Wars that Finland waged

[sean miguel]

Watch out for all the trolls from there.

That is f'n cool.

 

[assari]

BTW, Assari, can you tell me why Finns seem to have a grudge against Swedes? My buddy and his pals (Finnish) seem to make jokes about Swedes the way I make jokes about people from West Virginia. Is it just good natured ribbing or do you folks have some sort of bad history that I don't know about?

I think it's due to the fact that Finland was long time under Swedish rule.

The Swedes were imperialist and that is way they are mocked.

 

[Jack Davenport]

larss seems upset

 

[Lee Van Queef]

In the same vein, it just seems that most Americans appear to be brain dead morons.

Also true. Figure a few 'tards among so many, huh?

 

[Jack Davenport]

Can I reiterate my initial question - why did you start this thread? It appears to be purely inflammatory but maybe you could come up a better excuse

No it was not intended to be inflammatory, it was one blip on the radar in response to the many threads that assari starts that poke fun of Americans or Christians or metal heads.. you name it.

Didn't you and I have an exchange a couple of weeks ago where I mentioned that you held anti-American sentiments and you denied it? The post you just made about Americans doesn't seem to be too complimentary but whatever.

assari, even if he is a parody poster is pretty funny in my book. And I was just taking a little jab at him and thought in the process we would learn a little about Finland and the conflicts they have been involved in.

No sense in getting all worked up about it. it was all in good fun.

Sorry you were offended.

 

[larss]

I wasn't really getting worked up about it as such and my American comment was made - as it said - in the same vein as Dino's Finnish comment - just bad stereotyping.

To pick up on the Swedish/Finnish thing, the Swedes held most of the land and business in the early part of the century having ruled Finland in the past. You will find that Swedish speaking Finns tend to be extremely nationalistic and proud of being Finnish, almost more so than the Finnish speaking Finns.
My mother was Finnish - born to Finnish Finns and brought up by Swedish Finns.

As far as being anti-American is concerned - there are some things about some Americans that I do not like but there is also a lot that I do admire of others - just like any other nationality.

 

[assari]

No it was not intended to be inflammatory, it was one blip on the radar in response to the many threads that assari starts that poke fun of Americans or Christians or metal heads.. you name it.

At those days the population of Finland was approximately three million so we were hardly a real threat to the Soviet Union.

Ps; Poke fun of Americans? When I have done that?

Pps; sorry

 

[Jack Davenport]

At those days the population of Finland was approximately three million so we were hardly a real threat to the Soviet Union.

Ps; Poke fun of Americans? When I have done that?

Pps; sorry

Maybe you haven't.


(pyydän anteeksi)

 

[assari]

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(ok)

 

[Jagger69]

I did not know that we are at war against Taliban and the Lapland War was not a real war.


USA vs. Mexico war 1846 - 1848

Result; You got Texas (Size; 695 622 square kilometres) :jester:

Not quite true. The Mexican Cession of 1848 included the territory as displayed in the attached map.

Likewise, Texas (which, at the time included portions of Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado) was annexed by the USA in 1845 after gaining independence from Mexico in 1836.

 

[Lee Van Queef]

I wasn't really getting worked up about it as such and my American comment was made - as it said - in the same vein as Dino's Finnish comment - just bad stereotyping.

I got me a good idea. What we need in America is to learn good stereotyping because the regular stuff is only spot-on 75% of the time. We're America and we can assume better and more accurate too.

Larss, let's have fun here. That's what the thread was intended for. Poke fun right back. We're good. No reason to be sensitive as long as your self-esteem is healthy. Call us 'tards and we'll call you drones. Fair enough?

 

[Lee Van Queef]

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(ok)

A nice fella right here that knows we're just messing around.

 

[larss]

I got me a good idea. What we need in America is to learn good stereotyping because the regular stuff is only spot-on 75% of the time. We're America and we can assume better and more accurate too.

Larss, let's have fun here. That's what the thread was intended for. Poke fun right back. We're good. No reason to be sensitive as long as your self-esteem is healthy. Call us 'tards and we'll call you drones. Fair enough?

I thought I was having fun but obviously between my dry British humour and my Finnish lack of personality, that has evaded the top of your American noggin. :yoda:

 

[Lee Van Queef]

I thought I was having fun but obviously between my dry British humour and my Finnish lack of personality, that has evaded the top of your American noggin. :yoda:

Possible communication barrier perhaps, good chap. Lemme whack my dome against the wall. Need too occasionally like when ole granpappy used to set his watch.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Let's set this stereotype thing straight once and for all.

All Americans couldn't find their city on a map if their life depended on it and fuck their immediate family members

All Europeans are desperately in need of dental work and smell like head cheese.


You're welcome.

 

[Lee Van Queef]

Let's set this stereotype thing straight once and for all.

All Americans couldn't find their city on a map if their life depended on it and fuck their immediate family members

All Europeans are desperately in need of dental work and smell like head cheese.


You're welcome.

Hey man, I'm secure. I know I'm getting lost in the mountains Thursday. I would rather eat a person than ask him for directions.

 

[Anonyne#017]

I would say that English football hooligans are much more dangerous than an ordinary Finnish.

...you meant to say; until Finns drink some alcohol and start to howl like werewolves in the moonlight as their violence genes begin to activate, causing them to start to brawl around with anything that moves near their terrority? Maybe it's better feed some alcohol to Finnish men if women are ever planning on dating one, just to measure out their affection of violence genes beforehand...

BTW, Assari, can you tell me why Finns seem to have a grudge against Swedes? My buddy and his pals (Finnish) seem to make jokes about Swedes the way I make jokes about people from West Virginia. Is it just good natured ribbing or do you folks have some sort of bad history that I don't know about?

That must have something to do with how evil Swedes with horned hats and swords used to molest little Finland back in the times before their independence and maybe something with nationalism and battling with languages. Other than that most are just friendly neighbourhood competition like ice-hockey with countless amounts of evil jokes. Some people might take things bit further than they are, but I don't think that many people really hate Swedish themselves. This is bit similar to how Sweden and Denmark has been battling it out over decades... Maybe slightly unspoken truth in withn Finnish is that Sweden has been nearly always forerunner over Finland in many different things where Finnish think that they are or were better...

Thought this is pretty much what happened during the cold wars

 

[Lee Van Queef]

Thought this is pretty much what happened during the cold wars

I have no idea what message the video was attempting to convey but I still fell out of my chair with laughter. Thanky fer that.

 

[larss]

Hey man, I'm secure. I know I'm getting lost in the mountains Thursday. I would rather eat a person than ask him for directions.

Aha! Stereotypical man.
Question. Cooked or Raw?

 

[Lee Van Queef]

Aha! Stereotypical man.
Question. Cooked or Raw?

Alive actually.