Fingerpori

[Jukka Aho]

More of the same here.

[onkko]

fingerpori is clever play with words, great comic.

[onkko]

To non finnish. "En haluaisi muistuttaa valastanne" could be "i dont want remind you for your whale" or "i dont want to remind you for your oath"
valastanne = your whale or your oath.

[donald]

One of my favourites:



For those who do not master the Finnish language:

"At those times I owned the first car in Fingerpori"

"I once drove a little tipsy against reds" (meaning overriding a red traffic light)

"The surviving reds were pretty much angry" (meaning "reds" as opposite of "whites" describing people with a certain political mindset. Remember, the civil war eg. was the reds against the whites.)

[donald]

To non finnish. "En haluaisi muistuttaa valastanne" could be "i dont want remind you for your whale" or "i dont want to remind you for your oath"
valastanne = your whale or your oath.

Isn't it actually a little more subtile: It could mean "I don't want remind you for your oath" or "I don't want to look like your whale" Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not a native speaker either.

[onkko]

To non finnish. "En haluaisi muistuttaa valastanne" could be "i dont want remind you for your whale" or "i dont want to remind you for your oath"
valastanne = your whale or your oath.

Isn't it actually a little more subtile: It could mean "I don't want remind you for your oath" or "I don't want to look like your whale" Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not a native speaker either.

Thats correct, muistuttaa is to remind or look like as you said. My mistake

[Jukka Aho]

Thats correct, muistuttaa is to remind or look like as you said. My mistake :)

Yep, muistuttaa has two basic meanings:

1. “to remind (someone of something)”
   
   or
2. “to resemble (someone or something)”, “to be reminiscent (of someone or something)”

Valastanne, on the other hand, could either be the word vala (“oath”) in the elative singular (valasta) + the 2nd person plural possessive suffix (-nne), or the the word valas (“whale”) in the partitive singular + the same. The whale in the picture frame has certain likeness to one of the men...

[Pursuivant]

it takes me sometimes a few revolutions to find the funny

"kuvaus" is "taking pictures" but also "description"

sometimes not

"Fire department feed"

[sammy]

Shades of Space Odyssey 2001...

[donald]

it takes me sometimes a few revolutions to find the funny

"kuvaus" is "taking pictures" but also "description"

Ok, I get the pun, but is there somethng like "viemäreiden kuvaus" in real live? I always thought that there is an intended type error, so it is "kuvaus" instead of "kuivaus", meaning (sewage) drying.

[Pursuivant]

nope, actually its like a colonoscopy, done in the pipes and for the same reason - to see whats in there. vs. ripping the whole place open... saves loads of money and nerves...

[donald]

Aaaallright, thanks!

(BTW: How do you now my doctor? )

[Pursuivant]

well I sold some old sewercam equipment to a dude and he was saying he was starting a practice in Turku so I gave him half price...

[donald]

Hm... did you edit your post just before I posted my comment?

[Pursuivant]

alltime faves...





the last one is a bit Gary Larsonesque?