Comments on: Conan pronounces Tarja’s name properly (sorta) http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/ Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hank W. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-31816 Hank W. Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:07:05 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-31816 Ah, anonymous, you got the last one wrong: "Finns fought alongside the Nazis, against the ultimate evil, to save the remainder of their freedom." ;) And you forgot that Tarja, as a typical Finnish maale, goes to bellydancing classes... Ah, anonymous, you got the last one wrong:
“Finns fought alongside the Nazis, against the ultimate evil, to save the remainder of their freedom.” ;)

And you forgot that Tarja, as a typical Finnish maale, goes to bellydancing classes…

]]> By: A Finn http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-29073 A Finn Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:19:26 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-29073 The gingerheadman could at least have taken extra land out of Russia and Sweden instead of taking some of Lapland off for the head shape. The gingerheadman could at least have taken extra land out of Russia and Sweden instead of taking some of Lapland off for the head shape.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28886 Anonymous Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:14:25 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28886 "Even your clapping is depressing..." I wonder how nasty Conan will get till this joke finally is over. The plot is already clear and it's the same as in Monty Python's song "Finland". Finland is so obscure and insignificant a country - hell, it doesn't even have history - that that alone is funny. Add a few stereotypes about drinking, depression, and perhaps tango, and you'll get sufficiently funny comedy, hopefully. In case the program team happens to read this, here are a few suggestions: - Kimi Räikkönen interviewed after a victory in Formula One. How funny can speaking English get, and, by the way, does he have soul at all? A typical Finnish male! - Present the Washington Post articles praising Finland from last summer and then contrast them with the number of suicides. - Dig up strange things from Halonen's past, after all, she's been an advocate for homosexuals, she was a single mother who wasn't even married when she got elected for the first time, and she's a socialist, for heaven's sake. A typical Finnish male! - Alko's spirits monopoly shows that the Finns can't control their drinking without help from the government - and not even then: show teenagers getting drunk on weekends in down-town Helsinki. - Matti Nykänen, once the foremost ski jumper (what's that anyways) in the world, since that a drunk who did time for "knifing" his friend. A typical Finnish male! - Renny Harlin, not exactly the most successful movie director in history (see Cutthroat Island's record) - The Finnish language is not only incomprehensible, it’s ugly too. “Epäjärjestlmällistymättömyydellänsäkään” is actually a meaningful word in Finnish. “Voinks mä tulla teille yöks” asks a typical Finnish male meaning about the same as “voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”. - Finland fought alongside the Nazis, the ulitimate evil, against freedom. How much worse can it get? “Even your clapping is depressing…”

I wonder how nasty Conan will get till this joke finally is over. The plot is already clear and it’s the same as in Monty Python’s song “Finland”. Finland is so obscure and insignificant a country – hell, it doesn’t even have history – that that alone is funny. Add a few stereotypes about drinking, depression, and perhaps tango, and you’ll get sufficiently funny comedy, hopefully.

In case the program team happens to read this, here are a few suggestions:
- Kimi Räikkönen interviewed after a victory in Formula One. How funny can speaking English get, and, by the way, does he have soul at all? A typical Finnish male!
- Present the Washington Post articles praising Finland from last summer and then contrast them with the number of suicides.
- Dig up strange things from Halonen’s past, after all, she’s been an advocate for homosexuals, she was a single mother who wasn’t even married when she got elected for the first time, and she’s a socialist, for heaven’s sake. A typical Finnish male!
- Alko’s spirits monopoly shows that the Finns can’t control their drinking without help from the government – and not even then: show teenagers getting drunk on weekends in down-town Helsinki.
- Matti Nykänen, once the foremost ski jumper (what’s that anyways) in the world, since that a drunk who did time for “knifing” his friend. A typical Finnish male!
- Renny Harlin, not exactly the most successful movie director in history (see Cutthroat Island’s record)
- The Finnish language is not only incomprehensible, it’s ugly too. “Epäjärjestlmällistymättömyydellänsäkään” is actually a meaningful word in Finnish. “Voinks mä tulla teille yöks” asks a typical Finnish male meaning about the same as “voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir”.
- Finland fought alongside the Nazis, the ulitimate evil, against freedom. How much worse can it get?

]]> By: Nokia Guy http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28647 Nokia Guy Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:59:20 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28647 Yeah, he does look little bit like Kevin Klein. LOL@ the "FAG" store. :D I think conan should go to the KKKK...the one up market ;) Yeah, he does look little bit like Kevin Klein.
LOL@ the “FAG” store. :D

I think conan should go to the KKKK…the one up market ;)

]]> By: Phil http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28637 Phil Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:55:59 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28637 <i>Conan should visit the KKK-market!</i> I bet he's going right from the airport to the closest one. Oh, and on his way from the airport he needs to stop by the "FAG" store. :lol: Conan should visit the KKK-market!

I bet he’s going right from the airport to the closest one. Oh, and on his way from the airport he needs to stop by the “FAG” store. :lol:

]]> By: conan http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28442 conan Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:20:32 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28442 he does look a bit like Kevin Klein and he isn't coming back to Finland, he's got the job at Kmart now :lol: he does look a bit like Kevin Klein and he isn’t coming back to Finland, he’s got the job at Kmart now :lol:

]]> By: Nokia Guy http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28374 Nokia Guy Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:50:26 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28374 LOL...it's just a K-Market...not many KKKs on Mannerheimintie are there. ;) Haven't seen him in the last couple of days and he wasn't there today either. LOL…it’s just a K-Market…not many KKKs on Mannerheimintie are there. ;)
Haven’t seen him in the last couple of days and he wasn’t there today either.

]]> By: Sale http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28328 Sale Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:31:39 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28328 Conan should visit the KKK-market! Conan should visit the KKK-market!

]]> By: Phil http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-28186 Phil Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:38:07 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-28186 <i>LOL. I know the Finnish guy among the guests. He works at the K-market near my place</i> Actor Kevin Klein works near you?!? LOL. I know the Finnish guy among the guests. He works at the K-market near my place

Actor Kevin Klein works near you?!?

]]> By: conan http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27975 conan Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:05:45 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27975 "Praise the mighty Conan, for joining Lapland to Norway instead of Russia!" Huh!!! “Praise the mighty Conan, for joining Lapland to Norway instead of Russia!”

Huh!!!

]]> By: Timppa http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27684 Timppa Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:11:31 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27684 Huh, bit of an anticlimax dont you think? Considering all that campaigning he did. "Does that mean he is actually going to meet with Tarja when he goes to Finland?" I'm Afraid so. Maria Romantchuk (spelling???) said that if they find time then they will consider it. I'm not so sure if it's such a good idea. If it would be Tim Sebastian or Larry King conducting the interview then hell yeah, but a guy from a late night comedy show - could go sour. Huh, bit of an anticlimax dont you think? Considering all that campaigning he did.

“Does that mean he is actually going to meet with Tarja when he goes to Finland?”

I’m Afraid so. Maria Romantchuk (spelling???) said that if they find time then they will consider it. I’m not so sure if it’s such a good idea. If it would be Tim Sebastian or Larry King conducting the interview then hell yeah, but a guy from a late night comedy show – could go sour.

]]> By: Badgermushroom http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27657 Badgermushroom Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:59:43 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27657 For a minute I thought that was Malmi Airport, but its not round enough. Mind you, would anyone mind if Malmi Airport was renamed Conan O'Brien International Airport? -BM For a minute I thought that was Malmi Airport, but its not round enough.

Mind you, would anyone mind if Malmi Airport was renamed Conan O’Brien International Airport?

-BM

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27653 Anonymous Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:27:28 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27653 is it a kkk market? is it a kkk market?

]]> By: Nokia Guy http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27646 Nokia Guy Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:32:05 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27646 LOL. I know the Finnish guy among the guests. He works at the K-market near my place. :-) LOL. I know the Finnish guy among the guests. He works at the K-market near my place. :-)

]]> By: Pepe http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-27560 Pepe Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:14:32 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/02/02/conan-pronounces-tarjas-name-properly/#comment-27560 That airport picture must be from Siperia or something =) When Conan comes to Finland he really should visit Helsinki's nightlife and comment about the boozing culture. And the suburb named Konala. That airport picture must be from Siperia or something =)

When Conan comes to Finland he really should visit Helsinki’s nightlife and comment about the boozing culture. And the suburb named Konala.

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