing with the tea glasses. We are copying the old russian custom of drinking steaming hot tea out of glasses. Now the russians do it with an external holder made of a metal that looks like gold. That way they don't have to burn their fingers. Like the russians didn't know why the holes were there, we don't know what to do with the holding implement. Being swedes however, not knowing what to do with it, we don't keep it with a straight face, we pretend it isn't there, and perhaps never existed, and consequently we sometimes suffer from hot fingers. Now who am I to know this, you may ask? Well, I *am* a swede... :-) cheers/Rolf the coal root I know the reason why you get served tea in glasses in Sweden. It’s to reciprocate (take revenge) upon the Russians (the former Soviets) for their dastardly deed of copying our good Hasselblad cameras.

You know the old story about the Soviets copying the Hasselblad camera, up to and including the two little holes that they didn’t know why they were there?

It’s the same thing with the tea glasses. We are copying the old russian custom of drinking steaming hot tea out of glasses. Now the russians do it with an external holder made of a metal that looks like gold. That way they don’t have to burn their fingers. Like the russians didn’t know why the holes were there, we don’t know what to do with the holding implement. Being swedes however, not knowing what to do with it, we don’t keep it with a straight face, we pretend it isn’t there, and perhaps never existed, and consequently we sometimes suffer from hot fingers.

Now who am I to know this, you may ask? Well, I *am* a swede… :-)

cheers/Rolf the coal root

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by paddyK http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16124 paddyK Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:27 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16124 401 baby, 401! 401 baby, 401!

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by RBH http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16123 RBH Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:01 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16123 Really proud of that 400, aren't you. :) Really proud of that 400, aren’t you. :)

]]> Comment on How to Use a Toilet by lys http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/how-to-use-a-toilet/#comment-16122 lys Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:32 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/how-to-use-a-toilet/#comment-16122 hilarious! Thanks for the laugh :D One good thing about toilets in Sweden is that they are often separate cubicals. This seems to solve a lot of potentially embarrassing situations! hilarious! Thanks for the laugh :D
One good thing about toilets in Sweden is that they are often separate cubicals. This seems to solve a lot of potentially embarrassing situations!

]]> Comment on Bad Pills by Heodotus http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/bad-pills/#comment-16121 Heodotus Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:18 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-16121 Sadly I can confirm the availability of drugs in supermarkets. I have just returned from a shopping expedition. First of course, to the Systembolaget to ensure survival over the weekend, and next to the supermarket for more idle fripperies such as food. Whilst forlornly searching for my brand of razor blades (not to be found in Sweden, of course) my eye was arrested by a small card stating: "Medicines are available. Please contact the staff". Well it was obvious that the public are not to be trusted with aspirin, eye drops or topical ointments, but still I was amazed. Here in an ordinary supermarket the average Swede may now buy something to cure a hangover. (Albeit under the watchful eye of a staff member who will fetch a few tablets from the stockroom after satisfying him or herself that it will be properly and responsibly used.) It's only obvious that this sinister trend will lead to a rapid decline in public morals. Once people know they can quickly and easily cure their headaches, what's to stop them drinking themselves silly every weekend? Halt this trend. Aspirin should only be sold to trusted members of the public in small quantities by licensed physicians lest the very fabric of Swedish society unravel. Sadly I can confirm the availability of drugs in supermarkets.
I have just returned from a shopping expedition. First of course, to the Systembolaget to ensure survival over the weekend, and next to the supermarket for more idle fripperies such as food. Whilst forlornly searching for my brand of razor blades (not to be found in Sweden, of course) my eye was arrested by a small card stating: “Medicines are available. Please contact the staff”. Well it was obvious that the public are not to be trusted with aspirin, eye drops or topical ointments, but still I was amazed. Here in an ordinary supermarket the average Swede may now buy something to cure a hangover. (Albeit under the watchful eye of a staff member who will fetch a few tablets from the stockroom after satisfying him or herself that it will be properly and responsibly used.) It’s only obvious that this sinister trend will lead to a rapid decline in public morals. Once people know they can quickly and easily cure their headaches, what’s to stop them drinking themselves silly every weekend? Halt this trend. Aspirin should only be sold to trusted members of the public in small quantities by licensed physicians lest the very fabric of Swedish society unravel.

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by Cokehead http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16120 Cokehead Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:19 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16120 Oh, blame the Americans, will you. Such a Nationalist :[ Oh, blame the Americans, will you. Such a Nationalist :[

]]> Comment on Michael Jackson RIP by Alissa Jackson http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/michael-jackson-rip/#comment-16119 Alissa Jackson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:39 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1319#comment-16119 PaddyK; UR WELCOME I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY ESPECIALLY HIS KIDZ!!!!! i have been a fan 4 soooo long and it hurts!!!! he really didnt deserve 2 die! PaddyK; UR WELCOME I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR HIM AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY ESPECIALLY HIS KIDZ!!!!! i have been a fan 4 soooo long and it hurts!!!! he really didnt deserve 2 die!

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by paddyK http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16118 paddyK Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:16:06 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16118 I think it must be the American influence, like most other things in Sweden. Bloody Californians. I think it must be the American influence, like most other things in Sweden. Bloody Californians.

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by jophan http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16117 jophan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:30 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16117 I'm a Swede born and bred and I have to say that you are right about everything you say about Swedes and tea. Sigh. The saddest thing is, things used to be better only twenty-five years ago. Oh, teabags galore for sure, but none of this crazy shit with spices, flowers and fruit in everything. I’m a Swede born and bred and I have to say that you are right about everything you say about Swedes and tea. Sigh. The saddest thing is, things used to be better only twenty-five years ago. Oh, teabags galore for sure, but none of this crazy shit with spices, flowers and fruit in everything.

]]> Comment on Tea in The Local by paddyK http://paddyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/tea-in-the-local/#comment-16116 paddyK Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:02:43 +0000 http://paddyk.wordpress.com/?p=1655#comment-16116 Oh if only there was! Barry's Gold is also my teabag of choice, but I don't know anywhere that has them. (Or potato waffles either.) I guess the demand is just too small. Maybe Ryanair can start shipping them over? Oh if only there was! Barry’s Gold is also my teabag of choice, but I don’t know anywhere that has them. (Or potato waffles either.) I guess the demand is just too small. Maybe Ryanair can start shipping them over?

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