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Spitting Swedes - beware the flying lugi


B. Christianson 2009-02-09

"Spitting Swedes is not something I expected. Despite the Viking history, the picture I had in my head was of attractive people wearing fashionable clothes - a cleanish image.

Boy do they like to spit! And it's not just the males. A young teenage girl letting one fly mid-conversation isn't uncommon. And the funny thing is, no one flinches. It's just become socially accepted."


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