Jon Åslund

Today was “skärtorsdagen” in Sweden, also known as Maundy Thursday in English. I have always wondered why the name was “pink thursday”, since skär = pink. Now, I know. It has nothing to do with pink, even though some claim that was Jesus favourite colour. Skär comes from the very old verb skära, which nobody uses today. It kind of means cleanse. Apparently, it went down something like this. Jesus and his 12 best friends decided to have a party. When they arrived, there were no servants. Everyone was pissed off, because they were so looking forward to the traditional foot bath, before the meal. After some silence, some dragging of smelly feet and some “uh-uh, I ain’t cleaning noones feet”, “man, I could really use a foot rub about now”, Jesus finally couldn’t stand the awkwardness of his lazy friends any longer and stepped forward. “Remember guys, I am not just doing this because I love you. I want you to love me back as well.” Everyone cheered “We love you Jesus!” and enjoyed their foot bath, except Peter who first refused, probably because he was so ticklish. When the cleansing of feet was over, the supper finally began and they partied like there was no tomorrow. Friday came and everyone had a hell of a hangover, especially Jesus, who someone overheard mumbling, while being nailed to the cross, “I feel like shit!”

After reading up on all that, I became so inspired that I am currently planning on having a foot bath, and eat my last supper of the day, Ben and Jerry’s Dublin Mudslide ice cream, while watching anime like there is no übermorgen.

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