So when you're not near me,And you cannot you hear me-
SMS ...
Posted on 12/27/2006 5:55:28 PM PST by WesternCulture
Swedes smash Christmas SMS record
Swedes set a new record for text messages on Christmas Eve, according to Telia. On December 24th a total of 9.3 million text messages were sent via the Swedish telecom giant's network.
That compares to just 6.2 million SMS messages sent on Christmas Eve last year.
In Telia's annual Christmas survey, 12 percent of customers said that they would prefer to send their seasonal greeting by SMS, while 16 percent would rather make a phone call.
The majority, 64 percent, sent their greetings in the morning but a quarter left it until after 4pm, when the Christmas smörgåsbord had been cleared away and Donald Duck was over.
Over 10,000 customers took part in Telia's survey of communication
Wish Carl Barks was alive this very day..
So when you're not near me,
I just got a cell phone last year, and I have never done a "text message" or an "instant message," so I have no idea what these things are.
I'm a 53-y.o. Luddite who knows how to use the Internet and do e-mail and that's it.
No need to appologize for your youth and inexperience. ;)
Alright, Alright.
Guess I have to apologize for this last entry of mine.
As I've understood things, SMS is an abbreviation for Short Message Service.
It means greasy kids of all continents can communicate filthy things with eachother.
Still, I think teenagers are great in the way they're our only hope for a future.
sms is a gr8 way 4 mrs f & I 2 communic8 during the day when she can't talk openly @ wrk
Wow, what an accomplishment. Do they know how to make change for 100 Kroner?
/I/ O $I-I ! + ?
Is this a Swedish custom we should know about? What ever happened to St. Nicholas?
American cultural imperialism and the crowding out of traditional ways -- maybe it's happening at an even a deeper level than we had assumed?
We'll know for sure if the French replace that tower thing they have with a statue of Goofy.
On the other hand, the Swedes mercilessly colonized us with their ABBA tunes, which we were helpless against, for the better part of a decade, so clearly it works in both directions.
And in Denmark, Donald is called Anders And using the Danish word for duck. Oddly enough, in Norway, Donald Duck is called , erm, Donald Duck.
However, not too many have accused us Norwegians of being the brightest bulb in Scandinavia.
Cheers.
I quit using SMS, I kept getting too many ID-10T errors, althought the problem may have just been PEBCAK... :-)
"In Sweden all Christmas Eve activities stop at 3 in the afternoon when the Donald Duck Special comes on television and everybody, absolutely everybody sits down to watch this hour-long programme that has become as much a part of Christmas celebrations as the ham and the tomte."
I always suspected that the long term effects of alcohol+lutefisk+socialism caused major brain damage
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