Finn órán a tanárnő mindig meglep minket valami érdekessel, volt amikor pl behozta a reggelijét egy kis tálkában, hogy megnézhessük, milyen egy tipikus finn reggeli :D Mindig elmondja ha éppen valami ünnep van, vagy valami olyan, ami fontos egy finn életében, vagy ha valami híres ember születésnapja van, néha szólt pár szót a finn mentalitásról, az emberekről stb. Szóval pár hete hasonló érdekességként hozott nekünk egy komolyságtól mentes kis listát, ahol fel van sorolva pár dolog, amik azokra az emberekre jellemzőek, akik túl sok időt töltöttek finnországban. Én angolul írom le, mert nincs kedvem fordítani:
- You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you should keep to take to store and which can be sacrified to garbage.
- As you walk past the Parliament Building in Helsinki, and see the statue is titled "Svinhufvud" you no longer read it as "Swinehead" and instead you think "What a good Swedish name!"
- When a stranger on the street smiles at you: a) you assume he's drunk b) he's insane c) he's american
- You don't think twice to put your wet dishes away in the cupboard to dry.
- A friend asks about yout holiday plans and you answer "Oh, I'm going to Europe!" meaning any other Western European country outside Scandinavia.
- You no longer scrunch up or fold your paper money. You always out your money in your wallet.
- You see a student taking a front row seat and wonder "Who does he think he is!!??"
- Silence is fun.
- The reason you take the ferry to Stockholm is: a) duty free vodka b) duty free beer c) to party hearty... no need to get off the boat in Stockholm, just turn around and do it again on the way back to finland.
- Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is to weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.
- You pass a grocery store and think "Wow, it is open, I had better go in and buy something!".
- Your native language has seriously deteriorated, now you begin to "eat medicine", "open the television", "close lights off", and tell someone "you need't to!". Expressions like "don't panic" creep into your everyday language.
- You associate pea soup with Thursday.
- Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street when the light is red and there is no WALK symbol, even though there are no cars in sight.
- Your notion of streetlife is reduced to the few teenagers hanging out in front of the railway station on Friday nights.
- Your bad mood bacomes your good mood.
- Sundays no longer seem dull with all the stores closed, and begin to feel restful instead.
- "No comment" becomes a conversation strategy.
- You finally stop asking your class "Are there any questions?"
- The fact that all of the "v" 's and the "w" 's are together in the phone directory seems right.
- Your old habit of being fashionably late is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.
- Hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay.
- You refuse to wear a hat, even in -30 degrees weather.
- Your hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume: a) they are drunk b) they are swedish-speaking c) they are american
Több ponthoz is kell némi finnországi tapasztalat, de van azért pár, amin anélkül is jókat lehet mosolyogni. Kedvenceim: 3) 8) 9) 13) 14) 16) 18) de a 22) mindent visz. Ha valami nem tiszta, szívesen elmagyarázom, miért tipikusan finn, vagy vicces vagy stb. Persze ha tudom. Van még pár ilyen vicces dolog, ami Niki listáján vannak, nálam valamiért nem, majd összeszedem őket is pl: Minden kerszteződésben megállsz, még akkor is ha sehol sem látsz autót, és megvárod, hogy a következő autó odaérjen és csak azután indulsz el. Meg kb 150 féleképpen tudod elkészíteni a heringet. Nem sok különbség van a 2 listában, de majd lecsekkolom.
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