Over the years the Hotel has built up a number of traditions. Some are much loved, other we continually try and get rid of without success! But what would a hotel be withoutv traditions? Here are just some of them:
Ett skepp kommer lastat
You'd have thought that with such a group of Bastards as we have at the hotel there would be many different drinking games - but no! One game stands out in the pure magnificence of its evilness - "Ett skepp kommer lastat" (A ship comes loaded).
Basically the game is that one Bastard who happens to have a bottle of something drinkable decides that they wish to pass it on to others in the group. They start by shouting "Ett skepp kommer lastat!" as loudly as possible and pass the botle to a person next to them.
The recipient will then probably look either delighted, or green, depending upon how much they have already had to drink! However their delight / sickenss will be masked by a look of surprise as they ask "Med va'då?" (With what?).
At this point, the games' almost infitite variations come into play! (Once upon a time, this game was *always* played with Apfel Aperatif, eventually however the popular Absolut Citron was brought into the mix and today it can be played with almost any strong drink - the more unusual the better! The most popular by far however are the traditional Apfel or Absolut.) By this point the other Bastards in the area will have noticed what is going on and everyone will gleefully answer the reciever of the bottle by shouting "APFEL APERATIF" (APPLE LIQUEUR).
Now the coast is clear for the bottle to be passed ad the recipient takes as big a swig of the offered drink as they can manage before passsing it to the next Bastard in the ring with a cry of "Ett skepp kommer lastat"
The game usually lasts until the bottle is empty / someone breaks out a new bottle / all the Bastards are lying groaning on the ground!
Train Jumping
You *really* don't want to know about this!
Oh well, OK then! Train jumping was a fun(?) sport dreamed up by our Mr President! Inspired by the antics in a Fistful of Travelers cheques, it involved throwing yourself bodily to the ground, landing sideways as if jumping from a stationary train (if you have to ask, you should probably hire out the film!).
One drunken night this resulted in some cracked ribs for our President and a concussion for our Cleaner (who was just a mere guest that year!).
Train jumping doesn't happen so much these days!
Party Tapes
Every year people record their own tapes to bring to the festival. Usually people try and find a mix of good lively drinking tunes, but now and again, a rogue soul will slip something soul destroying onto a tape.
Perhaps the most infamous of these songs was "Daddi-olo", a semi arabic chant with mind-numbingly dumb lyrics ("Daddi-olo, daddi-olo olo, This is oriental rock and roll-o!") and an almost uncanny ability to stick in the listeners brain after just one playing! This song is so dangerous that it has actually been banned from the Bastardos camp!
Other famous songs from the party tapes include "The Macarena", "Och då åt jag bananen!" (a strange tale of a boy and his rotten bananans!), "The Muppet Show" and not least the theme from "Itchy & Scratchy"!