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As If I Needed One More Reason To Love Sweden
9:24PM ON
08/05/2008
BY
Matthew Lawrence
While there are lots of things I like about the Swedes–their detective novels, their catchy pop music, and their unique cooking style, among other things–there’s one I didn’t know existed until today:
If you’re Swedish, the government sends you condoms on your 23rd birthday. Well, one condom (Kung Fu brand) but still. Apparently that’s the age in that country that you can no longer go to youth health clinics, so the government sends you a condom and a list of new places you can go to with whatever’s ailing you, sexual or otherwise.
[nb: Aside from its obvious ability to stop you from thinking about sex, the ABBA picture above has nothing to do with condoms, but I thought it was worth sharing, anyway.]
August 6th, 2008 at 9:21AM
JOE BERNSTEIN Says:
matthew-they do produce amazingly good detective novels;good pop music(do I get banned here for liking Abba?);interesting food-but beware-don’t ever drink something they make called Brannvin-I think they make it from wood alcohol that is treated to make it non-toxic or something,but I can tell you from personal experience it produces a worse hangover then MD 20/20-they also produce excellent films-my favorite is Bo Widerberg-check out “The Man From Mallorca” or “The Man on the Roof”-both are on VHS at Acme Video-you won’t be sorry.Disclaimer:I am only a customer of Acme Video-not an employer or owner.
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August 6th, 2008 at 1:03PM
HairySwede Says:
lets not forget about the meatballs.
and brannvin isnt so bad. you just need to make sure you are eating crayfish when you do it.
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August 6th, 2008 at 3:10PM
matthew Says:
EWWWW!!!!
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