check this shit out, yo!

It’s true: I have a shameless infatuation with the Scandinavian regions, and it doesn’t help that Sweden keeps on producing a) brilliant clothes, b) brilliant music, c) brilliant furniture within a quasi-socialist modus operandi and d) all of the above.

I went to the new Ikea the other day and basically exploded with joy. No hyperbole here. The best bit is the food: at the cafeteria you can get essentially a 3 course SWEDISH meal with a really tasty coffee (which can be refilled indefinitely), or, if you are so inclined, a delicious Swedish Lingonberry Soft Drink (delicious). The food is not only insanely cheap and plentiful, but, unlike its fast food counterparts, Ikea’s food is ridiculously nice, AND mostly fairtrade and organic. Insane! The food market near the exit means you can take it all home, and cook your very own “Elk Shaped Pasta” or enjoy some “Swedish Cloudberry Jam” along with a virtually inexhaustible array of other amazing foods. It’s so delightfully whimsical and unusual to my White-Bread-Australian senses. They also sell furniture apparently.

Indeed, I couldn’t fail to mention, secondly, the Swedish company that produced my most prized possession(s) – the gram 406gs. 

 

 
The link is here… GRAM DESIGN … and they’re buyable from Subway DC (but if you get a pair I’ll kill you, if only to steal them).

Multitudinous swedish labels could be here listed but I shan’t do it lest I explode with glee.

Thirdly, Sally was lame enough to not have sound, so this is partly for her sake, but anyone else may draw equal benefit.

FAMILJEN

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s very nicely done.
Check out “Det snurrar i min skalle.” It also has a bloody great video clip.

These cats are also swedish. A tad hard to place, but I enjoy their sounds:

  SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES

Sweden also birthed ABBA – and most countries can’t even hold together a half decent political framework. Sweden truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

-lyndon