To: nickcarraway
2 posted on
09/04/2012 11:31:09 AM PDT by
Uncle Miltie
(You didn't build that. The private sector is doing fine. We tried our plan and it worked.)
To: nickcarraway
3 posted on
09/04/2012 11:35:53 AM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: nickcarraway
My grandparents came from Sweden, I speak Swedish, I’ve spent a lot of time in Sweden, and I have never thought that that Swedish Chef character sounded very Swedish or was very funny.
To: nickcarraway
Reminds me of a running joke from the movie "The Thing:"
Character 1: "Crazy Swedes!"
Character 2: "They're Norwegians."
Character 1: "Whatever!"
5 posted on
09/04/2012 11:47:00 AM PDT by
pabianice
(washington, dc ..)
To: nickcarraway
“Mork! Mork! Mork!” is Swedish for “Please pass the ketchup.”
6 posted on
09/04/2012 11:54:05 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: nickcarraway
Chaos Muppet.
Now there’s a name for a band.
As long as we’re at it, we should ask the Muslims what they think about Crazy Harry (a.k.a. the “bomb Muppet”).
7 posted on
09/04/2012 12:12:04 PM PDT by
Rinnwald
To: nickcarraway
If you’ve ever met a Swede, chances are you asked her the following question: “What do you think of [ABBA/Ikea/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/socialized medicine/the Swedish Chef]?”
Guilty. While touring there in 1986 we managed to meet some young ladies outside of the Hardrock Cafe in Stockholm. Over a couple of beers, we asked about the Swedish Chef.
We thought we were so smooth.
To: nickcarraway
The author of the article managed to get all of these Swedes to state that the Swedish Chef sounded Norwegian. The obvious followup would be to ask a Norwegian or two whether the Swedish Chef sounds Norwegian.
11 posted on
09/04/2012 1:18:44 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("I love to watch you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition; JoeProBono
12 posted on
09/04/2012 1:22:20 PM PDT by
a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
To: nickcarraway
"The call me Swede ... but actually I am Norwegian".
My favorite character in Hell on Wheels (aka AMC's version of Deadwood - PG13).
15 posted on
09/04/2012 1:28:40 PM PDT by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: nickcarraway
Norwegian and Swedish are not dialects, but distinct languages with common ancestry, just like Dutch and German, or English and Scots. There are dialects of Swedish. People from Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo speak in different dialects.
I loved the Muppets as a kid, but my uncle is a real Swedish Chef. He speaks with a Southern Swedish accent (Malmo area). He also found the skits amusing.
20 posted on
09/04/2012 7:56:15 PM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: nickcarraway
How about a Firefox Add-on to make any page sound like the chef? And no, I have not DL’ed and tried it.
Bork Bork Bork! 1.9
by Snert
The Swedish Chef travesty filter and URL blocker. View web pages or mail as spoken by the Swedish Chef like this...
“Zee Svedeesh Cheff trefesty feelter und URL blucker. Feeoo veb peges oor meeel es spukee by zee Svedeesh Cheff leeke-a thees.”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bork-bork-bork/
To: nickcarraway
26 posted on
09/05/2012 4:55:52 AM PDT by
kevkrom
(Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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