The first time I felt old
I was in Sweden visiting my (now ex) girlfriend over easter. Her family were round and we were all looking forward to some pickled herring with extra pickles for sunday dinner.
In an effort to ingratiate myself with her family (and eventually her pants) I decided to spend a bit of time with her 2 young cousins.
Tom and Jonas were about the 7 year old mark and couldn't speak very good english (although, even at their age they woefully rang rings around me in the 'learning a foreign language' stakes). I saw they had recently got guitar hero and being only 21 at the time I thought I'd take it easy on them.
What was to follow was a humiliation on a grand scale. It was as if they were the spawn of Jimi Hendrix and Axle Rose. I, however, bore a resemblance to a leper with Parkinson's.
They laughed at me and said things in a foreign language that I didn't understand. I felt sad.
Apparently I had also agreed to a bet, where if I lost I would have to eat a whole packet of salted liquorish. To them a tasty treat but like eating salty rubber to any non-scandinavians.
Being outstripped by some ankle biters made me realise my failing and I felt like my dad must have when I first kicked his ass on Super Mario all those years ago.

Click I like this if you think that all children are planning the downfall of their adult suppressors.

Length? 2cm, black and salty.
(kintore_homeboy tenuous links since 1986!, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 11:47, 4 replies)

Unending Salty Blackness
I too know a Swede. I too have been introduced to the salty blackness you describe. It's some nasty-assed sweeties. Your disbelief is understandable... They EAT that stuff?!

The rascal gave me some Swedish-grade chewing tobacco too. It made me fall.
(yearsofpractice, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:16, closed)

djunglevraal or some such
I too had swedish friends

I got my own back by getting them to eat marmite (which I love) and by creating ice pops out of a mix of vinegar and coke
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:53, closed)

Axle Rose...
...didn't play guitar. Well, he did, but not very well.

Best wishes

Pedantic Shit.
(Big Smurf Brush me daddy-O, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 13:49, closed)

Fail Sweets
horrid things they are.
(Tirtingsquirtle, Sun 20 Apr 2008, 21:07, closed)