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'Real Housewives of New Jersey' cast needs a good Swedish woman

Swedish wife will not be coming out with a cookbook, like Teresa Guidice has. This is because Swedes aren’t big on food. They eat, but no one really knows what. I’m half Swedish and I still have no idea what my people’s food is. Meatballs, of course. Herring, and other fish in a can, smoked meats. Basically, stuff you can store over an 8-month winter.

Swedish wife may have a tendency to brood. If she starts to go all “Ingmar Bergman,” the cast can rally around her and take her to a karaoke bar. They can all get loopy on Cosmopolitans and sing some Abba. Who wouldn’t want to watch that?

Pam Lobley writes the “Now That’s Funny” column. Sign up for her mailing list at www.pamlobley.com.

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Comments (5)
5 Monday, 23 May 2011 22:51
Diana C.
I have been enjoying your column very much lately, but this one, I laughed out loud for quite a while. Loved it and could just SEE you in this piece. I'd really like to see this show but she would have to have an Italian best friend.
4 Tuesday, 17 May 2011 23:27
Melyssa
As a fellow Swede living in the garden state I have to agree with this article. Thank you for writing these thoughts down and yes, the Swedes are obsessed with cleanliness, massages, and sunlight :) Although there are not that many Swedish housewives as we like to take charge and bring home the bacon (literally and figuratively).
3 Tuesday, 17 May 2011 23:25
Jackson Franklin
too bad swedes smell... badly. like a diaper.
2 Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:33
karenrz
My neighborhood has not only Italians, but a wide array of Asians, Jews, and other ethnic groups. And what about people like me - my ancestors were from England and and helped to settle NJ!

I feel bad for the people living in Italy right now with the idiots from Jersey Shore shackin' up over there. Unfortunately, the Italians are gonna think that everyone here in the US are like the JS cast members. Wow - Let's talk about Ugly Americans!
1 Monday, 16 May 2011 17:42
amlin
thank you! not everyone in new jersey is named snooki.

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