Checks out, cars & cats are both inhabited by demons. That's why we love them.

I do like pleasingly springy buns

To be fair they're all kind of weird

Have you tried offering them a semla and coffee?

Check under your bed

Absolutely. I am rather obsessed with 10th-11th century Scandinavia and England, and I'd love to visit and observe that world so I can better understand it. But I would never want to live there, and I probably would not like the people at all. I'm sure the same would be true if you plunked an 11th century early Christian Norse into our world. Mutual horror and disgust.