Posting it here for posterity. Maybe we’ll have more participants next year?
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Patientez
En Francia los diálogos de cajeros automáticos y demás cuando quieren decir “Por favor espere” te ponen “Patientez”. No sé ustedes, pero a mí me suena más a “Asosiéguese”.
Finlandia Disneylandia
No sé qué sea peor, que a los mexicanos en el extranjero automáticamente les pongan bigote y sombrero, o que a los finlandeses en el extranjero no les entiendan ni de dónde son. Me había tocado que confundieran a Finlandia con Irlanda, Tailandia o Filipinas, pero el premio se lo lleva una dependienta en una tienda en Ixtapa que confundió al país donde vivo con Disneylandia. O_o
Obviamente semejante “lapsus” combinado con mi natural simpleza ha creado un sinnúmero de situaciones imaginarias cuyas dotes cómicas dependerán en gran medida del estado de la audiencia:
- Finlandia escrito con la fuente de Disney
- Una intro estilo castillo mágico con la catedral de Helsinki como foco de los juegos pirotécnicos
- Una película onda ¿Quién engañó a Roger Rabbit? con finlandeses serios y medio mal encarados.
- Narices de Mickey Mouse en lugar de narices de papa.
- …
Napapiirin sankarit en français
For some strange reason the French trailer made me want to watch the movie much more than the original Finnish one. 😉 Maybe Finnish cinema is finally taking over the world?
The rules of cricket
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
It’s so cold in Finland, you can actually ski on the frozen sea
Furthermore the exercise, the environment and the beauty of it all are gorgeous.
Skiing to work
One advantage of the huge amount of snow in Finland is that you can ski everywhere. Just avoid gritted streets and you’ll be fine.
Darwin Awards, Finnish Edition
I have been thinking lately about the Darwin Awards, which you might know are all about:
Honoring those who improve the species… by
accidentally removing themselves from it!
Given the general conditions of life here in the far north, there are a few ways in which you could very easily make yourself due to receive such an “honour”. Some of my favourites below:
- Riding a bike dressed in black in November-January. Invisibility might be a good thing for ninjas, but you want to be as visible as possible so that you don’t get run over by a car.
- Not enough clothing in winter, especially if alcohol is involved. Obvious really.
- Not taking care of the sauna stove while drinking. How many times have we seen houses burn down, with people inside?
- In summer, going fishing with a couple of beers on. A few deaths every year involve people who drown in lakes with their zippers down.
Any sure ways of winning the Darwin Awards that are common hereabouts you might want to add, that don’t include alcohol? 😉
I don’t know about you, but that’s probably the one award I could live my life without.
The Muppets meet Queen
Let it snow
Found at the main entrance of the headquarters of a famous multinational corporation after yesterday’s snowfall. Whoever said Finns don’t have a sense of humour hasn’t spent long enough with them.