Comments on: A night out in Helsinki http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/ Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Pay Day Loan http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-16495 Pay Day Loan Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:40:07 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-16495 <a href="http://pay-day-loan.allstarpaydayloan.com" rel="nofollow">Pay Day Loan</a> http://pay-day-loan.allstarpaydayloan.com <a href="http://paydayloans.allstarpaydayloan.com" rel="nofollow">Paydayloan</a> http://paydayloans.allstarpaydayloan.com <a href="http://www.allstarpaydayloan.com" rel="nofollow">Payday Loans</a> http://www.allstarpaydayloan.com Pay Day Loan http://pay-day-loan.allstarpaydayloan.com
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]]> By: Juicy Salama http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-13331 Juicy Salama Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:18:05 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-13331 “We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van?He looked like an office worker in his 40s?He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off.” This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here. Sammy Lee - I share your pain. Americans can't drink and they sure as hell can't drive :-) How's the hang over? “We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van?He looked like an office worker in his 40s?He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off.” This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here.

Sammy Lee - I share your pain. Americans can’t drink and they sure as hell can’t drive :-)

How’s the hang over?

]]> By: Juicy Salama http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-13330 Juicy Salama Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:17:35 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-13330 “We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van?He looked like an office worker in his 40s?He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off.” This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here. Sammy Lee - I share your pain. Americans can't drink and they sure as hell can't drive :-) How's the hang over? “We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van?He looked like an office worker in his 40s?He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off.” This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here.

Sammy Lee - I share your pain. Americans can’t drink and they sure as hell can’t drive :-)

How’s the hang over?

]]> By: Ã…boy http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-13046 Ã…boy Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:47:01 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-13046 Don't worry, tim73. You might be bisexual. Don't run from it, just embrace it. ;) Don’t worry, tim73. You might be bisexual. Don’t run from it, just embrace it. ;)

]]> By: tim73 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-13002 tim73 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:31:41 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-13002 But that Officer Tom is magnificent! Bravosimos! Almost feel like going all out homo or something! But no..I need three holes after all from my partner but look at that picture, your bitch is most definitely uglier than this beauty :) But that Officer Tom is magnificent! Bravosimos! Almost feel like going all out homo or something! But no..I need three holes after all from my partner but look at that picture, your bitch is most definitely uglier than this beauty :)

]]> By: Sammy Lee http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12996 Sammy Lee Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:38:16 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12996 "We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van...He looked like an office worker in his 40s...He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off." This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here. “We saw our first really drunk man at around 10pm, picked out by the headlights of the police van…He looked like an office worker in his 40s…He looked like he was on his way home to sleep it off.” This seems not to be a problem only in Finland. I see this same guy almost every night here in Silicon Valley. Only here he is driving a car. Seriously, I just saw a guy leaving a San Jose downtown bar after some post-work drinks and hitting two trafic signals just trying to get off the parking lot. Good thing there is no pedestrians here.

]]> By: howDumbMi http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12939 howDumbMi Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:58:47 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12939 this blog is very interesting. some day i will probably start to write my bad jokes too. this blog is very interesting. some day i will probably start to write my bad jokes too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12925 Anonymous Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:34:45 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12925 “The price of a 12-pack beer has not dropped in half.” "Yes it has. From ~14e to under 7e" If you paid 14e for a 12-pack before the tax-cut I feel sorry for you. I paid 11.90. today a 12-pack is 7.90. that is 4e. that will say 33%. (Same brand, no special prices) “The price of a 12-pack beer has not dropped in half.”
“Yes it has. From ~14e to under 7e”

If you paid 14e for a 12-pack before the tax-cut I feel sorry for you. I paid 11.90. today a 12-pack is 7.90. that is 4e. that will say 33%.
(Same brand, no special prices)

]]> By: Hank W. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12900 Hank W. Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:47:49 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12900 <i>He looked like an office worker in his 40s, dressed in a suit and overcoat, with a laptop bag slung over his shoulder, weaving and staggering along the pavement, narrowly avoiding obstacles like lamp posts and trees.</i> Ah, my 15 minutes of fame - though I object, I was trying to avoid the pink penguins... He looked like an office worker in his 40s, dressed in a suit and overcoat, with a laptop bag slung over his shoulder, weaving and staggering along the pavement, narrowly avoiding obstacles like lamp posts and trees.

Ah, my 15 minutes of fame - though I object, I was trying to avoid the pink penguins…

]]> By: Helsinkian http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12892 Helsinkian Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:05:17 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12892 Phil, I was wondering about this officer Tom thing. Finnish-Californian Tom of Finland created this whole macho gay subculture with his pornographic drawings of Finnish soldiers and lumberjacks, if I've understood correctly. I thought I'd google some data on him and I came across this hilarious account of Tom's personal history. Only in America can you present Finland's World War II history like this: http://www.glbtq.com/arts/tom_finland.html "In April 1940, after Finland had capitulated to the Soviet Union, Laaksonen was drafted into the army and, in late 1944, saw military action resisting the German invasion of Russia." This might in a sense even be factually correct if Tom indeed participated in the campaign to drive the Nazis out of Lapland, which Finland did as requested by the USSR but it sure gives a funny picture of Finland in World War II. I don't know about that but I think he was fighting the Russians for most of the time which is the impression you get from the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_of_Finland Wikipedia says Tom's "most prominent comic series is the 'Kake' comics". Maybe your caption should be "Officer Kake"? Phil, I was wondering about this officer Tom thing. Finnish-Californian Tom of Finland created this whole macho gay subculture with his pornographic drawings of Finnish soldiers and lumberjacks, if I’ve understood correctly. I thought I’d google some data on him and I came across this hilarious account of Tom’s personal history. Only in America can you present Finland’s World War II history like this:

http://www.glbtq.com/arts/tom_finland.html

“In April 1940, after Finland had capitulated to the Soviet Union, Laaksonen was drafted into the army and, in late 1944, saw military action resisting the German invasion of Russia.”

This might in a sense even be factually correct if Tom indeed participated in the campaign to drive the Nazis out of Lapland, which Finland did as requested by the USSR but it sure gives a funny picture of Finland in World War II. I don’t know about that but I think he was fighting the Russians for most of the time which is the impression you get from the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_of_Finland

Wikipedia says Tom’s “most prominent comic series is the ‘Kake’ comics”. Maybe your caption should be “Officer Kake”?

]]> By: Tom http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12883 Tom Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:09:19 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12883 "1. Don’t most of these alcohol related illnesses take years to develop?" Yes, alcohol related illnesses do take some time to develop. Alcohol related deaths, however, include also accidents and acts of violence as well as poisoning cases. Becoming part of the social sphere that drinks a lot and kills each other probably takes a while but as far as poisoning is concerned, the less practice you have the more likely is death by poisoning. “1. Don’t most of these alcohol related illnesses take years to develop?”

Yes, alcohol related illnesses do take some time to develop. Alcohol related deaths, however, include also accidents and acts of violence as well as poisoning cases. Becoming part of the social sphere that drinks a lot and kills each other probably takes a while but as far as poisoning is concerned, the less practice you have the more likely is death by poisoning.

]]> By: Lauri http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12880 Lauri Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:54:54 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12880 "The price of a 12-pack beer has not dropped in half." Yes it has. From ~14e to under 7e “The price of a 12-pack beer has not dropped in half.”

Yes it has. From ~14e to under 7e

]]> By: Topias http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12879 Topias Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:39:26 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12879 Two points: 1. Don't most of these alcohol related illnesses take years to develop? 2. Even if the death toll increases a little it doesn't mean we should start taxing like hell again. Two points:
1. Don’t most of these alcohol related illnesses take years to develop?
2. Even if the death toll increases a little it doesn’t mean we should start taxing like hell again.

]]> By: M http://www.finlandforthought.net/2005/10/31/a-night-out-in-helsinki/#comment-12878 M Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:50:56 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/?p=1133#comment-12878 There was a report in the news about the rise of alcohol related deaths, wasn'st there? Middle-aged men doing most of the dying, so to speak... But me, I'm not middle-aged yet, so I'm all for lower alcohol taxs! There was a report in the news about the rise of alcohol related deaths, wasn’st there? Middle-aged men doing most of the dying, so to speak…

But me, I’m not middle-aged yet, so I’m all for lower alcohol taxs!

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