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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 01:56 pm |
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O.Bender wrote: Matti (FIN) wrote:
The Basics
WOW, it seems Russia have no terrain border with Norway! Who could know?
Matti, do you post here real actual maps Finland prints? Does it mean Finland has territorial dispute with Russia, since part of our territory is marked as Finnish here?
What a World, you live and just don't know that a little neighbor of yours is already sharpening a knife behind your back... How many words matti have said about how bad it is to start war for territory, and now - what a surprise..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechenga
Shall I move this border?
Or do you want to do it? ![[grin]](/forums/themes/default/grinning-smiley-007.gif)
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 03:36 pm |
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Matti, do you know by any chance, does Finland import sence of humor and where do they hide it then?
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 08:17 am |
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O.Bender wrote: Matti, do you know by any chance, does Finland import sence of humor and where do they hide it then?
Spede Pasanen is the most popular humorist. Finnish comic doesn't represent that big part of worlds MovieIndustri. Hollywood is still stronger....
Spede on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music ... As a comedian Pertti (Spede) Pasanen had Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope as his models. Pasanen made nearly 40 movies, which generally were scorned by critics. ...
spede pasanen kuvahaun tulokset
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 09:38 am |
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OK, I see there's some humor in Finland, at least on level of showbusiness...
But to be serious I won't believe till you give me exact figures how much humor you have per capita...
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 01:06 pm |
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O.Bender wrote: OK, I see there's some humor in Finland, at least on level of showbusiness...
But to be serious I won't believe till you give me exact figures how much humor you have per capita...
Fabulous Finns – Finnish sense of humor | Finland for ThoughtFinns have a grrrrreat sense of humor. I think that was one of the most surprising things I discovered about Finnish people when I first arrived 2 1/2 years ...
Finns have a grrrrreat sense of humor. I think that was one of the most surprising things I discovered about Finnish people when I first arrived 2 1/2 years ago. Finns’ humor is dry, dark, cynical, silly, sarcastic, sometimes juvenile, simple (in a good sense)…I find it to match my own sense of humor almost exactly.
Finns love to laugh and love to make other people laugh. But unlike the British for instance, Finns don’t have this need to try and be funny every seven seconds. I get this impression that if a Brit doesn’t say something funny, witty, or biting in every other sentence – they’re looked down upon by their peers or something.
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 01:45 pm |
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But the definitive proof that Finns have a great sense of humor is that The Simpsons is HUGE here. Sometimes I feel there are two types of people on this earth, people who love The Simpsons and people who don’t.
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 03:20 pm |
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There is sence of humor in Finland!!!!!!
I've almost lost any hope, but Simpsons...
Don't get too angry, a hot Finnish guy...
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Posted: Fri Oct 9th, 2009 12:59 pm |
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O.Bender wrote: There is sence of humor in Finland!!!!!!
I've almost lost any hope, but Simpsons...
Don't get too angry, a hot Finnish guy...
Finnish Sense of Humor
by Scott Hendrickson | June 21, 2002
The Finnish sense of humor is clever, subtle and witty. But not everyone "gets it" as Finns tend to deliver their jokes with a straight face and no warning. One must pay attention; Finns use humor in places where it isn't expected. For those that can catch it, however, it can be very entertaining.
For example, Anssi Vanjoki, a senior executive at Nokia, was demonstrating one of the company's newest phones. He changed the sound of its ring to the hum of a speeding motorbike followed by police sirens. This is only funny if you had heard the story about the highest speeding ticket fine ever. Anssi was fined $103,000 for going 46 in a 30 mph zone -- ouch. In Finland, your speeding fine is a percentage of your yearly income.
Movies can be a good way to experience this sense of humor if travelling to Finland is not an option. Aki Kaurismäki is a famous director from Finland. He just won Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for "The Man without a Past". Many video shops carry some of his older work. Try "Drifting Clouds" or "Leningrad Cowboys Go America". If your video store doesn't have those it should have a film called "Night on Earth". That movie shows a night's work for 5 taxi cab drivers around the world, one being from Finland. Enjoy!
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Posted: Fri Oct 9th, 2009 01:08 pm |
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The Leningrad Cowboys
is a Finnish rock and roll band famous for its humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.
Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA
02:17 - 2 years ago youtube.com
Currently, the band has eleven Cowboys and ...
youtube.com
Videotulokset haulla Leningrad cowboys Russian RedArmy you tube
Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET ...
2 minuuttia 17 sekuntia
http://www.youtube.com
#4 - Leningrad Cowboys & Russian Red Army ...
8 minuuttia
http://www.youtube.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 9th, 2009 04:35 pm |
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I suppose this can be relevant to the thread. A popular subject of jokes in Russia, by the way.
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Posted: Fri Oct 9th, 2009 05:04 pm |
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O.Bender wrote: I suppose this can be relevant to the thread. A popular subject of jokes in Russia, by the way.
Not only Russians are expansionists, it seems... 
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Posted: Sun Oct 11th, 2009 11:59 am |
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Well. Somebody has to fight against NATO.
If Russian doesn't do it we have to do it! 
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Posted: Sun Oct 11th, 2009 02:00 pm |
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Matti (FIN) wrote: Well. Somebody has to fight against NATO.
If Russian doesn't do it we have to do it!
Then you chose the wrong direction, NATO is over the corner and then to the West.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12th, 2009 08:49 am |
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O.Bender wrote: Matti (FIN) wrote: Well. Somebody has to fight against NATO.
If Russian doesn't do it we have to do it!
Then you chose the wrong direction, NATO is over the corner and then to the West.
There is Åland. We can't go there because Åland forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland.
It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area. So ---> We can't go there.. You know!
Åland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Posted: Mon Oct 12th, 2009 04:42 pm |
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Matti (FIN) wrote:
It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area. So ---> We can't go there.. You know!
Åland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don't look for excuses, you're just lazy. OK, if you wish, we can go there. For sake of Finno-Russian friendship, to help you a little.
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Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 08:30 am |
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O.Bender wrote: Matti (FIN) wrote:
It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area. So ---> We can't go there.. You know!
Åland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don't look for excuses, you're just lazy. OK, if you wish, we can go there. For sake of Finno-Russian friendship, to help you a little.
This Finno-Russian friendship is still under work. We need still time because of figuring out what it really means....
Professors Ilkka Saraviita and Lauri Hannikainen told YLE TV News on Thursday that security clauses in the treaty, which replaced the Cold War era Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, could give Russia grounds to object to Finnish NATO membership. The current treaty remains in force until 2012.
Possible grounds for opposition to Finnish NATO membership lie in article 4 of the agreement, which prevents either side from using their territory for armed attack on the other party (Åland).
However, other experts disagree with this interpretation. For example, Professor Martti Koskenniemi believes that the NATO constitution and Finland's agreement with Russia do not contradict each other.
Former Prime Minister Esko Aho who signed the 1992 deal with the Russians also rejects the view that the treaty conflicts with possible Nato membership. He said that the agreement was one of many made at the time, and denied that it was an extension of the cold-war treaty.
Hannikainen and Saraviita, for their part, say a security and defence policy review in 2009 must take a stand on the issue.
 ......What's you opinion?
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Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 07:05 pm |
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My opinion is not important. As for Russia, I suppose it considers Finland a friendly nation despate its NATO membership, especially taking in account we had special relation during Cold war.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 11:43 am |
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O.Bender wrote: My opinion is not important. As for Russia, I suppose it considers Finland a friendly nation despate its NATO membership, especially taking in account we had special relation during Cold war.
The U.S. attitude toward Finland during the Cold War years reveals much about U.S. society and politics. In particular, the war between Finland and the Soviet Union during 1939 and 1940 (Finnish Winter War) and the way in which the United States reacted to it at the time and in the years following World War II has relevance for better understanding of U.S. foreign policy and politics.
Postwar presidents have justified a number of foreign policy actions by pointing to the dangers of appeasement. They often have used the September 1938 Munich Conference as such an example. In analyzing this Cold War rhetoric, it is argued that if presidents wanted a sharp contrast between good and evil they could have found no better example than the Finnish Winter War. However, postwar presidents have avoided mention of the Winter War, and even mention of Finland.
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Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 07:29 am |
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Oh please, don't use this thread for your politics, it is so interesting to read about Finland .
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