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  1. #1
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    a little help with Swedish, please

    All that time watching the Muppets not helping.

    värsta gänget Hökarängen..!

    Ski related, apparently.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki View Post
    All that time watching the Muppets not helping.

    värsta gänget Hökarängen..!

    Ski related, apparently.
    Worst gang in Hokarangen?

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    Ulmer invited you to the Hokarangen gang bang!!

    sweet

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyCarter View Post
    Worst gang in Hokarangen?
    I thought you were kidding but I see that google agrees with you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    I thought you were kidding but I see that google agrees with you.
    Google also told me "värsta gänget" is the swedish title for the movie Major League

    https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Värsta_gänget

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    Yeah, it's the Hokarangen part that I thought I could make sense of, but maybe not--I already had google's input but thought there might be some meaning beyond the geographic to Hokarangen.

    It might be an inside joke among some old, Swedish bump skiers. Not sure, It was in response to a video made at Killington (of all places).
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    How do you get those little doobers to appear over the letters? Can my 'puter do Swedish too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki View Post
    Yeah, it's the Hokarangen part that I thought I could make sense of, but maybe not--I already had google's input but thought there might be some meaning beyond the geographic to Hokarangen.

    It might be an inside joke among some old, Swedish bump skiers. Not sure, It was in response to a video made at Killington (of all places).
    Maybe Hokarangen is a flat wasteland that gets no snow, but is cold as balls. I am sure they are taking the piss somehow.

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    Just hold the "o" down and pick it from the choices. ö

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    Hüsker Dü

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point

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    I hear Julian Assange is available for translation at very reasonable rates.
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    Quote Originally Posted by warthog View Post
    Maybe Hokarangen is a flat wasteland that gets no snow, but is cold as balls. I am sure they are taking the piss somehow.
    Wiki says it is a small district near Stockholm. Population near 9,000 as of 2012. The picture shows a 4 story apartment building. Looks nice enough, but maybe it is the Swedish equivalent of a “project” building.

    My take is this phrase is like saying “big fish in a small pond”.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster Highmen View Post
    I hear Julian Assange is available for translation at very reasonable rates.
    His accent has a touch of Venezuelan nowadays though.
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    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    I'm pretty sure it means "snack-sized fish", but I'll be the first to admit my Swedish is a little rusty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki View Post
    All that time watching the Muppets not helping.

    värsta gänget Hökarängen..!

    Ski related, apparently.
    I’m thinking it’s “Bästa svängen - Hökarängen!” from the movie Sällskapsresan 2 - Snowroller. If I remember correctly, the powder skiers in the clip below shout it before they take off...

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X8UWnDAo3O8

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