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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    I lived in Sweden for six months. In winter. Good Lord, those people are hot.
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    Image of Noun-Verb-7-Eleven Noun-Verb-7-Eleven
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    In my Swedish-American household, the fiscal policy I was taught consisted of "That's expensive put it BACK." So I think the Swedes would make a fine model for our times. Pepparkakor for all!
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/18/09

    @Noun-Verb-7-Eleven:


    Oh that sounds dirty... pepparkakor...

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    the swedish bikini team was not actually made out of swedes. it's a fucking american beer invention and you should be ashamed of yourself. TRY HARDER NEXT TIME:


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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    02/18/09

    @allyzay: "lol i am swedish i forgot to wear a bra lol"


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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @allyzay: maybe i think an old milwaukee ad campaign from 20 years ago is FUNNIER than some regular boring naked swedish ladies DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: dude if you wanna be all fabulous do it on your own time, now if you'll excuse me i'm off to the bathroom.
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Haven't you had the Swedish meatballs at Ikea!?!
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Our country could return to solvency if we were only willing to accept all IKEA furniture, all the time.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: We'd have to have a screw loose to do that.


    GET IT? I MADE A PUN! BECAUSETHATIKEAFURNITUREALWAYS........

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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    02/18/09

    @saythatscool: Just like in America, the Swedish constitution guarantees the right to assembly.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Ha!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/18/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Thank you, Prime Minister Allen Key.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    If there's one industry that doesn't need a bailout in these lonely, stressful, confidence-killing times, it's got to be porn.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    02/18/09

    @skahammer:


    Didn't stop them from asking:


    [www.huffingtonpost.com]

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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    02/18/09

    @ADismalScience: Noted and interesting.


    I forgot about RedTube...guess I should have done a competitive strategy analysis before I opened my big yap.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Didn't Sweden have the leading rate of growth in European, in 2007?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    The food in Sweden is very good.


    Also, Pareene, you had the chance to show us some half-naked boys (which your female and a good deal of your male readers would prefer) and you blew it. Fail, darling.

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: Only red-blooded straight guys read and understand articles on finance, see?
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: Don't listen to Bookish, Pareene. Where else can us straight males go to catch a break if not Gawker? HHmmmmm?
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: here is a photo of famous hot swedish man dolph lundgren:
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: I must break you.
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: and here's swedish heartthrob stellan skarsgard!


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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: I must break the waves with you.
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: hello ladies, i'm swedish hottie max von sydow!


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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: Ming must break Flash.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/18/09

    @Pareene: Photos of hot Swedish economists, please. Like the one that helped Paul Krugman get his nobel prize please. Woof.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    What, you don't like lutefisk?
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    02/18/09

    In reply to Fear 'The Swedish Model'
    Greenspan was proposing a larger TARP bill?


    [www.cnbc.com]


    I mean, that's essentially nationalizing given the figures he threw around in the Economist a few months ago. But that isn't how he characterized it.

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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    12/30/08

    In reply to Madoff's Most Fashionable Victim
    I love snappy leather wingtips. Does this mean i'm lying?
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/30/08

    @Hydroceph: You and me both, brother. Follow up question: do spats make you worse, or better?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    12/30/08

    @m4ximusprim3: with jeans? worse. formal wear? they make you look edible.
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    Image of DominaDea DominaDea
    12/30/08

    @Hydroceph: I suppose that depends on if you're being truthful about your love of said footwear.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    12/30/08

    @DominaDea: i wear wingtips a lot--i've got them in black and brown, and they're Doc Martins so they're extra sassy.
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    Image of dado dado
    12/30/08

    In reply to Madoff's Most Fashionable Victim
    One time I bought a pair of underwear on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach for $15.00. I would never do that again. This scandal hurts us all.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    12/30/08

    In reply to Madoff's Most Fashionable Victim
    go for the sympathy vote


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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    12/30/08

    @Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache: Nailed it!
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    12/30/08

    In reply to Madoff's Most Fashionable Victim
    I'd wear a wimple with a full cassock, but in a bold plaid. It's both contrite and festive.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/26/08

    In reply to Democrats Deceiving America With "Words"
    "Stimulus Package" sounds like a polite euphemism for a French tickler.
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    Image of Meg Meg
    11/26/08

    @BadUncle: And "Natural Economic Enhancement" sounds like a polite euphemism for shaving man pubes.
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    Image of curlyqtips curlyqtips
    11/26/08

    @Meg: "Natural Economic Enhancement?" Silly, it's "we must, we must, we must increase our bust."
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