Video Thing: Surströmming

I don't know a single swede who can stand that stench. I'm not sure who actually eats that crap and why it is somehow known as a swedish delicacy.

yummy.

Best video EVAR.

I demand more Video Things.

BAD IDEA indeed.

Ironic how I was taking a breath mint as I was watching this video.
 
This is way more disgusting when compared with that Jackass omelette thing.
 

oh my word this is fucking sick!!! it looks sooooo horrible !!

Jesus christ.

This is not swedish dish, it's a swedish practical joke.

I hope Drew and Matt survive the weekend ok! Lets just hope the can had expanded due to the fermentation process and not due to botulism bacteria.

Jesus christ, guys!  Even most of us swedes dont even touch that stuff. 
And the contents of that can looked... well... a bit overdue =)

Wow a lot of respect for Drew! I didn't think anyone would willing eat from the fishcan... amazing!

" I gagged just watching that. God, I think I can smell it from here.  Edit: People eat that on purpose? "

Did they get this from a Swedish fan or what is the story behind then can? Can't remember seeing it in a GB Mailbag video...

That's so gross I was physically nauseous just watching, never mind actually eating it

I gagged just watching that. God, I think I can smell it from here.
 
Edit: People eat that on purpose?

That looked like a can full of botulism, hope you guys are somewhere near UCSF

Jesus Christ.

YESSSS!

Dude, that's a lot of comments. 

This needs to be a weekly tradition.  Keep feeding the interns the worst possible food.  Traffic to the site will skyrocket!

Yup you did it... I dry heaved 
 
AHHH GRUMPY'S. I GO THERE TO WATCH RUGBY... at like 5 am... GO ALL BLACKS

I just want everyone to know that, according to Wikipedia: 

On June 4, 2005, the first surströmming museum in the world was opened in Skeppsmalen, 30 km north of Örnsköldsvik, a town at the northern end of  Höga kusten    ("The High Coast") in north Sweden.     
 
That's right, a rotten-canned-fish museum! I'm on the next flight to Sweden!!

OH my.

that junk looks rancid

I know the the actual video is cool but the best part was hearing the old video thing intro," video thing, VIDEO THING!!"

" Do we have confirmation that Drew and Matt aren't dead or have horrible alien parasites growing in their intestinal tracts? "

There's something rotten in the state of Sweden. We like to think it's all statuesque blond women cavorting in hot tubs with cold vodka and.... sorry, what were we talking about?

Do we have confirmation that Drew and Matt aren't dead or have horrible alien parasites growing in their intestinal tracts?

SWEET, a sequal to Video Thing: 2human. Seriously though, how could you risk these people's lives? 
 
EDIT: wait, why is drew eating that stuff off of matza?

i want to send you guys balut. YOU'LL LOVE IT!

666 comments! proof that the fishcan was THE DEVIL!

 artificially bumping the comment number.

You two are mightier men then I shall ever be. I salute you.

Great to see the whole gang gathered around a can of fermented fish!

I thought Drew was finished with this intern thing

Including this comment, we need six comments to make there 666 comments in total, after we have reached 666 comments we will have invoked the satanic powers of the dead herring!

this is the worst and best video ever created...ever

Well that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
 
Good use of an intern by the way.

Oh god.

@rflx: Awesome picture.

i hope drew lives to see another day

I NEVER thought I would see the word Surströmming on Giantbomb! Which Evil soul have sent You that? lol :D 
 
I've been thinking about sending over some classic Swedish candy like: Ahlgrens Bilar, Kexchoklad and Schweizernöt to the crew at GiantBomb. 
 
But sending over a Swedish "delicasy" like Surströmming is just evil....loool 
 
People that eat that crap can't have a sense of smell or taste..yuuuk!

Remember this when we are tempted to associate the neutrality of countries in that part of the world with "weak."  People that can eat the things the Scandinavian peoples do to sea food, surstromming, lutefisk, gravlax, etc.,  are some tough customers.  
 
Yikes.

This stuff is nasty!

Sorry for the gigantic image... but it seems appropriate:

By the way, how does this compare to something like anchovies?

I feel sorry for you Kessler, Brad threw you into the pit of Swedish hate.

This video, and many others, would be a lot better if Vinny would forget where the zoom rocker is located.