News in Finnish: Hamevaras

[Jukka Aho]

Nainen yritti viedä paljon tavaraa hameen alla huoltamolta
18.1.2012 16:59
STT

KUOPIO. Savolainen nainen yritti viedä mukanaan epätavallisen suuren määrän tavaraa hameensa alla Kuopiossa myöhään tiistai-iltana. 45-vuotias nainen jäi kiinni Pitkälahden ABC-asemalla.

Poliisin mukaan hameen alta löytyi muun muassa neljä kappaletta neljän litran moottoriöljykannuja, 14 kahvipakettia, kahdeksan pakkausta lihapullaeineksiä, naudanpaistisuikalepaketteja, saunatuoksuja ja makeisia.

Saaliin suuruuden vuoksi juttua tutkitaan epäiltynä varkautena, ei näpistyksenä.

Yllättävä käry ABC:lla:
Naisella hameen alla 14 pakettia kahvia!
Keskiviikko 18.1.2012 klo 14.41

Pohjois-Savon poliisi tiedotti tiistaina poikkeuksellisesta varkaustapauksesta.

Kuopion Pitkälahden ABC:n myyjä näki tiistai-iltana puoli yhdentoista aikaan, kuinka naisasiakas sulloi myymälässä tavaroita hameensa alle.

45-vuotias varkautelaisnainen otettiin kiinni paikalla ja tarkastuksessa hänen hameensa alta löytyi mm. seuraavaa:

• 14 kahvipakettia
• 4 kpl 4:n litran moottoriöljykannuja
• 8 kpl lihapulla-aineksia
• Naudanpaistisuikalepaketteja
• 2 kpl saunatuoksuja
• Makeisia.

käry = Unpleasant smell of burning, typically from food forgotten on the hot stove or in the oven, or the smell of burning coming from a malfunctioning/overheating machine or electrical device which is releasing the “magic smoke” that makes it work. (Used figuratively in this story to mean someone behaved suspiciously and their actions were noticed and discovered; they were busted. Their actions kind of like figuratively emitted the “smell of burning” for others to detect.)

[AldenG]

I'll be impressed when a hamevaras gets away with all that plus the store's TV monitors from the security system.

[Jukka Aho]

 
More on this topic:

• Hameen ”pohjattomaan pussiin” katosi 43 esinettä — katso havainnekuva

I think the characterization pohjaton needs to be interpreted figuratively in order for this story to make any sense...

[AldenG]

Seems like it could be greatly improved by adding a wooden bottom and some wheels, all concealed by the fabric and bustle, of course.

[Jukka Aho]

Note how all the articles carefully avoid giving any further details on which particular group of people might typically wear the aforementioned kind of specially-equipped skirts. Back in the day they used to refer to these kind of “special skirts” by the term kansallispuvun hame (and they certainly didn’t mean this by that expression!) but apparently even that is considered too non-PC these days.

[kalmisto]

When I saw the title ( Hamevaras ) of the discussion thread I took it for granted that the post would be about someone who steals skirts. But why not,as we know "taskuvaras" ( "pocket thief" ) does not refer to a person who steals pockets.

[Rip]

I'll be impressed when a hamevaras gets away with all that plus the store's TV monitors from the security system.

I guess one day... A chainsaw has been among things you'd least expect to find under a skirt.

[Jukka Aho]

When I saw the title ( Hamevaras ) of the discussion thread I took it for granted that the post would be about someone who steals skirts. But why not,as we know "taskuvaras" ( "pocket thief" ) does not refer to a person who steals pockets. :wink:

The ambiguity was fully intentional! But yeah, you’re right. ;)

[Upphew]

When I saw the title ( Hamevaras ) of the discussion thread I took it for granted that the post would be about someone who steals skirts. But why not,as we know "taskuvaras" ( "pocket thief" ) does not refer to a person who steals pockets.

But autovaras and omenavaras do refer to person stealing those things... complicated.

[Pursuivant]

hmmm... then there is murtovaras, does he steal dialects?

[Upphew]

hmmm... then there is murtovaras, does he steal dialects?

No, he steals whole villages: http://tyrnavanmurto.fi/

[kalmisto]

kirkkovaras :
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanni_Fucci

in English:
http://books.google.se/books?id=ncO70Y- ... 93&f=false