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Man gets sick benefits for heavy metal addiction
www.thelocal.se ^ | 06/19/2007 | TT/The Local

Posted on 06/19/2007 10:40:28 AM PDT by WesternCulture

A Swedish heavy metal fan has had his musical preferences officially classified as a disability. The results of a psychological analysis enable the metal lover to supplement his income with state benefits.

Roger Tullgren, 42, from Hässleholm in southern Sweden has just got part time work as a dishwasher at a local restaurant.

Because heavy metal dominates so many aspects of his life, the Employment Service has agreed to pay part of Tullgren's salary. His new boss meanwhile has given him a special dispensation to play loud music at work.

"I have been trying for ten years to get this classified as a handicap," Tullgren told The Local.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: addiction; benefits; disability; govwatch; heavymetal; liberalism; lifestyle; music; nannystate; psychology; rock; rocknroll; scandinavia; sweden; wod
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101 posted on 06/19/2007 3:24:36 PM PDT by Tx Angel
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To: Tamar1973
On is I-pod, with headphones, I hope. LOL!

only when the boss is around, otherwise he listens to it on the computer speakers, he just has to keep it low enough that it doesn't get too far outside his cubicle. I have no idea how his collegues stand it. LOL.

102 posted on 06/19/2007 5:12:29 PM PDT by reaganaut ( ex-mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: reagan_fanatic; OB1kNOb

OMG! That creature was Eddie Van Halen?!? I so did not recognize him. UGH, boy has he gone downhill!


103 posted on 06/19/2007 5:17:30 PM PDT by reaganaut ( ex-mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: reaganaut

That’s why I work from home. I can turn it up as loud as I want. LOL!


104 posted on 06/19/2007 5:20:53 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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To: reagan_fanatic
Poor Eddie. He looks like that crazy old man who stands around outside the supermarket all day and talks to himself.

That's what happens when you don't have a wife to dress you in the morning. LOL!

105 posted on 06/19/2007 5:22:50 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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To: WesternCulture

bttt


106 posted on 06/19/2007 6:20:12 PM PDT by Dajjal
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To: Tamar1973

I’m 1/2 Korean (1/4Puerto Rican & 1/4 Cuban). My mother is Korean. I’m conversational and can read and write it, too. Been watching these soaps since I was about 4. Took time off during college but I’m back into it again. Check out this great website
http://www.kimook.com/
ENJOY!


107 posted on 06/19/2007 9:39:53 PM PDT by LibertyGrrrl (http://www.conservativepunk.com)
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To: cardinal4

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOU’VE HAD A DEAD HEAD AT YOUR HOUSE OVER THE WEEK END ?
THEY ARE STILL THERE!


108 posted on 06/20/2007 10:18:08 AM PDT by 537cant be wrong (vampires stole my lunch money !)
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To: LibertyGrrrl
This is the website I bought April Snowfrom a while back.

Dimsum DVD's

Thanks for the link!

109 posted on 06/20/2007 10:52:14 AM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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