In Sweden, people are more likely to hug you than to shake your hand.
This is unlikely to happen at the first meeting, but it’s quite possible at the second or third meeting. Handshakes are considered appropriate only for official situations.
If you buy this Norwegian chocolate bar, you can also read a fairy tale to your kids.
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Sibbie 1 year ago
#3 LIES! Swedes would never use feet!
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Quillie 1 year ago
Sibbie,
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
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Margaretta 1 year ago
#8 Brainwashed from birth.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
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Josephine 1 year ago
Margaretta,
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
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Jehiel 1 year ago
#5 Looks to me like in Norway, the train conductor doesn't sit in the cab, so I hope they really are superheroes...
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Assene 1 year ago
The statement between #4 and #5 seems a bit incongruous, but I think they're trying to say Norwegians don't complain about work all the time like most people do. Well, yeah... They get paid more, get lots of vacation time, fewer hours, great benefits and excellent health care.
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
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Honora 1 year ago
Assene,
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
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Alexandra 1 year ago
You need three more months to name your baby? Four months wasn't long enough, or do you guys not believe in ultrasounds?
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
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Mur 1 year ago
Alexandra,
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
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Nickname 1 year ago
Yikes..!
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Arizona 1 year ago
4. ...and how else would you build a house on a hill?
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Muriel 1 year ago
Arizona,
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.
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Donald 1 year ago
Pretty sure they blasted it out of the mountain side to have a nice level ground to build on....
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Joshua 1 year ago
#10 also in NL
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.