Comments on: Itsenäisyyspäivä or the Blue and White Day http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/ Everyday Peculiarities Sun, 20 May 2012 05:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Mladen http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-25 Mladen Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:05:00 +0000 http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-25 Hei Janne, Being a fascist about details can come in handy, as is the case with you correcting my blog post. Getting historical facts is important, and thus I thank you for straightening up these. Anyways, I'm looking forward to meeting you sometime soon too. Thanks for the nice wishes ... and likewise, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too. Mladen Hei Janne,

Being a fascist about details can come in handy, as is the case with you correcting my blog post. Getting historical facts is important, and thus I thank you for straightening up these.

Anyways, I’m looking forward to meeting you sometime soon too.

Thanks for the nice wishes … and likewise, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too.

Mladen

]]> By: Janne Eränen http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-24 Janne Eränen Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:24:00 +0000 http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-24 Hello, Maija's brother here. Got this address from our mother :P You seem to grasp the finnish mentality quite well. Just a small comment, "Tuntematon sotilas" is not about talvisota, it is about jatkosota (The continuation war, or somesuch, 1941-1944). Sorry, but I'm sometimes quite the fascist with the little details =) Hope to meet you one day, and remember to have a nice holiday down south! Oh yeah and christmas too. Hello, Maija’s brother here. Got this address from our mother :P

You seem to grasp the finnish mentality quite well. Just a small comment, “Tuntematon sotilas” is not about talvisota, it is about jatkosota (The continuation war, or somesuch, 1941-1944). Sorry, but I’m sometimes quite the fascist with the little details =)

Hope to meet you one day, and remember to have a nice holiday down south! Oh yeah and christmas too.

]]> By: Mladen http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-23 Mladen Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:59:00 +0000 http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-23 Yeah, the Coca-Cola secret recipe might be an urban legend, but, oh no, it ain't so with the secret punch. Finns are dead serious about their booze and aren't as careless to let <I>this</I> recipe out int he wild. BTW, thanks for <I>link</I>. Mladen Yeah, the Coca-Cola secret recipe might be an urban legend, but, oh no, it ain’t so with the secret punch. Finns are dead serious about their booze and aren’t as careless to let this recipe out int he wild.

BTW, thanks for link.

Mladen

]]> By: Bajo http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-22 Bajo Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:45:00 +0000 http://theslate.net/2005/12/07/itsenaisyyspaiva-or-the-blue-and-white-day/#comment-22 Heya ho! You put a wrong link there. The dress from the "nipplegate" can be seen here: http://www.seiska.fi/viihde/julkkiskuvat/?a=5956&p=5 Nothing really special, huh? Looks more like some king of an alien dress from a silly Sci-Fi movie. And by the way - the Coca-Cola secret recipe is an urban legend supported by Coca-Cola itself. The recipe is not all that very secret - however, it is impossible for anyone except the Coca Cola company to import the fluid extract of coca (yes, at one time Coca-Cola did contain cocaine). And the original recipe changed a bit over the years too. Well, M-Aladdin, take care, put those woolen underpants on, avoid the avalanches and get some body fat before the REAL winter comes! :) Have fun afwan amigo, Bajo Heya ho!

You put a wrong link there. The dress from the “nipplegate” can be seen here:

http://www.seiska.fi/viihde/julkkiskuvat/?a=5956&p=5

Nothing really special, huh? Looks more like some king of an alien dress from a silly Sci-Fi movie.

And by the way - the Coca-Cola secret recipe is an urban legend supported by Coca-Cola itself. The recipe is not all that very secret - however, it is impossible for anyone except the Coca Cola company to import the fluid extract of coca (yes, at one time Coca-Cola did contain cocaine). And the original recipe changed a bit over the years too.

Well, M-Aladdin, take care, put those woolen underpants on, avoid the avalanches and get some body fat before the REAL winter comes! :)

Have fun afwan amigo,

Bajo

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