you know you've been in sweden too long when...

[lotta]

...you mutter "ursäkta me" when you almost bump into someone on the street...

...you actually consider writing down IN ENGLISH "i have lots of balls in the air"...and you don't think there's a problem with that...

Comments

[kejn]

you know you've been in sweden too long when...
...you mutter "ursäkta me"

nu-uh. you know you've been here too long when you no longer bother to mutter "ursäkta mig"! :-)

[belgofiel]

Indeed, focus on the target and choose the shortest way towards it, that is the (Swedish) spirit, no matter what the possible obstacles might be :-)