You have stayed in Finland too long when…
1) You think it is normal to have lunch at 11:00
2) When you go to a post office, bank or pharmacy you first start looking for a waiting ticket. You think it is normal to stand in line for getting a waiting ticket.
3) A deep sigh is a part of your daily vocabulary, and so is “hmmmm”.
4) When there is 70°C in sauna it is cold, but when there is 25°C outside it is hot.
5) A natural part of a business meeting is to spend time naked in a hot room with people you don`t know.
6) A stranger smiling at you is
a) crazy
b) drunk
c) foreigner
d) all of the above
7) You go to cruise
a) to buy tax free beer
b) to buy tax free booze
c) to party
8) You are always on time
9) Shoes and white sporting socks are an acceptable combination
10) You`ll get drunk on religious holidays
11) You`d rather stay at home than go drinking in a pub.
12) You consider it normal to go to a summer cottage in the middle of a forest to be eaten by moskitos and to drink booze.
13) 5°C means mild weather.
14) Your wear warm clothes in April even though there is 25°C, because it is April. You wear a t-shirt and shorts in July even though there is 10°C, because it is July.
15) You wear socks and sandals at the same time.
16) Temperature below zero and snow does not stop you from biking.
17) You get annoyed if a bus / train is two minutes late
18) Your wife is watching television while you take care of the kids.
19) You think it is normal to keep on walking when a stranger asks you something on the street.
20) You have been engaged for four years without thinking of getting married.
21) You automatically put your hand in your pocket when you hear a mobile ringing.
22) You are interested in the new models of mobile phones and whether your mobile is following the latest trend.
23) When your colleagues ask you to go out for a drink after work you know that is result in a long night and a head-breaking hangover next day
24) Most of your friends are called the same and you have to use their last names to make a separation.
25) You go to the movies in time to see the commercials.
26) A piece of tomato on a piece if lettuce can be called a salad.
27) You consider it normal that the last name which start with v and w are located in the same place in the telephone directory.
28) Silence is fun.
29) You find it normal to drink milk with your meals.
30) You finally stop asking your class "Are there any questions?"
31) Hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay
32) You give up on trying to find fat-free food and pile on the butter, cream and sugar.
33) you stop brushing your teeth and instead take 2 shots of Minttu.
34) you go to bed its dark and when you woke up its again dark outside in winters.
35) there is absolutely no reason to cross the street when the light is red
36) you are happy if it is just -10C and not -20C.
37) you realized to see men with babycoach everyday passing by the wide foothpath is normal.
38) you begin to accept the wasted 40+ yr old couple in the middle of the dance floor as a normal thing.
39) you can't see potatoes anymore.
40) you stop to laugh about "megapussi" packaging in the supermarket.
41) you think that smashing glasses in night clubs is normal !
42) you wear high-heels and a mini-skirt although it is -15°C!
43) you see Salmiaki ice-cream as completely normal.
44) you spend 20 hours a day awake in the summer because its too bright.
45) you spend 16hours a day in bed in the winter, because its too dark
46) you are heading for one of the several gambling machines before leaving a shop
47) you expect reindeers on the road instead of people
48) rasvaton maito and Olterman cheese are the first 2 things you buy in the foodshop.
49) you don't doubt to put your wet dishes in the 'drying closet', while thinking: this is the best invention ever!
50) you enter a bus and you see that if you wanted to sit down then you would have to sit next to a person, so you stand for the whole ride.
51) you really walk as fast as you can and eat as fast as possible and don't know why?
52) bring your own drinks to a party and take away the empty cans afterwards because of the high pledge.
53) You think someone is an alcoholic if they're having a glass of wine with dinner in the middle of the week,
but you think it's perfectly normal to have 15 drinks on a friday or saturday night.
54) you use the term "no niin" while in your own home with no one around.
55) you don't do the first step while making new friends.
56) you understand the meaning, the usage and even why such a word as "perkele" exists.
2) When you go to a post office, bank or pharmacy you first start looking for a waiting ticket. You think it is normal to stand in line for getting a waiting ticket.
3) A deep sigh is a part of your daily vocabulary, and so is “hmmmm”.
4) When there is 70°C in sauna it is cold, but when there is 25°C outside it is hot.
5) A natural part of a business meeting is to spend time naked in a hot room with people you don`t know.
6) A stranger smiling at you is
a) crazy
b) drunk
c) foreigner
d) all of the above
7) You go to cruise
a) to buy tax free beer
b) to buy tax free booze
c) to party
8) You are always on time
9) Shoes and white sporting socks are an acceptable combination
10) You`ll get drunk on religious holidays
11) You`d rather stay at home than go drinking in a pub.
12) You consider it normal to go to a summer cottage in the middle of a forest to be eaten by moskitos and to drink booze.
13) 5°C means mild weather.
14) Your wear warm clothes in April even though there is 25°C, because it is April. You wear a t-shirt and shorts in July even though there is 10°C, because it is July.
15) You wear socks and sandals at the same time.
16) Temperature below zero and snow does not stop you from biking.
17) You get annoyed if a bus / train is two minutes late
18) Your wife is watching television while you take care of the kids.
19) You think it is normal to keep on walking when a stranger asks you something on the street.
20) You have been engaged for four years without thinking of getting married.
21) You automatically put your hand in your pocket when you hear a mobile ringing.
22) You are interested in the new models of mobile phones and whether your mobile is following the latest trend.
23) When your colleagues ask you to go out for a drink after work you know that is result in a long night and a head-breaking hangover next day
24) Most of your friends are called the same and you have to use their last names to make a separation.
25) You go to the movies in time to see the commercials.
26) A piece of tomato on a piece if lettuce can be called a salad.
27) You consider it normal that the last name which start with v and w are located in the same place in the telephone directory.
28) Silence is fun.
29) You find it normal to drink milk with your meals.
30) You finally stop asking your class "Are there any questions?"
31) Hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay
32) You give up on trying to find fat-free food and pile on the butter, cream and sugar.
33) you stop brushing your teeth and instead take 2 shots of Minttu.
34) you go to bed its dark and when you woke up its again dark outside in winters.
35) there is absolutely no reason to cross the street when the light is red
36) you are happy if it is just -10C and not -20C.
37) you realized to see men with babycoach everyday passing by the wide foothpath is normal.
38) you begin to accept the wasted 40+ yr old couple in the middle of the dance floor as a normal thing.
39) you can't see potatoes anymore.
40) you stop to laugh about "megapussi" packaging in the supermarket.
41) you think that smashing glasses in night clubs is normal !
42) you wear high-heels and a mini-skirt although it is -15°C!
43) you see Salmiaki ice-cream as completely normal.
44) you spend 20 hours a day awake in the summer because its too bright.
45) you spend 16hours a day in bed in the winter, because its too dark
46) you are heading for one of the several gambling machines before leaving a shop
47) you expect reindeers on the road instead of people
48) rasvaton maito and Olterman cheese are the first 2 things you buy in the foodshop.
49) you don't doubt to put your wet dishes in the 'drying closet', while thinking: this is the best invention ever!
50) you enter a bus and you see that if you wanted to sit down then you would have to sit next to a person, so you stand for the whole ride.
51) you really walk as fast as you can and eat as fast as possible and don't know why?
52) bring your own drinks to a party and take away the empty cans afterwards because of the high pledge.
53) You think someone is an alcoholic if they're having a glass of wine with dinner in the middle of the week,
but you think it's perfectly normal to have 15 drinks on a friday or saturday night.
54) you use the term "no niin" while in your own home with no one around.
55) you don't do the first step while making new friends.
56) you understand the meaning, the usage and even why such a word as "perkele" exists.
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Postat av: Katja
Haha! Den var bra!
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