# Swedish Chef on The Muppets: Real Swedish or Gibberish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223 "2008-04-13T23:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/61 "2008-04-16T02:17:29Z")
Speaking of [Swedish Chefs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgqe_u6S-6I)… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/62 "2008-04-16T03:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=mazinger\_z] I was actually in Sweden for work last year. I had youtube up and I was playing bits of the Muppet Show to my co-workers. They totally did not get The Muppet Show [/QUOTE] How old were they? I find it amazing that they wouldn’t already know of the show. ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/63 "2008-04-16T14:29:01Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] How old were they? I find it amazing that they wouldn’t already know of the show. [/QUOTE] There were about 6 of them, between 24-40. They’ve heard of the muppets, particularly Kermit, Miss Piggy, and probably Fozzy Bear. But the Swedish Chef? That was something all together unknown, and as I said, totally unfunny to them. I guess I was working with a bunch of Swedes with deprived childhood. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/64 "2008-04-16T17:47:44Z")
Peng trogen mammut klunsa patrull, raket saftig visen slöjda sirlig trogen. Lantula hoppa nalle, lo mammut måla rigga patrull fjärding! ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/65 "2008-04-16T17:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] Peng trogen mammut klunsa patrull, raket saftig visen slöjda sirlig trogen. Lantula hoppa nalle, lo mammut måla rigga patrull fjärding! [/QUOTE] That would make perfect sense to a drunken Dutchman. _A Dutchman and a Swede can understand one another perfectly as long as and only when they are both drunk_ ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/66 "2008-04-16T17:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] Peng trogen mammut klunsa patrull, raket saftig visen slöjda sirlig trogen. Lantula hoppa nalle, lo mammut måla rigga patrull fjärding! [/QUOTE] This would fit right in with some of the experimental poetry from the 60’s… bring on the berets! ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/67 "2008-04-16T18:11:17Z")
[QUOTE=Myglaren] That would make perfect sense to a drunken Dutchman. _A Dutchman and a Swede can understand one another perfectly as long as and only when they are both drunk_ [/QUOTE] Hells bells, I can understand just about anybody if I’m drunk, especially if their drunk. \*Discovered by getting drunk with a Latvian and a Mexican who both gave up on English after several beers. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/68 "2008-04-17T05:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=Myglaren] That would make perfect sense to a drunken Dutchman. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s just a bunch of products from the Ikea catalog. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223/69 "2008-04-17T14:30:38Z")
In one of her books, cookbook author Lora Brody tells the story of a dinner party where she drank two strong mint juleps in succession before dinner. “By the time I got to the table, I could discussed any subject in any language with any person, living or dead.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-chef-on-the-muppets-real-swedish-or-gibberish/445223.md?page=3)