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SVT profile Agneta Bolme Börjefors has died after a two-year-long battle with cancer. At 13 o'clock today she peacefully passed on in the company of her husband and her son.
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During her long career, spanning from 1965 and onwards, she had time to host among others "Söndagsöppet", "Tolvslaget på Skansen", The Nobel Festivities, and "The Year with the Royal Family". She was also the voice of Drutten in 800 episodes of the puppet show "Drutten och Krokodilen".
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On June 6, the national holiday, she was presented with a medal by His Royal Highness The King Carl XVI Gustav.
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She was 67 years old.

How sad. I am typing here crying my virtual eyes out. How are we as a nation - nay, as a beacon on a hill shining stronger than all the others in this wretched world - to go on without this television personality? I've lost yet another reason to start watching the SVT I never watch. :(

Share my pain and despair, please do, NSG. Let us wallow as if Her Celebrity could read this from oblivion.

Who?

/not caring

Who?

/not caring

I don't care, at all...

I'm more surprised that Fass thinks anyone on NSG in going to have sympathy for anyone who dies, regardless of where they're from.... unless....


it's a trap....

To paraphrase you Fass, nobody cares about your local celebrities.

Well played Fass! :D
And I see you win this round :tongue:


RIP Börjefors though. Cancer is never good. :(

I'm more surprised that Fass thinks anyone on NSG in going to have sympathy for anyone who dies, regardless of where they're from.... unless....


it's a trap....


Nope. Its just a tarp!

Who?

Agneta Bolme Börjefors, of course. Can't you read? Super famous, a cultural icon. She was on the telly!

/not caring

You mean, tawdry person you. How can you so blatantly not give celebrity due respect? But you do care about Agneta Bolme Börjefors - why else would you comment? I mean, the less discerning among us would certainly think you commented because you want to make a statement as to the idiocy of Internet celebrity death wank-fests, but those truly wise know that you comment because you care about Agneta Bolme Börjefors personally (may her non-existent soul be unperturbed).

Who is that and why should I care?

Well played Fass! :D
And I see you win this round :tongue:


RIP Börjefors though. Cancer is never good. :(

Unhealthy, isn't it?

So...you're trolling yourself?

So...you're trolling yourself?

*head explodes*

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How sad. I am typing here crying my virtual eyes out. How are we as a nation - nay, as a beacon on a hill shining stronger than all the others in this wretched world - to go on without this television personality? I've lost yet another reason to start watching the SVT I never watch. :(

Share my pain and despair, please do, NSG. Let us wallow as if Her Celebrity could read this from oblivion.
I also shed Virtual tears with you Fass.

Cancer is a very painful way to go. :(

Who is that

Agneta Bolme Börjefors, royal medallist and puppet voice! My, we've been struck with illiteracy this evening...

and why should I care?

She was a celebrity. Hence you should care. Pretty obvious.

It's a trap (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h303/usa732/its-a-trap.jpg)

Maybe Sweden could just get Sherri Lewis and Lamb Chop to fill in the Void?

EDIT: or not, because she died ten years ago.

So...you're trolling yourself?

Le mot que vous cherchez, mon vieux, c'est "satire".

EDIT: or not, because she died ten years ago.

Why was not a thread started?!? Oh, the indignity... poor, unvegan Sherri Lew-something...

Agneta Bolme Börjefors, royal medallist and puppet voice! My, we've been struck with illiteracy this evening...



She was a celebrity. Hence you should care. Pretty obvious.

Here we go with the bashing again...

Why was not a thread started?!? Oh, the indignity...

Oh I agree. How dare we fail to post a thread about a celebrity who died years before NSG was around. :mad:

Le mot que vous cherchez, mon vieux, c'est "satire".

Perhaps, but you're still trolling. Ironic trolling is still trolling.

That's not to say I disagree with you. I'm on your side with this whole "omg a celebrity died" conflict/debate/argument/whatever.

Don't know who that is but cancer sucks and I pity anyone who has had to go through chemo and radiation - suxorz

I'm so fucking glad my wife is in remission. It's a really hard situation to deal with.

Oh I agree. How dare we fail to post a thread about a celebrity who died years before NSG was around. :mad:

Where there's a will to publicly be more grief-stricken than thou, there's a way!

Where there's a will to publicly be more grief-stricken than thou, there's a way!

and we have to be more emo than the other forums. let's get it together folks.

Tho I do feel bad about Madame Agneta Bolme Börjefors dying. the only way I could ever see her would be through archived footage now.

Perhaps, but you're still trolling.

As did no doubt the chap who told us to eat babies, by the same measure. Because obvious satire, not the least bit disguised or meant to deceive = trolling, apparently.

As did no doubt the chap who told us to eat babies, by the same measure. Because obvious satire, not the least bit disguised or meant to deceive = trolling, apparently.

Who was he trolling? The baby-eater crowd? You're trolling the people who post ridiculous "omg celebrity X died" threads. Those people actually exist.

and we have to be more emo than the other forums. let's get it together folks.

I'll bring the guyliner and killer Cheap Monday jeans!

Tho I do feel bad about Madame Agneta Bolme Börjefors dying. the only way I could ever see her would be through archived footage now.

It soothes, marginally. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77daZQ28j4)

Don't know who that is but cancer sucks and I pity anyone who has had to go through chemo and radiation - suxorz

I'm so fucking glad my wife is in remission. It's a really hard situation to deal with.

It seriously sucks. :( I hope she only gets better! :fluffle:

Who was he trolling? The baby-eater crowd?

Well, I assumed you understood the historical societal context of it. I shall assume no more.

You're trolling the people who post ridiculous "omg celebrity X died" threads. Those people actually exist.

And of course, it can only be satire if it satirises the non-existent, because why would satire be needed for the existent? *nod*

Well, I assumed you understood the historical societal context of it. I shall assume no more.



And of course, it can only be satire if it satirises the non-existent, because why would satire be needed for the existent? *nod*

Honestly, I don't even know who the baby-eater guy was. I must not have been around for that thread. I don't know what was said and done in that thread.

Remember everyone, before you post a thread, you have to check with Fass to make sure he is interested in it.

:rolleyes:

It's a trap (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h303/usa732/its-a-trap.jpg)

Indeed it was. (http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8779/mpost29931tangencypostegl3.jpg)

Honestly, I don't even know who the baby-eater guy was. I must not have been around for that thread. I don't know what was said and done in that thread.

Well, it was in the times when "threads" were called "columns" and "fora" were called "papers" and the century was oddly evenly numbered "18". I guess you can be excused, after all it didn't happen in the colonies.

It seriously sucks. :( I hope she only gets better! :fluffle:

Thanks mr awesome

she is doing great right now - every 6 months we get an expensive ass PET scan done and every 3 months blood work.

she's been 'cancer-free' for a year now.

:D:fluffle:

Well, it was in the times when "threads" were called "columns" and "fora" were called "papers" and the century was oddly evenly numbered "18". I guess you can be excused.

Oh. You're not even referring to an actual NSG thread. I assumed you were. I guess that's what I get for assuming too much about anything you say.

Oh. You're not even referring to an actual NSG thread. I assumed you were. I guess that's what I get for assuming too much about anything you say.

Aye, 'tis a common error when one reads me. I'm so ethereal like that with my penchant for literary buggery. I'm sad to hear you're not, but what about literal buggery in its lieu?

I'll bring the guyliner and killer Cheap Monday jeans! you'll have to help me put those on.

I'm talking about the guyliner... not the jeans! ;)

It soothes, marginally. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77daZQ28j4)

saved url... will watch at home. thxs

Honestly, I don't even know who the baby-eater guy was. I must not have been around for that thread. I don't know what was said and done in that thread.

I think he's talking about Jonathan Swift.

Honestly, I don't even know who the baby-eater guy was. I must not have been around for that thread. I don't know what was said and done in that thread.

Ehhh, there was no thread. Fass is trying to act high-brow by alluding to a satirical pamphlet published in the late eighteenth-century by a British author. He stated that the solution to overcrowding and the lack of food for the population was to eat babies.

I'm reaching back a few months to my third-year BA module, but I think thats the gist of it. I can't honestly remember what he was actually satirising, but the point was that the majority who read the pamphlet didn't realize it for being satire and were revolted.

As did no doubt the chap who told us to eat babies, by the same measure. Because obvious satire, not the least bit disguised or meant to deceive = trolling, apparently.

The primary difference between Swift and you is that Swift was actually competent at satire, as opposed to your mediocrity.

Fass is the Highlander

The primary difference between Swift and you is that Swift was actually competent at satire, as opposed to your mediocrity.

He seemed to be quite good at it when you were replying in earnest earlier. Either you were trolling his death thread or he's quite good at satire.

Andaras! Fass! By your powers combined, I am Caaaaaptain Troll!!!
*Insert theme music*

He seemed to be quite good at it when you were replying in earnest earlier. Either you were trolling his death thread or he's quite good at satire.

Hush, now! That's not to be made apparent to him like it was to us all...

Andaras! Fass! By your powers combined, I am Caaaaaptain Troll!!!
*Insert theme music*

*Insert Iron man music, blurred voice* I am Iron Troll. :tongue:

Thanks mr awesome

she is doing great right now - every 6 months we get an expensive ass PET scan done and every 3 months blood work.

she's been 'cancer-free' for a year now.

:D:fluffle:

Glad to hear that :)

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How sad. I am typing here crying my virtual eyes out. How are we as a nation - nay, as a beacon on a hill shining stronger than all the others in this wretched world - to go on without this television personality? I've lost yet another reason to start watching the SVT I never watch. :(

Share my pain and despair, please do, NSG. Let us wallow as if Her Celebrity could read this from oblivion.

Wasn't she in Abba....

I think he's talking about Jonathan Swift.

Yeah, I eventually caught on that he wasn't literally talking about another person here on NSG. Once that lightbulb illuminated, I picked up on the reference much more clearly.

He seemed to be quite good at it when you were replying in earnest earlier. Either you were trolling his death thread or he's quite good at satire.

I was replying in earnest?

Really, what makes this not good satire is that it is identical to other threads of this type. Only the poster and the dead person differ. A parody, perhaps. But hardly at the level of satire. While it is clearly an attack on this sort of thread, this can only be ascertained by knowledge of who wrote it, and not by the content. Were this anonymous, it would not work as an attack. This, quite simply, is not satire.

Perhaps I'm just jaded because I've seen far more ludicrous and fawning responses to someone's death posted in utter seriousness.

Edit #lots: Honestly, it reads more as a satire on people who don't know how to use commas correctly than as a satire on death threads.

Yeah, I eventually caught on that he wasn't literally talking about another person here on NSG. Once that lightbulb illuminated, I picked up on the reference much more clearly.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if someone had started a thread advocating baby eating.

The only good thing to come out of this is I have learned the Swedish word for dead: "dod" (only the o has a symbol I can't type).

I actually wouldn't be surprised if someone had started a thread advocating baby eating.

I think I advocated that once. Not in a new thread, though.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if someone had started a thread advocating baby eating.

Psst... don't give them any ideas! :eek2:

You're trying too hard...

The only good thing to come out of this is I have learned the Swedish word for dead: "dod" (only the o has a symbol I can't type).

Ö

Which comes after Å and Ä.

*passes the box of tissues*

I'm sorry for your loss.

Ö

Which comes after Å and Ä.

That's the one. I'm using a Mac right now, and haven't learned how to make special characters yet.

I was replying in earnest?
If you weren't you were trolling.

You're trying to hard...

Is 'hard' a verb now?

It WAS a good solution for those damned poor Irish and their overpopulation problem, though, wannit?

She's not dead she's död

Silly Swedish language.

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How sad. I am typing here crying my virtual eyes out. How are we as a nation - nay, as a beacon on a hill shining stronger than all the others in this wretched world - to go on without this television personality? I've lost yet another reason to start watching the SVT I never watch. :(

Share my pain and despair, please do, NSG. Let us wallow as if Her Celebrity could read this from oblivion.

I honestly have no idea who you are talking about.

I wonder if this is a worthy cause to spill crocodile tears over and a show for the gallery where I dispense mock emotions as if her death in any way affected me.




:D

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How sad. I am typing here crying my virtual eyes out. How are we as a nation - nay, as a beacon on a hill shining stronger than all the others in this wretched world - to go on without this television personality? I've lost yet another reason to start watching the SVT I never watch. :(

Share my pain and despair, please do, NSG. Let us wallow as if Her Celebrity could read this from oblivion.

Please inform us if her condition changes. *nod*

Please inform us if her condition changes. *nod*
To paraphrase Twain, the news of her death was an exaggeration. ;)

If you weren't you were trolling.

What if I was being sarcastic? Or flippant? Or asked one question seriously but not the other?

Please inform us if her condition changes. *nod*

SVT profile Agneta Bolme Börjefors is still dead.

To paraphrase Twain, the news of her death was an exaggeration. ;)

SVT profile Agneta Bolme Börjefors is still dead.

Swedish zombies are the worst kind!

I can't stop crying. I just can't go on. I think I'm going to stick my head in an oven now.

Swedish zombies are the worst kind!

Or zömbies as they're known in Sweden.

Or zömbies as they're known in Sweden.

The little dots above the o are like rank pips.
*nodnod*

I don't buy it. This person has no Wikipedia page and is therefore not a celebrity.

Her brother is apparently a voice actor and a former Communist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Bolme) though.

To paraphrase you Fass, nobody cares about your local celebrities.

You missed it, didn't you?

Yeah, that's the best part.