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October 14 Singing Swede.Thanks to Penny & Bruno for this snippet:
Hi Nick,
My brother in-law just told me on facebook that he knew The Swede. Bruno said he had a few drinks with him. The Swede told him that the Loch Ness Monster came from Sweden. He told the same story a few times even though Bruno told him he was Italian and not Scottish. Bruno said it was a long story. Bruno also said that The Swede spoke like in a Daffy/Donald Duck voice style and had a big smile on his face. Bruno just added the following to his info:
" The Singing Swede" used to come to the Elks Club occasionally for a drink. I'm not sure if he was a member of the club or whether he ever paid for a drink. He was a very likable guy, and although he gave the impression that he was contributing to a discussion, I doubt whether he was ever listening at all, because he always agreed with everybody on everything. Hi Penny. Thanks to you and Bruno for that, I shall add it to the blog. I think I may have sat next to the Swede a couple of times in the old YK Hotel Coffee Shop. I remember him saying 'Yah' a lot but not much else intelligible, and of course I know he used to sing to himself. I wondered if anyone knew his story, where he lived, what he did to keep the wolf from the door etc. I always assumed he was an old prospector, crazy from living out in the bush by himself for too long who'd made a few bucks and was living off the money till he eventually drank himself to death. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://preludeblogarctic.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!92A4C808E84E929B!1601.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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