Hello Bj”rn.

15 Jun 06 03:10, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Niets nieuws onder de zon.

 BF>  Lemme see now:

 MvdV>> Inget nytt   under solen.

 BF>    Well, how much more verbatim can you get?

Not much I say...

 BF> I guess that shows how much  Dutch and Swedish cultures have in
 BF> common.

It could just as well point to a common influence. Th Roman Empire f.e.

 BF> After all, you guys are responsible for building the modern Sweden. :)

Are we? I think that is too much honour. ;-)

 MvdV>> there is a constant battle over who is the alpha male, what is
 MvdV>> the pecking order or who tells the flyboy in the nose of Air
 MvdV>> Force One where to point it.

 BF>    Oh, I just love that analogy. Some people's take on it might vary
 BF> of course, but what else is new.

Reliable affordable gobal communication for everyone. That is new.

Some do not like that, so we need things like Piratpartiet to see that it
remains reliable and affordable for everyone....

 MvdV>> Indeed, nil novum sub solum.

 BF>    Hey! Who told you I'm a sucker for Latin translations of old
 BF> sayings? :)

 MvdV>> Skoll pirat

 BF>    Yarr! And cheers to you too, mate! The official Speak Pirate Day
 BF> this year is the day before our election in Sweden (Sept 17th) but the
 BF> next election (2010) the two days (Sept 16th) actually coincides. Now,
 BF> is that an omen or not?

I have good faith that you will get enough votes to make it to parliament.
And if you do there may be a "Piratenpartij" running in the may
2007 election here as well.

Over here it is enough to get 1/150th of the votes to get a seat in
parliament. Financing is the big barrier here...


Michiel

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