My friend Niklas and I were talking the other day and discovered a variation of a saying b/w the United States and Sweden.

He says, "You can't teach an old dog to sit."

I suppose Americans figure that's not inclusive enough, and we say "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."

On a related note ... today is the day that they build big bonfires in Sweden, and everyone sings songs to herald the beginning of summer and the ending of winter (where did spring go?), and then they go drinking. He told me that you can spot the students because they wear hats like these, but more like these, with the little fringe-thingy hanging off the side.