We’re back with another installment of Nest Digest.
Quick recap for those new to Nest Digest series:
Denmark is a quiet place, therefore a mouse finding a piece of cheese is usually considered news of national importance. During the many slow news days I collect front page articles from Denmark’s two free newspapers – MetroXpress and 24Timer. I then bring you this urgent news, because the world must know!
Today I only have one headline for you, but it’s a good one. This, my friends, was the main front page headline of today’s 24timer newspaper:
Translation: “Watch out: Dressing can make you stressed“
You’re probably thinking: “OK, Daniel, this is actually pretty legitimate news. If scientists have just discovered an ingredient in our salad dressing that can decrease our body’s stress tolerance, then it’s pretty vital for us to know. We should be alerted of these kinds of shenanigans by dressing manufacturers!”
Oh, you poor misled soul. Not only do you use silly words like “shenanigans”, you also have missed the point of this story entirely. This isn’t about dressing physically making you ill. This is about health-conscious people stressing over their food choices after buying dressing.
No, really.
So say one day Søren Stressensen goes out to buy himself some nice vegetables to make a salad. He figures, “Hey, you know what’s good with salad? Salad dressing!” (Søren’s smart). So he picks up some salad dressing to go with those delicious tomatoes, spinach and marinated plums (Søren’s disgusting).
However, when he gets home, something happens to Søren. He can no longer sleep, he cannot eat, all he can do is agonize over buying that damn dressing. He should have known better. He knew dressing wasn’t good for him, but he bought it anyways. That night Søren is permanently confined to a mental institution, his last human words being: “Dressing kills! Free Tibet! Also, barbarabarlabaBRABA!”.
OK so I’m exaggerating a bit (Søren doesn’t actually know of Tibet). But the newspaper really wants us to believe it’s a major issue plaguing Denmark. They have dedicated two whole pages inside the newspaper to the issue of dressing stress, complete with consumer interviews, related stories and expert opinions.
I must admit that, on some level, I’m quite impressed by the Danish media’s ability to turn anything into a story. I think I’ll go pitch them an article about this sandwich I once ate…
Nest Expressed 
What did your sandwich HAVE on it??? Oh my it’s stressing me out! hahaha My maternal great grandmother originated in Copenhagen. She came to New York on a ship. I use the word “Shenanigans” but THAT came from my father’s Irish ancestors. 😉 Hello from the U.S. I enjoy your sense of humor.
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I can’t reveal that important sandwich twist…you’ll just have to read the newspapers! Hi back from Denmark and thanks – I’m happy you’re enjoying the humour. Thanks for swinging by!
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When I read the title of this post I thought it was going to be about stressing over putting one’s clothes on, but this is a lot more interesting. And relevant, I would say. Reminds me of my hometown Newspaper, the Times Herald, affectionately know as The Times Horrible.
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Ha, you must share some stories from The TImes Horrible then – I doubt they’d beat these world-shattering news from Denmark!
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Do the Danish people know about “lite” salad dressings? Perhaps they are saving that for the next edition. And yes, salad dressing has been known to kill people! (I have no proof of that statement, but it sounded good)
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I think if they were aware of the “lite” options their heads would implode from the amount of stress over different options. Well, according to the newspapers at least 😉
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Well, we wouldn’t want anyone’s head imploding, could get messy.
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I think that’s the source of the stress–too many choices! I feel the same way about shampoo and toothpaste. Maybe I’ll make the newspaper someday…
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All you need to do is move to Denmark and you’ll be front page news tomorrow 😉
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Well, I just found out my burger post yesterday is getting Freshly Pressed, so that should keep me busy in the blogging news at least. But I’m a little nervous about the comments. That’s a hot topic subject, and all you guys were very nice. New people may not be. And what if Vlad’s there?…
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That’s awesome! Freshly pressed for the third time, no? You should not worry – you have facts and reason on your side. And I kind of hope Vlad shows up, would be fun to chat with him about dragons again!
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