Hey, I Pissed Off A Swede!
My "anti-anti-spanking" post the other day was entitled, "Why I Will Never Move to Sweden." This is because I figured it`s common knowlege that Sweden has criminalized physical discipline for children.
My post wasn`t about Sweden at all -- it was about why I personally don`t have a zero-tolerance approach to physical discipline, even though I acknowlege its potential to cause harm. I never referred to Sweden in the body of the post.
But because it was in the title, I started getting lots of hits from people searching "Sweden," and "Sweden discipline," according to my site meter. So I figured it was only a matter of time before some Swede found me, and took me to task.
So, without further ado, allow me to introduce "Mike:"
....why do you not add the full story! That you where drunk as a skunk during the entire visit! I am from Sweden and what you are talking about I have never seen or heard about! Straight translated haxabubbla (what you are using as an alias)by the way means in Swedish: haxa=witch and bubbla=bubble. So I am thinking of you as a "bubble headed witch" that does not really know anything about Sweden. Swedish children are no offense more behaved then Americans. Trust me since I have been in USA for 16 years and I was born and raised in Sweden. For the record I am going back just so that I can spend more time with my child. Do not trash talk about things that you do not know anything about!
Unfortunately, "Mike" didn`t leave his email address with his comment, so I have to respond to him here.
Mike -- hey, is that really a Swedish name? It doesn`t sound like one, but I wouldn`t know, because you see, I`ve never actually been to Sweden! And my post, which perhaps you didn`t read, wasn`t about Sweden! How about that!
I have to say, though, I LOVE that line about my being "drunk as a skunk during the entire visit" I never made there. As a matter of fact, it sounds like so much fun that I think I`ll grab a bottle of tequila and go to Ikea some time, just to see how it feels.
And I want to thank you for teaching me the coolest word I`ve learned in a long time -- haxabubbla. It sounds like an Ikea bong! I can assure you, I have never used haxabubbla "as an alias," but honestly, I`d like to, someday, if I ever get the chance.
So I am thinking of you as a "bubble headed witch" that does not really know anything about Sweden. You would be correct there! Not only about me being a "bubble headed witch," though that`s definitely true --- ask my husband, kids, and friends if I am a "bubble headed witch," and they will all laugh and agree with you 100%. It`s also true that I don`t really know anything about Sweden --- but since I never claimed to know anything about Sweden, except that you have an anti-spanking law, I`m not sure why you feel compelled to make that particular point. (Okay, okay, I lied..... Hub drives a Saab, so I do know your country makes cars.)
Swedish children are no offense more behaved then Americans. I have to take your word on that, since I don`t think I`ve ever met any Swedish children. Or perhaps I have, and just mistook them for Finns?
For the record I am going back just so that I can spend more time with my child. Um.... great! Good for you! But what does this have to do with my post?
Do not trash talk about things that you do not know anything about! I`d like to ask the same of you, but if my post didn`t piss you off, I might never have learned the word, haxabubbla.
And damn, it`s a fine word.
My post wasn`t about Sweden at all -- it was about why I personally don`t have a zero-tolerance approach to physical discipline, even though I acknowlege its potential to cause harm. I never referred to Sweden in the body of the post.
But because it was in the title, I started getting lots of hits from people searching "Sweden," and "Sweden discipline," according to my site meter. So I figured it was only a matter of time before some Swede found me, and took me to task.
So, without further ado, allow me to introduce "Mike:"
....why do you not add the full story! That you where drunk as a skunk during the entire visit! I am from Sweden and what you are talking about I have never seen or heard about! Straight translated haxabubbla (what you are using as an alias)by the way means in Swedish: haxa=witch and bubbla=bubble. So I am thinking of you as a "bubble headed witch" that does not really know anything about Sweden. Swedish children are no offense more behaved then Americans. Trust me since I have been in USA for 16 years and I was born and raised in Sweden. For the record I am going back just so that I can spend more time with my child. Do not trash talk about things that you do not know anything about!
Unfortunately, "Mike" didn`t leave his email address with his comment, so I have to respond to him here.
Mike -- hey, is that really a Swedish name? It doesn`t sound like one, but I wouldn`t know, because you see, I`ve never actually been to Sweden! And my post, which perhaps you didn`t read, wasn`t about Sweden! How about that!
I have to say, though, I LOVE that line about my being "drunk as a skunk during the entire visit" I never made there. As a matter of fact, it sounds like so much fun that I think I`ll grab a bottle of tequila and go to Ikea some time, just to see how it feels.
And I want to thank you for teaching me the coolest word I`ve learned in a long time -- haxabubbla. It sounds like an Ikea bong! I can assure you, I have never used haxabubbla "as an alias," but honestly, I`d like to, someday, if I ever get the chance.
So I am thinking of you as a "bubble headed witch" that does not really know anything about Sweden. You would be correct there! Not only about me being a "bubble headed witch," though that`s definitely true --- ask my husband, kids, and friends if I am a "bubble headed witch," and they will all laugh and agree with you 100%. It`s also true that I don`t really know anything about Sweden --- but since I never claimed to know anything about Sweden, except that you have an anti-spanking law, I`m not sure why you feel compelled to make that particular point. (Okay, okay, I lied..... Hub drives a Saab, so I do know your country makes cars.)
Swedish children are no offense more behaved then Americans. I have to take your word on that, since I don`t think I`ve ever met any Swedish children. Or perhaps I have, and just mistook them for Finns?
For the record I am going back just so that I can spend more time with my child. Um.... great! Good for you! But what does this have to do with my post?
Do not trash talk about things that you do not know anything about! I`d like to ask the same of you, but if my post didn`t piss you off, I might never have learned the word, haxabubbla.
And damn, it`s a fine word.
posted by L. at 5:36 PM
9 Comments:
Darn, we just learned to call you "twat", now we have to learn a foreign word "haxabubbla".
Nice retort, L.
I just googled haxabubbla and now I'm more confused than ever.
"haxabubbla" is so the name of my new all-girl-over-35 band....
Love the new word! Haxabubbla...sounds kind of like witchcraft.
Oh you just reminded me. I did go through a period where I was seriously thinking we should name the kid after a piece of Ikea furniture. So you know we could make their moniker really concrete with a doppleganger coat stand for Baby Grog or whatever.
Look for that in next weeks name selections.
If I were ever to birth another female child I would most definitely name her Moxie Haxabubbla. Love it!
Haxabubbla Bloggers UNITE! Too funny L.
Thanks-- that was a hoot!
look at that! I got into blogger fight and I didn't even noticed it. That's what happens when I start working instead of reading blogs.
So yes, haxabubbla is actually witch bubble which makes no sense in english but I speak spanish so it is bruja burbuja and it sounds funny. Plus I'm fat (hence the bubble) and kind of weird (hence the witch, no offense wiccans of the world).
And, if you read my comment I never said swedish kids were bad behaved. I just said moms left the strollers parked outside. And swedish kids are weird with the über white skin and whote blond hair and blue or green eyes. I was thinking more like children of the corn than bad behaved but whatever.
And sadly Mike, I wasn't drunk all the time. Actually I was never drunk because alcohol is stupidly overpriced and I went with a poor student budget.
And I do not know why I'm writing this explanation since "Mike" commented anonymously.
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