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95 years of well deserved freedom and still counting. Long live Finland! :]
PS. Also still in debt to all those men (including my late grandfather) who fought to defend this great land of thousands of lakes so that we could live independently and be a proud small nation on our own. RIP veterans.
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2012-12-06, 07:59 PM #1Field Marshal
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[Finland] Happy Independence day to us all!
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2012-12-06, 08:12 PM #2Mechagnome
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For a northern country, your ancestors sure picked a rotten time of year to get into a war.
Jokes aside, Happy Independence Day
Is there something traditional you guys do to celebrate, like the way we go nuts with fireworks displays in the US?
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2012-12-06, 08:12 PM #3Deleted
Happy birthday, brothers of the east! I also wish to pay my debts to your Finnish veterans for not only defending Finland, but also for protecting the rest of the Nordic countries from the Soviets by showing them that Finland is not to be triffled with.
Here's to another century of prosperity for Finland and another century of continued friendship between our two countries.
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2012-12-06, 08:14 PM #4Deleted
Not really related, but when I think of Finland, I remember this guy: Simo Häyhä
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2012-12-06, 08:16 PM #5Legendary!
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Let's build a giant sauna and play hockey in it >:3
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2012-12-06, 08:21 PM #6Field Marshal
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2012-12-06, 08:23 PM #7Field Marshal
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Also not to forget the consuming of lots and lots of alcohol while doing those 8)
Originally Posted by MasterHamster
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Originally Posted by Liagala
For a northern country, your ancestors sure picked a rotten time of year to get into a war.
Jokes aside, Happy Independence Day Is there something traditional you guys do to celebrate, like the way we go nuts with fireworks displays in the US?
The time of the year actually kinda played a part in the course of the war because the russian army was not that well prepared. The "red army" thought it would be a quick war and that they would just crush us and get back home for dinner..kinda. Instead they lost many men just due to the fact that the soldiers didn't have equipment against the cold. So many died in the snowy woods and freezed to death when surrounded by small Finnish patrols skiing around to make the enemy think there were more. So they would either make a run and got shot or froze to death..
As for the traditions our president is atm having a great "ball", or whatever it is, in the presidential palace where many of the leading ppl from the government and business side, actor, writers etc are participating in the celebration. I think there is also some fireworks and it's all shown in TV and the whole nation watches it and laughs at the horrible looking dresses some women wear and so on =) My personal "tradition" is to watch the movie called Tuntematon Sotilas (the Unknown Soldier) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuntema...281955_film%29 B&W film that tells the story about 1 of the wars between us and the Russians. It really makes me feel sentimental every time and I wasn't even in the war.. Especially the part where the torn landscape is shown and the song Finlandia by J. Sibelius is played..
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That's kinda cool read. I remember the guys name and that he was a "war hero" but had forgotten the specifics. Thanks for sharing the link :] Originally Posted by Diesta
Typical "modest" Finnish guy who just did something he was asked.. cool to know he got to live and even go hunting with the president
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2012-12-06, 08:42 PM #8Pandaren Monk
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With the ice being made out of frozen beer (that we would later melt and drink)! Originally Posted by MasterHamster
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2012-12-06, 08:44 PM #9Bloodsail Admiral
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Meh, id rather live in Sweden. I hope no-one here is watching the bad soap opera "linnanjuhlat".
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2012-12-06, 08:44 PM #10Field Marshal
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Originally Posted by nalle
Sir! I like your way of thinking!
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If our grandfathers hadn't won the war you'd be "rather living in Russia" ;D Originally Posted by Arlon
I WAS watching the "Linnan juhlat" for a while but heard that my uncle isn't there this year so I couldn't laugh at his eye glasses so I stopped watching..Last edited by ShadowOfThePast; 2012-12-06 at 08:47 PM.
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2012-12-06, 08:46 PM #11Dreadlord
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Happy Independence day to you.
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2012-12-06, 08:46 PM #12Bloodsail Admiral
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Cheap booze and hot women? Count me in. Originally Posted by ShadowOfThePast
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2012-12-06, 08:49 PM #13Field Marshal
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Originally Posted by Arlon
Or hot booze and cheap women?!
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2012-12-06, 09:56 PM #14Keyboard Turner
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From a Swedish- and Finnish-American, Happy Independence Day! Thank you, Finland, for giving me my favorite hockey players Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund.
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2012-12-06, 10:01 PM #15Field Marshal
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You're welcome. There's plenty more from where they came from 8) Originally Posted by Tok-meister
From a Swedish- and Finnish-American, Happy Independence Day! Thank you, Finland, for giving me my favorite hockey players Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund.
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2012-12-07, 05:39 PM #16Deleted
Finland, the most anti-social and depressing country in the world
Say you are a media person and the slightest "damn" or "hell" on TV and old people are rolling in their graves.
The parlament the pinnacle of stupidity.
The youth is retarded in every way.
A Finnish person kills someone, no big deal. A foreigner steals a candy from the store and everyone goes batshit how the Somalians are raping our women and taking our jobs.
Winters are depressing, unless you live in Lapland.
So yeah, hooray for 95 years
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2012-12-07, 05:52 PM #17DeletedI like how you seem to despise Finland yet your location is "Winland". :P Originally Posted by Sameen
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2012-12-08, 01:30 AM #18DeletedBusted. Only country you can put win to ^^ Originally Posted by Tomatketchup
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2012-12-08, 02:15 AM #19Deleted
Gloomy bunch of bastards, merry independence day!
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2012-12-08, 02:22 AM #20Banned
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I had no idea finland was only 95 years old.
Time to go read some history.
Were you guys just part of the swedish kingdom until then? Or some other slavic country? Russia?
What about Norway and denmark, so many questions now.
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