short story of the month

FROM THE "JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL FILE":

My Swedish girlfriend finally talked me into spending a few weeks on her turf. I have to admit Sweden is definately a cool country, a little expensive, but the people are great and the countryside is amazing. However, there was one thing that kind of has me thinking there is some strange undercurrent in the social structure.

The day started off great. We had gone for a 15 mile bike ride into the lake country, went swimming and rowing and where back in town relaxing and winding down enjoying a few cold beers at the local pub when I happened to look out the window and see two grown men and a teenage boy standing against a wall leading into an alley. What really caught my attention is that they had thier pants open and thier genetailia fully exposed just standing there. I brought this to the attention of my girlfriend and she calmly replied in her sexy accent "It's Friday, they are waiting for the milk women to come down from the mountains to milk them for the winter cheese."

Red flashing lights, alarms, information overload!! "milk women", "winter cheese"? At my proding, she went on to explain the tradition of hard winters past, extracting protein etc. I have to admit the entire thing has twisted me around hard. Maybe someone else out there has heard
of this; but it all comes as VERY strange and bizare to me. I can guarentee you one thing: I won't be eating ANY cheese!!