In this strange but funny food commercial for Wasa Crispbread crackers, an American woman is shown out of her element, joining a yoga class in Sweden.
The 'Staying Fit the Swedish Way' ad shows the woman being continually won over by Sweden's practices, including things like the months off new parents get to care for their children, the adorable babies doing yoga and of course, its healthy snacks. The cracker commercial notes that Americans have a thing or two to learn from the Swedes, since they know how to make the most out of life. At one point in the commercial, the impressed woman even remarks that: "We sent a man to the moon—what a waste when we could have sent him top the playground as our Swedish sisters do."
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