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Makin' A Lastin' Impression

Category: Humour • Language
Posted on: May 21, 2009 8:27 AM, by Martin R

A lesson in Swedish from the mall at Sickla.

Last = noun from the verb lasta, "to load".

In = in

Fart = noun from the verb fara, "to travel", cf. "wayfarer" and "fare thee well".

Load-in-travel. Delivery entrance.

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The place I worked at in Denmark had God's fart in a lift.

Posted by: Bob O'H | May 21, 2009 9:02 AM

A popular Danish cook book is named God Mad.

Posted by: Martin R | May 21, 2009 10:49 AM

Mom came back from Norway with the coolest pictures of farts-dempere signs, even the symbol looked like a little butt.

Posted by: Kevin | May 21, 2009 12:17 PM

I thought that was some sort of bathroom fixture at IKEA.

Posted by: Mark | May 21, 2009 6:20 PM

I was driving through Sweden once and saw the exit sign for the town of Pukeburg. I kept on going.

Posted by: Saint Pudalia | May 22, 2009 3:27 PM

That's no surprise to anyone who had a VW Beetle back in the 60s. It said "fahrtstart" right on the ignition lock escutcheon.

Posted by: Kaleberg | May 22, 2009 11:48 PM

What is the sound of an infart like and at which point does it cause total implosion of one's body? I imagine it as a slurping sound.

Posted by: Mattias | May 25, 2009 12:12 PM

What about the Swedish cans with the word FAT boldly displayed on the label? (They're beer cans!)

Posted by: Stefan K. | May 25, 2009 1:11 PM

Bob: 'God's fart' must relate to Ps. XLVII which in the translation presently used by Anglicans reads: 'The Lord is gone up with a merry noise'

Posted by: Mattias | May 26, 2009 8:37 AM

Haha, Mattias, you RULE! (-;

Posted by: Martin R | May 26, 2009 8:41 AM

"What is the sound of an infart like?" - Mattias.

Not sure what it sounds like, but there is a word for it - borborygmus. I found it in the dictionary the other day, when I was looking for something else, and it was so wierd I remembered it.

Posted by: eleanora. | May 27, 2009 5:06 AM

Who will be the first commenter to mention queefing?

Posted by: Martin R | May 27, 2009 5:25 AM

Y'know, this is a good example of why it's nice to know more than one language. Not that I don't appreciate a good fart joke, but having even a little German takes some of the third-grade humour out of linguistic accidents.

Posted by: owlfarmer | May 28, 2009 10:23 PM