Stubb is also first president in 78 years who's native language is Swedish. Official languages of State of Finland are Finnish and Swedish (5%). Saame is also original, but not official.Tänud!
I worked for half a year in Eesti and tried to pick up some words and phrases and say 'hello', 'thanks', 'good morning' and even count to kümme. A collegue who had been working at the same plant for several years hadn't learnt a single Estonian word.
I am hinting the close relationship between Finnish and Estonian languages.
WRONG! The collegue gotten the word kilekott (bag). He had to ask for a plastic bag in the shops as they were hidden so he couldn't point at them. One word ... BAG!!!!
Here is a good one from my neck of the woods;
So Ole and Lena are engaged to be married. As the day approaches, Ole has grown crabby and distracted. He is out milking the cow and gets a bit rough with with her. She responds by giving him a good kick, unfortunately hitting him in the groin. To his horror, he discovers he has quite a bruise and is also pretty sore.
He rushes into town to the Doctor. The doc looks him over. "Yep Ole you got quite a bruise there. Think we can fix you up in time for the wedding though." The doc gets a couple of tongue depressors out and fashions a splint. The wedding goes off nicely and the happy couple finds themselves at the motel six for their honeymoon. Lena always needing to make the first move with Ole unbuttons her blouse and says " No man has seen these before". Ole lights up like a blue led, drops his trousers and exclaims "look! Still in the crate!"
So Ole and Lena are engaged to be married. As the day approaches, Ole has grown crabby and distracted. He is out milking the cow and gets a bit rough with with her. She responds by giving him a good kick, unfortunately hitting him in the groin. To his horror, he discovers he has quite a bruise and is also pretty sore.
He rushes into town to the Doctor. The doc looks him over. "Yep Ole you got quite a bruise there. Think we can fix you up in time for the wedding though." The doc gets a couple of tongue depressors out and fashions a splint. The wedding goes off nicely and the happy couple finds themselves at the motel six for their honeymoon. Lena always needing to make the first move with Ole unbuttons her blouse and says " No man has seen these before". Ole lights up like a blue led, drops his trousers and exclaims "look! Still in the crate!"
We had one - brilliant machines. Because the keys were electric, not mechanical, it only needed a very light touch to type, plus - change the ball in 10 secs to change the typeface!
I had one come to the door the other evening. Usually I just pretend we aren't home but my wife had just pulled into the garage so I figured he wouldn't go away too quickly. First, how rude is it to knock on the door 30 seconds after someone pulls into the garage after work? Second, as soon as I open the door he goes "You must be Mr....." WTF? Don't introduce me, introduce yourself. Am I supposed to be impressed that you know my name in the digital age?
I still remember those awkward in-between years of bubblejets that didn't work.
Taqlking about sadness, guess you all missed Vasaloppet, a 90km (56 miles) cross country skiing competion in Sweden. If you are a beginner you start the race last and if your skis or ski poles aren't broken, it will take you an hour or more from the start of the race til you reach the first incline 500 yards further down the track ...
