Swedish pensioner Bo Bergman pens letter requesting the internet be shut down

A SWEDISH pensioner who demanded the inteet be shut down has been given a taste of online irony by becoming a viral hit.

An article by Swedish news website Thelocal.se reports Bo Bergman, 73, lives in Simlångsdalen, Sweden, without computers, smartphones and one comfort of mode life in particular - the inteet.

In fact he can't stand it. So much so, he composed a vitriolic letter against the web and sent it to his local newspaper in an attempt to bring it down.

The letter included tirades such as: \"My proposal: Shut down the inteet! You can't, it's gone on for too long, you'll all surely answer. No!\"

\"Retu the inteet to the military department (...) before everything crumbles. Destroy it while it's there.\"

\"Like a worm in an apple, the inteet eats us from within and takes over\".

However, it didn't work out as poor Bo planned as it resulted in him attaining inteet celebrity status as the letter went viral.

The piece has had over 30,000 views since it was published on Thursday and despite the lack of real argument the readers are enjoying the passion of this pensioner.

Bo, who has written and published a guide to knife-making back in 1999 has admitted he doesn't own a computer and says the large online response to his letter has been \"a bit scary\".