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Neither Thanksgiving nor Halloween are Swedish holidays. Nevertheless, for some years now, people have celebrated Halloween here in Sweden. There has been talk about Thanksgiving as well (probably mostly because the shops want to up their income). It hasn't struck yet, but I'm sure it will. People here will take ANY opportunity to get pissed out of their minds (That is not what thanksgiving is about of course, but that's they way it would be celebrated here). We don't eat a lot of turkey either, so God only knows what the trade wants to substitute that with?!?!?
Personally, I don't care about either holiday. I'll get drunk any day I choose, without a reason... I'm Danish, I can do that!
So they COULD (theoretically) celebrate Thanksgiving on the Equator...
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I'm not sure your argument fully holds water: yes, Sweden could begin celebrating Thanksgiving (but "thanks for what?" I have to wonder) but... it's not exactly on the Equator, is it? IIRC from my one and only trip nearby (Oslo - lovely city, but not-quite-in-Sweden I know) proximity to Equatorial climes was not high on its many sterling qualities.
Oh, hang on, I forgot a trip to Finland (also not-quite-in-Sweden but very full of non-tropical trees and some very nice people).
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No, my argument was: If it can happen in Sweden. surely it can happen on the Equator as well...?!?! Surely it has nothing to do with climate???
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- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
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I dunno...many of the equatorial countries tend to be rather more "anti-America" than the northern ones...
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OriginalGriff wrote: "anti-America" So is Sweden, but that doesn't stop anything... A party is a party!
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- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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OriginalGriff wrote: "thanks for what?"
For not being 'murican?
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Johnny J. wrote: People here will take ANY opportunity to get pissed out of their minds
Like Christmass, New Year, Easter, birthdays, weekends, holidays, ...
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I'll drink to that!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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That's no gin!
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I've asked @chris-maunder to sort out a :gin: emoticon. But no he thinks it's not needed, unlike the one...
veni bibi saltavi
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Not even the Unicode emoji has a dedicated "gin" glyph. Other than beer and wine, your only options are:
🍸
and:
🍹
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I think Nagy's looking for just the bottle, preferably in a brown paper bag.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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There's a baby bottle, a Sake bottle and cup, Champagne (which seems to be Apple-only), and nail varnish:
http://emojipedia.org/search/?q=bottle[^]
No Brown Bottle[^] yet.
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Johnny J. wrote: We don't eat a lot of turkey either, so God only knows what the trade wants to substitute that with?!?!?
Smorgastorta
Correction: Smörgåstårta
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Good heavens, I hope not. That's another Swedish tradition I can't stand.
But it would actually make sense in some twisted way:
"Smörgås", which means sandwich literally (and strangely) translates to "goose with butter" - and a goose is as fowl as any turkey, I guess...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars fill my dreams.
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Rio
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V. wrote: If all the animals along the equator were capable of flattery
Everyday will be celebrated as "Lets pat on everyone's back day"
or
"Butter up" day
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He has a lot of goodies
M.D.V.
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Well given the size of his dog, I'm not surprised.
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Nelek wrote: He hashad a lot of goodies
FTFY
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His memory is still alive
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I did a needle point (or whatever you call it) of him in the 1970's. It is now hanging on my bedroom wall.
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