>From: Alma Gaiz <almagaiz at gmail.com> >Recently I took a standardized testing in my school and the test >booklet I received was number 17. I wondered if anyone else has had a >likewise experience with the mystical number those crazy elves are >obsessed with. Well, 17 actually has some sort of mystical *something* in Swedish. A common swear is "seventeen, also!" or "by seventeen old men!" But then Swedish swears/oaths are rather special; most peoples swear by saying something sexual; we almost exclusively swear by the devil/hell/satan. /Mrtn _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/