Posted: Sep 29, 2011 7:48 pm
Face loosing time eh? Right, I'll go soft on myself to begin with, by talking about something atleast connected to rationalism.
Altough I hesitate to assign certain characteristics to what country one is from, it can be argued that Swedes in general don't understand sarcasm, humour, when someone is actually joking (without explicitly telling a joke) we think they are serious (especially talking to native english speakers).
Since moving to Ireland I've certainly made an arse of myself at times because I do posess that characteristic in combination with being a bit hot headed.Some Irish are aware of this and so they've had lot of fun 'taking the mickey/piss' .
The upside of this is that my bull shit detector has been systematically upgraded and, believe it or not, I take things a bit lighter than I used to.The pain of being embarrassed is a small price to pay and is as easily forgotten as those of childbirth.
Altough I hesitate to assign certain characteristics to what country one is from, it can be argued that Swedes in general don't understand sarcasm, humour, when someone is actually joking (without explicitly telling a joke) we think they are serious (especially talking to native english speakers).
Since moving to Ireland I've certainly made an arse of myself at times because I do posess that characteristic in combination with being a bit hot headed.Some Irish are aware of this and so they've had lot of fun 'taking the mickey/piss' .
The upside of this is that my bull shit detector has been systematically upgraded and, believe it or not, I take things a bit lighter than I used to.The pain of being embarrassed is a small price to pay and is as easily forgotten as those of childbirth.