Wintertime in Finland

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:55 pm

nirva wrote:Judging from his picture I'd say he's 95. But judging from his posts, about 94.

I feel 95. I guess 10 beers gives you 60 years in the morning

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Rahela-Hanna · Post by **Rahela-Hanna** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:10 pm

Ten beers a day?

That's my boy.

nirva · Post by **nirva** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:44 pm

Ten beers a day is nothing special for a Finnish man. But ten beers in the morning... damn. Hank, you're my hero. You'd make a fine teekkari.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:55 pm

Q: What is the difference between a teekkari (M.Sc student) and a diploma engineer (graduated M.Sc)?
A: The student thinks the booze will end if you drink it; the graduate knows it won't.

nirva · Post by **nirva** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:17 pm

What?! That's not true, say it isn't!

Henry-Finland · Post by **Henry-Finland** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:42 pm

The darkness = just like in any disco. I admit that 5 month of disco can be a little bit heavy.
Ice = a thingy you put in your glass (it's free!!!)
Cold = It makes it much nicer to come home to the fire-place.

And when the spring begins and turns to summer = the sun is away only for a few hours.

Henry

Rahela-Hanna · Post by **Rahela-Hanna** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:52 pm

nirva wrote:Ten beers a day is nothing special for a Finnish man. But ten beers in the morning... damn. Hank, you're my hero. You'd make a fine teekkari.

You're my hero too, Hank. *weeps with happiness* I can drink a lot myself, in the morning.

At least that I know I can handle five months of pure disco. I'm totally in love with Finnish disco, Finnish kareoke...I love to both sing and dance.

A real Kaale girl.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:01 am

Not that only:

gipsy+knife= stereotype
gipsy+oulu= stereotype
knife+oulu=stereotype
gipsy+karaoke=stereotype

jesus woman, you cannot get more sterotype than that.

Whenever you come to Helsinki I can give you a tour, but please don't be weilding a scimitar like an Amazon. We're a quite peaceful little place here

agn71 · Post by **agn71** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:40 am

Rahela-Hanna wrote:I had no idea whatsoever that there were so many other people---so many Americans!---who wanted to immigrate to Finland as much as I did. I never would have thought that it was possible.

What? How come? Is there something wrong here in Finland?

karen · Post by **karen** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:01 am

Gypsies scare me. One tried to get in my car in Helsinki. I think she was drunk. No, my car didn't resemble a taxi. Good thing I'm a paranoid American and my doors were locked.

Tamer's woman · Post by **Tamer's woman** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:54 am

How do people react when they see gypsies walking around in the city centre? I was in a club one night and spotted gypsies but no one bothered them. They danced to almost every song and the dance floor was crowded every time.

EP · Post by EP » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:03 pm

How do people react? People don´t react.

I reacted once last summer, and I reacted by stopping to listen. I was in a very Swedish-speaking part of Finland and even the Roma spoke Swedish.

karen · Post by **karen** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:46 pm

Until that one tried to get into my car I hadn't reacted to them at all.

nirva · Post by **nirva** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:09 pm

Tadpole'sMommy wrote:Until that one tried to get into my car I hadn't reacted to them at all.

So one drunken gypsy is all it takes to have you avoid the whole group? Please tell me that I misunderstood.

enk · Post by **enk** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:46 pm

Rahela-Hanna wrote:I have a big fear of deep water. Or any water at all, for that matter.

Have you considered that Finland, home of 10 thousand lakes, might
not be the best place for someone afraid of water? ;D

-enk

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