"I spun," Known a few Finns over the years. That flat, taciturn directness springs to mind every time I consider what a daft bugger Uncle Joe was going there unprepared. Hubris - meet stone people.
In addition to cocktails, the Finns also used a polka for warfare...that's what I call really creative: Säkkijärven polkka - Wikipedia
Finnish national drinks: "Marskin ryypy" - tastes excellent, pleasantly mild flavor "Molotovin koktaili" - tastes indescribably bad, burns like hell
Fun Finnish beverages. Jaloviina, the "Noble Spirit" This next stuff is Koskenkorva Salmiakki. Finnish vodka mixed with Turkish Pepper licorice (made with ammonium chloride). Brutal stuff.
Hello Itdan Even in mid 70s we, conscript sappers, were trained to use Molotovin koktail, the target was a wreck of a T-26 or a Vickers 6-Ton. Some kind of traditional weapon, even our istructor said that it was not effective against tanks of that time. Juha
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! A plaque on a building in the historic part of Naantali just after we saw the Moomins.
Hölökynkölökyn ! (otherwise Hurl-a-kun, curl-a-kun) Remembering Jorma, Sari and the rest of the gang.
Happy birthday Finland. See you again next year. Below: A picture from 80 years ago today from here WebNeo (sa-kuva.fi) http://sa-kuva.fi/static/27/60/142760_r500.jpg
