Ah. Yes, OK, I get where you're going wrong. Listen carefully now.

Tacitus is hardly an impartial observer, just read his opinions on the temple at Uppsala. He worked on hearsay. He never visited the lands of Suinones, although he very porbably did encounter them, as they were plying trade over a staggering land/sea area by that point.

Attitudes like this fascinate me. I think a lot of guys here in Sweden don't really understand what women in the rest of the world have to face in terms of unreconstructed attitudes from their male colleagues/family. We're so used to gender equality that this kind of "ladies only desire security and men are all…

Didn't they? Don't they? I think you may be a tad mistaken. Here in Scandinavia, we have thousands of years of culture to argue against that. Women were warriors, farmers, had primogeniture etc. And now we have a wonderful gender equality. Men are accepted as child carers, and women can pursue the career of their…

I'm not sure that's correct. The anatomy of the female and male sex organs suggests otherwise. For example, a male human is rapidly exhausted and does not have the capability for repeated orgasm (tantra aside.) Whereas the female does. In many cultures, the women are seen as being the more sexually demanding gender. I…

Can you point me to the study? (hello! scientist here!) There are actually many studies that show that new fathers' testosterone is diminished when a baby arrives (a natural adaptation, one might think, to a situation in which vulnerable progeny need to be raised.)

Would you e xpand on that? What's natural behaviour for a man that isn't for a woman or vice versa? Of course men and women aren't the same. But the differences we have are of our anatomy. Curious to see what you think "unnatural" male or female behaviour is.

Oh no. No really. No. I mean the nice pic that accompanies this article has a nice clean, shiny toilet. But in reality, most club loos are filthy cesspits. The last time I saw this was a couple going at it against the only sink in a loo in a pub in Cardiff. I had just had a pee and I was determined to wash my hands.…

Um... I am from a family that LOVES ze footbal/soccer and is horrified by "monkey noises" Truly awful. Horrific. Terrible. These guys are the strength of our team! We love them! We love LOVE all the players from the subcontient (they're bloody great ) . The problem about "stand up on the day!" is that the last time I…

Really? Oh my, I am actually quite shocked about that. I have a few Greek workmates and the only thing we rib them about is their initiation of science/culture/society as a whole ( you have to be there I think..it's funny/freindly ribbing.) Kinda like "oh well... YOU guys are responsible for the x of our societal…

Oh poor chap. I have been to the area in question and actually, I'm kinda surprised he found it at all...tis a nbit swamp-esque...kudos to you sir! Only ten trips? you got lucky, boyo!

"but my boyfriend's black" *not enough facepalms in this or any other universe.....*

I once met the Stone Roses at an aftershow ( I sneaked in, I was way too young) and they were delightful. I was 17 and they were more concerned with how I was going to get get home safe than their rep for being wild. I actually met 2 of them a few years on and they were just as nice. Only more concerned with good…

I'm sure it is everywhere, but that experience left me reeling. Not nice.

I was just... gobsmacked. I mean I'm not holding the UK up as any kind of bastion of fabulousness, but I just...I was shocked. truly shocked. It truly shocked me. I was an "oil widow" so I hd nothing to do,....I just wanted to get back to my PhD research in the UK..it was awful. I met some really nice people in…

it's not as bad as you'd think. I used to be thinking like that,then I actually wore my (very modest) band and it was cool. I sleep in it, and only take it off for "nasty" jobs ( make sure you have a wee dish or bowl.) It's cool. Ofc my band is a swedish version (well, welsh, but in sweden we have the plain band as…

I have an unalterable engagemant band (here in sweden, we have the plain band as the engagement ring..no rocks here!) but I have lost weight (illness.) I want to keep my engagement band on for my wedding - are those wee sizing bumps/balls good for that?

Good on you. I am not wealthy but I LOVE LOVE LOVE jewellery. I took a "whacking and welding" course in Edinburgh when I was a PhD student and I loved it! You are very lucky if he can set a jewel as well. Good on you!

Agree with you totally Ari. If you love jewellery (and I do, having studied it and whacked the shit out of it on an anvil as a diversion from my PhD) then go for it. I have a very modest band because it's very special to me (wee welsh gold band.. CYMRU AM BYTH!!

Thank you. I am very guilty of being overly enthusuastic about mutations. (mental note to self..don't DO that in polite company..)