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Originally posted by Keith Webb
"old fart
Noun. An elderly, old fashioned and tedious person".
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That reminds me of the following story. First however I would like to mention that the post WW 2 generations in Sweden are almost fluent in English. Pre WW 2 German was the first foreign language taught in Swedish schools.
Anyhow thanks (?) to TV Swedish youngsters quickly pick up American English. We do not dub films but use subtitles. So watching US soaps also means language lessons.
This system does not allways work as can be understood by the following story:
Swedish Airforce Colonel explaining to foreign observers the fly-past of a jet fighter.
At the horizon you will first see a small prick (dot). Then it comes closer with a terrible fart (speed) and passes you with a horrible smell (bang).