How Did Women Find Their Baby Daddies Before YouTube?
Posted by: Ami Angelowicz
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3:50PM, Monday September 14th 2009
Imagine this: You’re at a bar one night and meet a cute foreign guy. You have a nice conversation, and decide to go for a walk by the river. You get caught up in the heat of the moment, and end up back at your place where you do the horizontal polka with this mysterious man. When you wake up in the morning, finally sober enough to ask questions like “What’s your name?” and “Where are you from?” he’s gone. Only he’s left behind a little memento of your night together—in other words, you’re pregnant.
This is exactly what happened to this Danish woman, Karen, who is very much hoping to find the father of her ridiculously adorable baby, August. She’s taken to YouTube to try to reach him, which is certainly a creative use of the medium. All she remembers is the name of the bar they met at and one conversation topic—“heugue.” (Anyone know what that means?) The way Karen delivers the information makes me want to reach through the screen and give her a bear hug. She’s not even mad at this a**hole. She just unselfishly wants the guy to know he has a son. Hopefully, she’ll find him. [BuzzFeed]
UPDATE: The Danish government sure got me with this video. This whole thing actually turned out to be a hoax to promote tourism in Denmark. Karen aka actress Ditte Arnth Jorgensen and baby August (not her baby) were hired help. Not bad acting. I guess possibility of one-night-stand with hot Danish girls = increase in male travelers. Moral of story: One night stands are good for tourism but fathering a Danish child is even better. [Mashable]
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*sam*
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 02:53 pm: [report]
To answer the title question: Paternity tests on Maury.
effing hickster
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 03:06 pm: [report]
The sucky part is that the dad’s probably taken, and this was a simple indiscretion to him. The kid will probably never know who his dad is. Doesn’t really sound like he truly believes in Hygge if he hasn’t piped up by now.
A definition of Hygge, from the website VISITDENMARK:
<Gather the family and invite over a couple of good friends. Push the sofas and chairs up close to the coffee table. Douse the electricity and light some candles. Better yet, light a fire in the hearth.
Serve plenty of food and drink. Raise a toast or two, or three, and feel the warmth flow around the table. Look at each other until you see the candlelight shimmering in each other’s eyes. You’ve got hygge!
No synonyms
Luckily, we didn’t have to use near-synonyms like coziness, fellowship, security, reassurance or well-being. They just don’t add up to hygge. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Hygge didn’t originate in the Danish language but in Norwegian, where it meant something like “well-being.” It first appeared in Danish writing around the end of the 18th Century and the Danes have embraced it like a fat baby. >
_jsw_
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 03:12 pm: [report]
This ha been outed as a viral video from VisitDenmark.com. No wonder you could find the term there, effing hickster.
emflow
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 03:19 pm: [report]
Um, what’s with calling the guy an a**hole in the article? If two consenting adults hook up and fail to exchange information, they’re equally responsible for that bit of stupidity.
thegr8brownie
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 03:47 pm: [report]
well said emflow
I feel like the tone of this website has become complaining, blaming or bitching about something or other.
heartinwa
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 03:58 pm: [report]
Mashable.com reported earlier today that this was a hoax. It was a scheme on the part of Denmark’s tourism agency to lure visitors to the country, based on the apparent availability of one-night stands.
effing hickster
wrote on September 14 2009 @ 04:09 pm: [report]
@_jsw_: Well, that’s pretty cheap. I still agree with Bill Hicks. Marketers are Satan’s spawn, and should kill themselves to “rid the world of their(sic) evil f***ing machinations.” I really dislike being toyed with.
By the way, Froot Loops are now a healthy food product, and Benzene and Atrazine are not really poisons in your water if they don’t reach certain limits. Oh, and Theresenstad was a happy place, full of happy, happy Jews.
I’m pretty sure there’s an advertising campaign in the works to discredit ethics.