December 04, 2007
Happy Birthday, Finland.
The declaration of Finnish Independence 90 years ago led to a year of turmoil, but now the Finns are marking the occasion with engraved doves' bottoms
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How odd.
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Here's a happy birthday song, then! (YouTube)
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I like Finland and have sometimes thought about moving there. I think the dark/light extremes would wreck my head though.
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Not only celebratory doves, but also a lovely vase. Hooray, Finland!
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Didn't uh Tolkien get most of his thingies from Finland?
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The elvish language Quenya in Tolkien is supposed to resemble Finnish. Tolkien apparently learnt Finnish in order to be able to read The Kalevala in the original.
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The Python song should be elected our new national anthem. "The country where I quite want to be" sums it all up nicely. Possibly change "quite" to "almost".
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Finland ranks at the top of world rankings for reading and "maths" (whatever those are).
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Oh fuck, there's a damn spede in here. Now we've got to be all... "pc" about finland, I guess.
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Finland is one of the three least corrupt nations in the world.
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Finland is also the the home of the original Father Christmas (NSFW).
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Nuthin' but hockey players and F1 drivers.
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UNICEF cites Finland as a good place for children's general wellbeing.
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I should ship my kids there.
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Hel Looks, a Helsinki street fashion photoblog.
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Previous post: Elias L�nnrott and Kainuu.
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The world's first skaters are likely to have taken to the ice about 4,000 years ago on the frozen lakes of Finland, according to a UK-based research team.