Aldo wrote:

> Bjorn,  I  lived  too  many  years  in Sweden to have a "sense of
> humor"  :-)

Obviously not long enough, Aldo! The ability to make fun of oneself is one
of the most fundamental building blocks of a good sense of humor. Clearly,
they didn't manage to suck it all out of you :-)

It does explain why your posts are so boring, though ;-)

> In  fact,  if  one has "sense of humor", one may not
> apply for swedish citizenship :-)

Some would say that the very act of applying to become a Swede demonstrates
an exquisite sense of humor (or at least of the absurd)...

> Anyway,  I  am  sure  you  were not the dumbest guy in the group:

No, that title is still up for grabs, but I'm glad to see someone is taking
a stab at it :-)

Our friend Bill Bryson on Sweden in the closing paragraph of his chapter on
that country in "Neither Here Nor There:

"No wonder they have one of the highest suicide rates in the world!"

Not very seriously,
Bjorn