a Swede wants to be my roommate

[xfer]

Hi, my name is Erik Plith and I am a 24 years old law
student at Uppsala University in Sweden. I will be
spending the upcoming academic year as an exchange
student at Boston College, and I am therefore seeking
a place to stay during my time in the United States. I
got your name through the Off Campus Housing Office,
and I would like to know if you could consider having
me as a roommate. I have no pets, don't smoke and am
used to study hard as well as socialize with my
friends when time is given. I am also easy to get
along with, like to exercise (preferrably running) and
to read.

Should this be of any interest to you, or if you would
like to know more about me, don't hesitate to contact
me.

I envision this six-five Nordic specimen wearing an early-eighties running outfit (those silly short shorts, terrycloth headband, et cetera) listening to black metal while he plays tennis.

Do Swedes eat weird foods?

 

[minxnim]

my god you're weird.

 

[Eirik]

they talk funny

 

[xfer]

correction: they talk HILARIOUSLY

 

[Eirik]

to be truthful, they sound kind of gay

and this is to the ears of a Norwegian who fully understands it..

:Spin:

note: I found it hilarious when Mike Åkerfeldt of Opeth spoke Swedish to me.. certain words just sound way too weenie to come out of the mouth of a monster growler such as him

 

[xfer]

haha i just got an email back from an English guy who'd emailed me last week:

"Sorry, but $475/month is too much for my budget! Thanks anyway."

I wonder if he'll come crawling back when he finds out that $475/month is stunningly cheap for Boston?

 

[Eirik]

mayhaps

on a different note.. Swedish is quite becoming for girls though ^_^

 

[avi]

friends of mine who have had Swedish roommates have told me that they have all been clean and well-behaved. as for the silly-sound speaking, well that's another story. and it's usually the germans who wear the silly out-of-date running gear.

just beware the Finns. they'll stab you in your sleep.

 

[Eirik]

Finns are perpetually drunk

 

[minxnim]

i can attest to the drunk finns statement above.

 

[Eirik]

also... the 6,5" statement... Scandinavians aren't necessarily that tall..

maybe in general, we have a higher average of tallness but.. freakishly high? meh...

 

[minxnim]

i know some realllly short finns dudes. one guy i know is 5'.

 

[Eirik]

meh.. Finns aren't proper Scandinavians (though they're notoriously blonde )

I mean.. christ.. their language is NOWHERE close to any other Scandinavian language...

 

[minxnim]

their language is like a stick in the eye.

 

[Rusty]

The Finnish language is corking. I wub it almost as much as I wub MinEirik.

 

[avi]

Finns are just shunned by everyone

 

[Human Desert]

oh shut up finns aren't always drunk and we have a cool language well..maybe not but...but.. SHUP!

 

[Rusty]

It is a good language dammit. Just too different. 'Kin thing.

 

[lizard]

do swedes eat lutefisk like Eirik's people?

 

[xfer]

yeah, seriously, thats what I want to know. i don't want lutefisk in my house.