Finnish sense of humor

[Nuuska]

Coming next : The great intelligence-evening in TV

The most intelligent and the most stupid of Finland are debating.
Which side is right?

 

[Bill Ashton]

Nuuska, relative to #169...old news perhaps, but Google reports the Finnish Air Force no longer uses the swastika as a symbol on their aircraft...for those not aware, this had been used since 1918, well before the Nazi party adopted it.

 

[Nuuska]

Nuuska, relative to #169...old news perhaps, but Google reports the Finnish Air Force no longer uses the swastika as a symbol on their aircraft...for those not aware, this had been used since 1918, well before the Nazi party adopted it.

Yes - it is funny, how old symbol like that has been in good use for centuries - and after once misused somewhere - in this case the nazis - it can not be used anymore. I spent my childhood in Vaasa - and the seal of Vaasa has one hanging of it - hope they don't even start talking changing that.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...asa.vaakuna2.svg/800px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png

 

[Bill Ashton]

Yes - it is funny, how old symbol like that has been in good use for centuries - and after once misused somewhere - in this case the nazis - it can not be used anymore. I spent my childhood in Vaasa - and the seal of Vaasa has one hanging of it - hope they don't even start talking changing that.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...asa.vaakuna2.svg/800px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png

When I was young, my mother had a "rice bowl" (a small delicate bowl of what looked like china) on a shelf for display, highly ornate painting, and around its rim were a dozen or more near-swaztika characters ...turned out it was not china, but pottery done by Navaho Indians (native people) my parents had received as a gift. It was up high, so you could see the ornate painting on the body, but not the inside rim. Both my parents were World War II vets, so they clearly knew the swaztika symbol, but they never said anything about it. We chidren just knew it was an old gift and delicate, so no touching!

 

[Bill Ashton]

Nuuska, what I see on your link is an "Iron Cross," such as used by Germany, but not the swaztika...actually, that may be called "St John's Cross" and it has the flower in it that makes me think of something English...one of our UK members could identify it better than I.

 

[Nuuska]

When you look at the golden parts of the cross you see swastika.

 

[Nuuska]

- Virtanen - uhh - well - what was it I was supposed to ask?
- Well, I suppose...

- How are you Virtanen? Anything to complain?
- Oh yes, that was it! Well?

- Uhh - well - what was I supposed to answer?

 

[Nuuska]

Shiny skin in two weeks

 

[Nuuska]

I do not have holidays.

Beacause Satan doesn't either.

You have suspicious role models.

 

[Nuuska]

It is filled.


In finnish the word "täytetty" means filled & fulfilled - plus it means stuffed - so kids ask each other "What did Jesus say to disciples when they saw a bear in woods?" - "Have no fear, it is stuffed."

 

[davismanLV]

When you look at the golden parts of the cross you see swastika.

Okay, now that you mention it I can see the swastika-like outline, but such a general geometric-type pattern must be found many places. At some point maybe people are just looking too hard for something that can be found easily in other things, I'd say. Of course, they didn't ask ME, so that's just a random opinion. But kind of like a Greek Key design which has been around since early days and shows up in architecture and art and textiles, it must be more universal than the Nazis, yes?? But perhaps I'm wrong. And I do know that misuse of something classic can ruin it for repeat use. What did the symbol stand for when used in Finland, @Nuuska ??

 

[Nuuska]

TOM - swastika in Finland - too much to translate - so I simply give you two Wikipedia links:

Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Fylfot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And the cross hanging under the shield is what is called VAPAUDENRISTI - cross of freedom ( my own english name ) - and that has its background in heraldics by being a "Cross of George with swatika" - or Fylfot - with heraldic rose in it's center.

I could easily find plenty of info about in finnish - so how come you just simply read it in finnish?

OK OK - I'm outta here!!!

 

[davismanLV]

Thanks, bud!! Very good. Now I know. it's a very pleasing and geometric design that's unfortunately saddled with bad history.

 

[Nuuska]

HORRIBLE NATURE

- The balance between good and evil in the world is always about the same.

- Does it mean that if you try to act as good as possible, so somewhere else some jerk ruins things at same pace?

- Yes.

 

[geoguy]

Has the Finnish pastime of drinking in your underwear been covered in this thread?

Apparently there is even a Finnish word for that activity . . . here's a lesson describing how to pronounce it:

 

[Nuuska]

Sorry - no kalsarikänni pics - but here's one drinking-related with old friend . . .

In the market hall:
Do you have fresh duck liver?

Patient needs a new one.

 

[Nuuska]

Fingerpori , 1557

Hairdressing College

 

[GAD]

Fingerpori , 1557

Hairdressing College

Took me a bit to notice the heads in the basket.

 

[Nuuska]

Belzebubs is another finnish comic strip. A black-metal oriented family in somewhat exxaggerated style . . .

It is also available as books in english

Leviathan, why are you tumbling there?

M-may I sleep between you? I had horroble nightmare.
Poor little. What was it about?

Jesus found me again and again - no matter how I tried to hide.

... twelve, thirteen, fourteen...
HEY - NO PEEKING !

 

[Nuuska]

And here in radio we have next caller wishing a song - what do you wish to hear?

I want REM - Everybody Hurts.