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    Aparently Sweden isn't a place anymore?

    The following conversation just freaking happened. Mind=blown.
    Customer - What did you do yesterday? Did you have a cookout?
    Me - Nope, we went to my sister's because my wife wanted to learn how to make bulla, a sweet roll that comes from the Swedish side of my family.
    Customer - Oh, are you eye-taal-yan?
    Me - No, largely Swedish.
    Customer - *Blank look* Not eye-taal-yan?
    Me - Swedish
    Customer - I never heard of such a place.
    Me - ummmm....it's in northern Europe.
    Customer - Did you ever get married?
    Me - yes....
    *sigh*
    Bart Smith, continuing to be awesome since 1982 so that you don't have to.

    Love is a duet, each voice complementing each other and making them sound better than they would alone, each voice at times stepping back and letting the other shine. We've got a pretty good duet going Tina.

    On April 28th, I'll be marrying my best friend. I can't wait!

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    Many people outside of New England don't know that Rhode Island is an actual state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by optilady1 View Post
    Many people outside of New England don't know that Rhode Island is an actual state.
    "I'm feeling verclemt. Talk amongst yourselves, I'll give you a topic: Rhode Island is niether a road nor a island, discuss!" -Linda Richman (Coffee Talk)

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    I once got in a debate with a census taker that if everyone else could have a place to check on race, I wanted one and I was a Swede. Finally got the dingbat to write in that I was a Swede. He also put down that I took the Subway to work.

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    A Yankee:

    The South (Virginia to Florida around Ocala)- Anyone north of the Mason-Dixon Line (exceptions: DC, Maryland and Florida from Orlando south)
    The North East: Anyone from New England
    New England: Anyone from New Hampshire

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    Customer (in heavy Brooklyn accent): ah, we did!
    Me: Actually, the hot dog was invented in Coney Island
    My Wife...."please don't start..its bad enough when you argue about cheesesteaks".
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    Now you have to tell us about cheesesteaks.
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    “As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.” -Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wes View Post
    Now you have to tell us about cheesesteaks.


    CHEESE STEAK! CHEESE STEAK! CHEESE STEAK!
    Oh, I'm sorry. I just started weight watchers and got a little distracted. Carry on.

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    Mmmmmm. Cheese steak... Droooool. I should not have read this before lunch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nicksims View Post
    Mmmmmm. Cheese steak... Droooool. I should not have read this before lunch.
    Agreed!! my tummy is rumbling in overdrive now.....
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    we walked into a Arby's here in Raleigh...they have this "thing" they call a Philly.........Only someone who has never been out of North Carolina think "that's" a cheesesteak........

    NEVER tell anyone for Philly...."Its just like a Philly Cheesesteak".........
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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    I once got in a debate with a census taker that if everyone else could have a place to check on race, I wanted one and I was a Swede. Finally got the dingbat to write in that I was a Swede. He also put down that I took the Subway to work.

    Chip
    Swede is a nationality.

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    stay off of my Blue Swede Shoes........
    "Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde"

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuriousCat View Post
    Swede is a nationality.
    Maybe "Viking" as a race would be more appropriate?
    Bart Smith, continuing to be awesome since 1982 so that you don't have to.

    Love is a duet, each voice complementing each other and making them sound better than they would alone, each voice at times stepping back and letting the other shine. We've got a pretty good duet going Tina.

    On April 28th, I'll be marrying my best friend. I can't wait!

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    Actually Viking is derived from a verb that means to raid from the sea. Viking became a culture spanning many nationalities including Norse, Rus and others.

    I keep passing the Jeopardy test and waiting for the call. Always a bridesmaid....

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