Comments on: They yclep us doormats . . . http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-29243 Sheila Ryan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:51:01 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-29243 Norwegians? Humorless? No way. Ibsen, for instance, can be a laff riot depending how you stage him. Back in my drug-addled youth, a roommate and I used to coerce our cats into "Kitten Theater" performances, and I'm telling you, when I held Scatter (the yellow cat) and waggled his front legs and spoke his lines ("The sun, Mother! The sun!"), we had audiences falling out of their seats. Norwegians? Humorless? No way. Ibsen, for instance, can be a laff riot depending how you stage him.

Back in my drug-addled youth, a roommate and I used to coerce our cats into “Kitten Theater” performances, and I’m telling you, when I held Scatter (the yellow cat) and waggled his front legs and spoke his lines (“The sun, Mother! The sun!”), we had audiences falling out of their seats.

]]> By: John Buaas http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-29239 John Buaas Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:40:29 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-29239 Sheila, we Norwegians are a pretty humorless lot. To paraphrase Faulkner, Between demeaning jokes and nothing I will take demeaning jokes. ::licks Sweden's boot:: Sheila, we Norwegians are a pretty humorless lot. To paraphrase Faulkner, Between demeaning jokes and nothing I will take demeaning jokes.

::licks Sweden’s boot::

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-29077 Sheila Ryan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:18:15 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-29077 John, it's the Swedes who perpetuate those demeaning Ole-and-Lena jokes, you know. John, it’s the Swedes who perpetuate those demeaning Ole-and-Lena jokes, you know.

]]> By: John Buaas http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-29075 John Buaas Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:08:34 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-29075 Of course, as a Norwegian myself, I have no choice but to owe fealty to the Swedes for setting us free from Old Pharaoh. The Swedes may be imperialist dogs, but cozying up to them keeps us warm at night. Of course, as a Norwegian myself, I have no choice but to owe fealty to the Swedes for setting us free from Old Pharaoh.

The Swedes may be imperialist dogs, but cozying up to them keeps us warm at night.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-29023 Sheila Ryan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:54:47 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-29023 Sure! As a matter of fact, you can count on me to drive it right into the ground! Sure! As a matter of fact, you can count on me to drive it right into the ground!

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-28953 Deron Bauman Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:57:19 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-28953 Sheila, can we work on making Swedish Imperialists! a clusterflock meme? Sheila, can we work on making Swedish Imperialists! a clusterflock meme?

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-28952 Sheila Ryan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-28952 And furthermore, I wish to go on record stating that there is not a scrap of evidence to bolster the contention that the woman of whom Cab Calloway sang, "She had a dream about the King of Sweden/He gave her things that she was needin' " was a Dane. And furthermore, I wish to go on record stating that there is not a scrap of evidence to bolster the contention that the woman of whom Cab Calloway sang, “She had a dream about the King of Sweden/He gave her things that she was needin’ ” was a Dane.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-28945 Sheila Ryan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:43:39 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-28945 It is worth noting that at no time during the short-lived heyday (1611-1718) of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Empire" rel="nofollow">Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden)</a> did we Danes submit to Swedish imperialism. It is worth noting that at no time during the short-lived heyday (1611-1718) of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden) did we Danes submit to Swedish imperialism.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-28539 Sheila Ryan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:48:43 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-28539 Just this fall I paid my first visit ever to an IKEA mart, and speaking as a third-generation Danish American, after a couple of hours under the weight of Swedish imperialism my lower back was a little sore. My arches, too. Just this fall I paid my first visit ever to an IKEA mart, and speaking as a third-generation Danish American, after a couple of hours under the weight of Swedish imperialism my lower back was a little sore. My arches, too.

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html/comment-page-1#comment-28522 Deron Bauman Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:34:47 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/they-yclep-us-doormats.html#comment-28522 if I had a dollar for every time "Swedish imperialists!" has rolled off my tongue I'd have enough for a downpayment on a Danish doormat. if I had a dollar for every time “Swedish imperialists!” has rolled off my tongue I’d have enough for a downpayment on a Danish doormat.

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