Hello, this is the start of what will hopefully be a series, of translated stories from the greatest Swedish forum thread I have ever read, it requires a bit of an introduction though.

First things first, dear mods, if you feel like this breaks the rules, let me know and I’ll end the series. That being said, I plan on only making one post/week to not spam the community.

Ok, so what is this series?

Flashback is a huge Swedish forum which has existed on the internet for decades, they brand themselves as providing “real freedom of speach”, you can discuss anything there, and people do.

These days Flashback is home to a lot of racism and sexism as people can post without a filter, I will not be reposting that here.

The thread I will be posting from is called “Dumma saker ni gjort”, and is a thread that was active for years in the early 2000s, it contains posts about the idiotic things kids did when they were young.

Now as this is a Swedish forum the entire thread is in Swedish I will translate the posts into English, but since a lot of posts contains terrible spelling which is very hard to translate completely you will get a sanatized version.

I hope this series will be a funny and interesting look at growing up in Sweden in the 1990-2000s.

I have however no way to verify the truth of the stories, so please take them at face value snd just enjoy the stories.

Ok with all of that out of the way, here are a few funny stories to get started:

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Post ID 00001

Author: Benno

14år. Jag å morsan ska åka ut och handla, jag går ut före med bilnycklarna. Brevid bilen är det en gatubrunn, jag får för mig att testa utifall nyckelknippan eventuellt skulle kunna komma ner mellan springorna. Efter mycket joxande får jag ner dem mellan springorna. Men tänker jag, det måste vara omöjligt att tappa ner dem från en meters höjd. Men det gick, plumps sa det när nycklarna föll i vattnet nere i brunnen, precis då kommer morsan ut gissa om hon blev glad. Vi fick ringa till gatukontoret som fick skicka ut en gubbe med nån jävla skoppa. Jag fick gräva i den äckliga sörjan efter nycklarna. Två timmar senare kunde vi åka iväg 1200:- spänn fattigare och en visdom rikare.

14 years old. My mum and I was heading out to shop groceries, I walk out to the car ahead of my mum and had the car keys. Next to the car there was a drainage grate, I get the urge to to see if I could fit the car keys through the grate, and after a bit of work I manage it, but I then decided that it must be impossible to drop the keys from a meter up and have them fall through the grate.

I was proven wrong with a splash just as mum came out to the car, she was not pleased at the situation. We had to call the municipal road administration who sent out an old guy with a digger, I had to dig through the muck with my bare hands to find the car keys.

Two hours late and 1200 SEK poorer we were finally on our way.

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Post ID 00005

Author: stargazer

mellanstadiet : Vi hade en hiss i skolan (som vi naturligtvis aldrig fick åka i). Det var endast två våningar. Så fick jag den storslagna idén att kila fast knapparna med knappnålar så de var intryckta hela tiden, alltså både 1:an och tvåan, vilket resulterade i att hissen gick upp och ner hela tiden och aldrig stannade.

10-12 years old: We had a lift at school that we students were never allowed to use, our school was only two stories tall. I got the brilliant idea to pin down both floor buttons inside the elevator using sewing needles so both buttons were allways pushed down, this resulted in the elevator continously moving between the floors, never stopping.

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Post ID 00008

Author: Flubbe

När jag var i tolvårs åldern så var jag väldigt fascinerad av färgerna som uppkommer om man lägger en stark magnet mot bildröret på en TV. Skulle ju givetvis testa detta på farsans splitternya dumburk, kan säga att det inte tog speciellt lång tid innan bilden blev helt förvrängd och tv:n var kass. Givetvis hade jag inte en “aaaning” om vad som hade hänt när farsan kommer instormande på mitt rum och undrar vad i helvete jag har gjort med han nya älskling…

When I was about 12 I got very facinated by the colours that appear on the screen of a CRT TV if you place a strong magnet near the picture tube. This naturally had to be tested on dad’s new TV, I can tell you that it didn’t take long for the picture to be totally messed up. I obviously had no idea about anything when dad stormed into my room asking about what the hell had happened to his new darling…

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Right this is enough for now, I hope you enjoy it!