(http://www.australiansabroad.com/sweden/youknow.html)
The original list contained 210 (!!!) reasons, but it would take me forever to write all of them down, so I’ve just picked the ones I do – all the time.
– You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you can keep to take to the shop and which ones can be sacrificed for rubbish.
– You don’t think twice about putting the wet dishes away in the cupboard to dry.
– You see a person taking a front row seat on the bus and wonder “Who does he think he is?”
– Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.
– You pass a supermarket and think “Wow, it is open, I had better go in an buy something!”
– You have only two facial expressions – smiling or blank. Also your arms are just hanging down when you chat with other people.
– You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a: they are drunk
b: they are Finnish
c: they are American
d: all of the above
– Your front step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.
– It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00.
– Julmust starts to taste good. (It has ALWAYS tasted good! If I could live on that stuff, I totally would.)
– You use ‘mmmm’ as a conversation filler. (All the time)
– You think it’s more fun to stay at home and drink then go out.
– You can’t contemplate actually doing anything until you’ve first had a ‘fika’ (with coffee AND cake).
– You mutter “oy,oy,oy” continually to yourself even though you are the only one in the room.
– Your preferred pancake topping is lingonsylt.
– You put tomato sauce (as in Heinz Big Red) on your macaroni. Just tomato sauce. And love it.
– You pour filmjölk (soured milk) on your Kellogg’s Corn Flake. And strawberry jam.
– You think there is nothing wrong with planning Christmas around Kalle Anka (Donald Duck).
– You start calling Coke “cola”.
– You start to miss falukorv when you go on vacation. (I haven’t had it in nearly three years!!)
– You have an Åhlgrens “Bilar” addiction. (Who doesn’t)
The Swede in London 