Only in Norway
Submitted by mediumgeek on Fri, 26/05/2006 - 19:55
Only in Norway will they neglect to inform you that the swimming pool is actually closed when you pay the entrance fee.
Now why in the world would I get upset after having paid, showered, put on my swim suit, and walked to the pool only to find it closed? Stupid me for not seeing the little poster (among all the other posters) stating this fact.
I am now officially at war with Tøyenbadet!
Not only in Norway
I'm quite sure this could happen in Sweden as well…
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I am what?
I am not sure whether to be shocked that I am blocked by some kiddie filter. It is kind of cool though well except that now my family is reading my blog so I had considered toning down a bit... don't think I will do though. Wonder what is causing the filter to block me. I didn't think I was that adult]:). Thanks for telling me, that is kind of cool to know. I wonder if my blog can be read from China...
Ah thank you Tiram! Finally somebody that seems to see this the same way as I did. I have gotten amazingly many blank stares when telling people this story. It is either me that is a bad story teller or some people think it is fine to pay for a watching the pool being close:-).
Scotsman, well losing weight might be an overstatement. I just went home and drowned my anger with some cheeze filled chilies...:-). Maybe I should try to get those calories off by dancing to Sidsel.
Medium blocked
Unfortunately I can't recall now what word was that was quoted as the reason for the block, but it wasn't adult, really. That is, it was an adult word and related to sex in the same way that, say, "rubber" is. And you had used it in an entirely un-adult context! But these filters aren't all that smart, usually.
Funnily enough my site wasn't blocked, even though I've blogged about the Norwegian word "fi77e" in the past. (I figured I'd code that, just in case:)
Curious
Maybe I need to start to code every bad word I say... :-). Pity that I probably don't even realize which one are the bad words.
It is a bit tempting to buy some Internet time at Gardemoen just to check out which word:-).
'F' Word
Looking at your blog headlines down left side I see the use of a nasty word :-)
Congratulations Iceland, You will f$*&@! lose
Maybe that won't help tralala
I've just finished doing an ecommerce site for a relative, they sell Janitorial products and one is household rúbbér gloves. I hope Mr Google bot or Yahooslurp don't think they're selling adult content :-)
Household products become bad words
Yes that would probably be considered a bad word. I am so used to that word by now that I don't even consider it as foul language any longer. Hmmm maybe time to wash my mouth with soap and become a proper well behaved person...
Hehe it would be quite bad if they would stop that site because it has the word rúbbér. Then again maybe it wouldn't be that surprising. This is kind of ridiculous though. Fine if I get stopped by a parental filter in somebody's home but at a airport!?! If your kid is surfing at the airport shouldn't it be enough to assume that the parents are monitoring?
Yea
That was my first thought: How likely is it that a kid would be using Mum's credit card to surf at the airport? 'Cause you need a card.
(It wasn't "rubber", mind. But something equally silly. Test it the next time you go flying:)
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The knuckles! The horrible knuckles!
On a totally unrelated incident
This has nothing whatsoever to do with Tøyenbadet, but it's to do with your blog, so I figured, what the heck:)
I recently bought a few minutes of Internet time at a terminal at Gardermoen, and spent the last few minutes looking at some blogs. But not Mediumgeek, because your blog was stopped by the kiddie filter! I guess you're too adult ...:D
No Pain No Gain
Serves you right for trying to keep fit! Well you did lose weight through the experience but erm due to stress and the loss of some coins in your pocket :-)
Just re-listening to Sidsel Ben Semmane - Denmark's Euro entry. Now there's a good way of keeping fit/losing weight, by dancing along with it.
That is utterly ridiculous!
From Tøyenbadet, that is. Why in the world would you pay to get in if the pool isn't open? They should bloody well *ask* you when you pay, if you know what you are paying for.
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The knuckles! The horrible knuckles!
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