No invitation for you too.

[a.kitman]

Originally posted by Asmodean


Aye...one of very few Danish contributions to the world's vocabulary

no its swedish

[rah]

Originally posted by a.kitman
the article fails to mention that it was the rule of the school not some offical swedish law which most people seem to think, or want to think. also there is no sueing going on here. the father of the boy who held the party reported it to JO which is a swedish... well i dont know what you would call it in english but its purpos is to protect individuals from goverment officals over stepping there bounds.

I think

father has filed a complaint with the parliamentary ombudsman.

makes it clear that the it was just a complaint and not a lawsuit.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Re: Re: Re: No invitation for you too.

Originally posted by Tuberski


Did you go to school in Utah?

I had to give out valentines to everyone in class to, this was 30 years ago.

ACK!

We didn't.

Maybe it was one of the advantages of going to one of those "High risk" elementaries for "disadvantaged" kids. Perhaps they just assumed we were making our valentines and not buying the little scooby doo cards at the store, therefore didn't require it for everyone.

[rah]

Actually I would think that these days, that there would be plenty of homophobic parents that would complain quite loudly if their very masculine sons had to give valentines to other BOYS.

Which again, I would find just silly.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Originally posted by rah
Actually I would think that these days, that there would be plenty of homophobic parents that would complain quite loudly if their very masculine sons had to give valentines to other BOYS.

Which again, I would find just silly.

Parents silly, or giving valentine's to boys silly?

Don't remember parent thoughts, but I recall that you sure didn't want to be seen giving a valentine to a girl or you would be teased mercilessly. What with cooties and all.

So, I gave plenty of valentines out to boys in elementary school. Nothing wierd about it.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by a.kitman


no its swedish

No no no, it's Norwegian.

[Monk]

Ombudsman? That word is Swedish - hey, we're talking about a boring guy checking if everything goes by the books and everybody recieved their birthday invitations. Baaaah. Cross the bridge, dudes, and we'll teach you how to properly drink beer and draw prophets. You can still keep the etymological credit.

[Nikolai]

Ever heard of related languages, Monk?

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by a.kitman
the article fails to mention that it was the rule of the school not some offical swedish law which most people seem to think, or want to think. also there is no sueing going on here. the father of the boy who held the party reported it to JO which is a swedish... well i dont know what you would call it in english but its purpos is to protect individuals from goverment officals over stepping there bounds.

You seem to be the Slowwhand of Sweden.

ACK!

[rah]

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx

Parents silly, or giving valentine's to boys silly?

Don't remember parent thoughts, but I recall that you sure didn't want to be seen giving a valentine to a girl or you would be teased mercilessly. What with cooties and all.

So, I gave plenty of valentines out to boys in elementary school. Nothing wierd about it.

Probably Parents silly, since thinking back, (way back) I never felt weird and most of my valentines went to guys.
But back in the stone age gay meant something totally different. For you younger crowd, how was it in your grammer school? Do boys still give other boys valentines or have the homophobes stopped that practice using fear mongering.

[b etor]

Everyone gives everyone in their class valentines, plus whatever other friends were in different classes. Well, in 'grammar school'.
In high school most girls gave just their friends valentines and they'd have the friend's name written on them and guys didn't pass them out. But then some weirdos would pass them out to everyone they happened to talk to that day. The weirdos usually only got them back from other weirdos.

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Monk
Ombudsman? That word is Swedish - hey, we're talking about a boring guy checking if everything goes by the books and everybody recieved their birthday invitations. Baaaah. Cross the bridge, dudes, and we'll teach you how to properly drink beer and draw prophets. You can still keep the etymological credit.

And rowing a dinghy home...?

[Monk]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Ever heard of related languages, Monk?

Oh, you mean like Norwegian and that other Norwegian?

Nah, sure it's a Norse/Scandinavian thing to begin with, but still the English word came from Swedish and uses Swedish spelling.

See http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ombudsman in case you're actually interested.

[Monk]

Originally posted by MOBIUS


And rowing a dinghy home...?

Um... yeah...

Maybe the chap was inspired by the East German dude who decided to flee the communist state by rowing to Denmark. I saw something about that once.

[Krill]

If he was really trashed he would have tried to steal the coastguards boat.