Posts tagged with ‘finland’

The new Finnish passports feature an animated walking moose

In 2011, Finland introduced new passports whose major security feature seems to be a flipbook animation of a walking moose. America could only wish to have passports this cool.

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Watch a Finnish guy make a basketball shot from the top of a ski jump

After only 20 tries, this Finnish guy drops the rock straight through the net from about 230 feet up.

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First look at the Angry Birds theme park in Finland

Okay, so it’s no Disney World… it’s more like a giant Angry Birds themed playground, but okay. When you get to launch people into buildings with a slingshot, give me a call and I’ll book a flight.

Finnish President’s husband caught staring at Danish princess’ boobs

There’s a really long stare followed by a little cleavage cover-up, but damn… that is one smokin’ hot princess and she does have a nice rack. If she didn’t want people staring at it, she should have worn a turtleneck.

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Meanwhile in Finland… fishing under the ice is a thing

So everyone else does ice fishing from above the ice? What a bunch of pussies.

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How to open a door: A useful instructional film from Finland, 1979

Click on the CC button on the YouTube video for subtitles, because this is something that you’ll never learn just by watching alone. This is important information and serious business.

More Saturday morning cartoons: “Heaven or Helsinki” by Clockwork Orchestra

Over the weekend, Rovio held an Angry Birds world championship in Finland

Over 2600 fans showed up over the weekend to the first Angry Birds championship in Finland, but only one had the bird slinging skills to walk away with the grand prize. That would be 19 year old Jonas Koivula, who blew off studying for an intensive Angry Birds training session. 

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Finnish kid in a children’s choir doesn’t feel that good

To be honest, choir music always gave me the same reaction, so I don’t think it was his fault.

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Sunday Metal Madness: Heavisaurus “Viimeinen mammutti”

Wait for the 1:10 mark of the video for your “what the fuck” response.

Nightmare fuel: HAIRY CHIN MONKEY

He’s going to eat your will to live!

Nightmare fuel: Weird fucking Finnish guy freaks out while eating licorice

This guy’s got a weird looking face, but he’s actually got method to his madness. I don’t speak Finnish, but apparently, he’s doing a serious but funny bitch-fest about the Finnish government banning the sale of licorice pipes, probably for the same reason that candy cigarettes were banned in the US— children and smoking and all that dumb shit.

Crazy fucking Finnish detergent ad from the 1970s

Ah, to be young and wacky and Finnish in the 70s. They sure loved their Lycra.

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