Fingerpori double-takes pt II

[Pursuivant]

[Jukka Aho]

Bonus: This one is for culturally aware, advanced students.
 

[sammy]

Bonus: This one is for culturally aware, advanced students.
 

Damn, I saw that - but didn't really spot the...

[tissot]

I believe this was mentioned here, but no picture.

[Rip]

I believe this was mentioned here, but no picture.

I must confess, I had to make a Google search to get that one (It's good).

How about today's? I do spot the reference to Gospel of John, but is there some additional aspect to the joke?

[sammy]

How about today's? I do spot the reference to Gospel of John, but is there some additional aspect to the joke?

Unless I'm missing something, the joke is based on the "word" (written there on the sign, naudanliha) actually appearing below the sign as a piece of flesh/meat... as a kind of a visual adaptation of that gospel bit... erm... not among his best, IMO...

(a propos, the Finnish word "liha" can refer to both "living" flesh and "dead" meat)

[opinto]

Finger pori Mikä tämä on porina muttering se on vitsikäs Manga Qomiiqqa

[sammy]

The previous comment apparently fell through a wormhole from some other dimension where the process of "logical thought to written word" unfolds in a different manner from ours, which is sort of appropriate since today's is also somewhat out of this world.



Some time ago, there was another one touching the same theme...

[Jukka Aho]

[Rob A.]

Well...I can certainly "translate" it, but I have no idea what the joke is....a bit too subtle for me, I guess...

"Good day"...

The sign says: "Summer or Suvi-Archipelago Eggs" ...and it obviously must say something else that I can't interpret...

"Are they organic?"
"Are you the owners?"

-"Yes"
-"I am Suvi and he is Risto."

Now where is the joke???...

[Jukka Aho]

The sign says: "Summer or Suvi-Archipelago Eggs" ...and it obviously must say something else that I can't interpret...:D

Suvisaariston munaa

Suvisaaristo, when interpreted as the name of a locale, could be translated as “Summer Isles” or “The Summer isles archipelago”.

-"I am Suvi and he is Risto."

Suvi saa Riston munaa.

[Rob A.]

The sign says: "Summer or Suvi-Archipelago Eggs" ...and it obviously must say something else that I can't interpret...

Suvisaariston munaa

Suvisaaristo, when interpreted as the name of a locale, could be translated as “Summer Isles” or “The Summer isles archipelago”.

-"I am Suvi and he is Risto."

Suvi saa Riston munaa.

Got it!!

[Jukka Aho]

To expand on the subject a bit... munat, in plural, and in a suitable context, serves the same purpose as the word “nuts” in English. The symbolism is probably pretty clear here. But for some reason (whose logic totally escapes me) the singular, muna, has, in the mists of time, been extended to mean the male organ... although that doesn’t make nearly as much sense, or conjures up images of some sort of a medical anomaly. But that’s how it is, and if you don’t like it, there are other words you could use.

Suvi is an old-fashioned word for “summer” and also a common female first name. A traditional number during the Finnish end-of-the-school-year festivities is singing Suvivirsi (see here, here, and here); the “Summer Hymn”, which is originally a Swedish folk song called Den blomstertid nu kommer. This is such a traditional thing it is a surefire way to bring a tear to the eyes of the proud parents, especially those observing their children getting their white graduation cap after passing the matriculation exam (the Finnish equivalent of getting your high-school diploma.) You can find the Finnish lyrics for that song here.

[Rob A.]

Thanks Jukka

...and the time-lapse seasonal scenes in the first Suvivirsi clip were exactly how I remember the passage of the seasons in the colder, snowier part of Canada I was raised in...

[EP]

Suvi is an old-fashioned word for “summer”

And I had to read that far before I got it...