Nordics: this is why you can't have nice things!!! [Archive]

Torvald Von Mansee

01-23-10, 12:41 PM

d@rk51d3

01-23-10, 07:40 PM

Ooooh. That reminds me...........

I have a jar of Herring Salad in the fridge. YUM!

Cheers mate. :up:

Task Force

01-23-10, 08:19 PM

Lol... yea... they do like some odd stuff...:rotfl2:

Carotio

01-23-10, 08:30 PM

HAHAHAHA :har:

That's actually funny. And btw I have actually tasted one of these Islandic fish specialities: it tastes like S H I T :O:

Skybird

01-23-10, 08:32 PM

Surströmming...? :-?

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/125/kotzen.jpg (http://img714.imageshack.us/i/kotzen.jpg/)

Never again. Not in this life. Maggots and worms, if getting lost in the jungle, okay, at least you taste and feel that they are alive, but before ever approaching a can of Surströmming again, I would prefer to be dead.

Now, herring in cream with dill, that is something different. I kill for it.

TarJak

01-23-10, 08:38 PM

Now, herring in cream with dill, that is something different. I kill for it.As long as its only the herring you are killing its OK.:hmmm:

Snestorm

01-23-10, 08:59 PM

Here's a good link by Shu-bi-dua:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXphH9V8GRQ

Danske sild!

I'll just say I have a preference for the danish variety, and leave it at that.

OneToughHerring

01-23-10, 09:02 PM

I don't smell, I might be a little 'sour' sometimes though...:haha:

There are more of those comics by that same guy, can't find where though.

Ok here's another one, with Finland.

http://fav.me/d2a2l31http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/265/c/0/Sauna_Time_by_humon.jpg
http://fav.me/d2a2l31

Fish

01-24-10, 02:50 PM

We eat our herring raw, umm, sort of. :up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbing

Skybird

01-24-10, 07:29 PM

As long as its only the herring you are killing its OK.:hmmm:
Then don't come between me and my herring! :arrgh!:

FIREWALL

01-24-10, 07:40 PM

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/363/d/a/Nordics_like_Fish_by_humon.jpg

(Speaking as someone who's entire family comes from Iowa-Minnesota-Wisconsin, I can tell you I don't care for Scandinavian cuisine..)

Surströmming...? :-?

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/125/kotzen.jpg (http://img714.imageshack.us/i/kotzen.jpg/)

Never again. Not in this life. Maggots and worms, if getting lost in the jungle, okay, at least you taste and feel that they are alive, but before ever approaching a can of Surströmming again, I would prefer to be dead.

Now, herring in cream with dill, that is something different. I kill for it.

I don't smell, I might be a little 'sour' sometimes though...:haha:

There are more of those comics by that same guy, can't find where though.

Ok here's another one, with Finland.

http://fav.me/d2a2l31http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/265/c/0/Sauna_Time_by_humon.jpg
http://fav.me/d2a2l31 :har::har::har::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

This was easy for a post count increase. :har::har::har:

edit: My wife is in tears still laughing.

Sailor Steve

01-24-10, 08:32 PM

You would have gotten the same post boost by just replying, rather than tying up bandwidth with a repeat of all the pictures.:down:

Though I will agree they are funny.:up:

FIREWALL

01-24-10, 08:37 PM

You would have gotten the same post boost by just replying, rather than tying up bandwidth with a repeat of all the pictures.:down:

Though I will agree they are funny.:up:

Who the HELL do you think you are ?

Are you trying to get another award ? ASSHAT of the YEAR ?

As far as I'm concerned your post took up Airspace.

Screw You. Your worth 5 points. :down:

edit: IMHO :03:

Torvald Von Mansee

01-24-10, 08:38 PM

Here's another, this time w/Germany:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5628/notayahtzeebyhumon.jpg

I wonder if she's kind w/the U.S.?

FIREWALL

01-24-10, 08:44 PM

Here's another, this time w/Germany:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5628/notayahtzeebyhumon.jpg

I wonder if she's kind w/the U.S.?

NO !!! It's because she was laughing so hard.:haha:

Torvald Von Mansee

01-24-10, 08:47 PM

The U.S. is a loud jock, which doesn't seem entirely unfair.

Dowly

01-24-10, 08:47 PM

Who the HELL do you think you are ?

Are you trying to get another award ? ASSHAT of the YEAR ?

As far as I'm concerned your post took up Airspace.

Screw You. Your worth 5 points. :down:

Jebus, what the heck's with you? :doh: Steve made a very good point.

August

01-24-10, 08:53 PM

Jebus, what the heck's with you? :doh: Steve made a very good point.

Indeed he did.

FIREWALL

01-24-10, 09:03 PM

Well the FAN BOYS are out.

My post has been done about on all the different forums by other members. No mention there.

Don't try to gang rape me here. I won't take it this time.

Task Force

01-24-10, 09:05 PM

Dude... Take a chill pill...

Torvald Von Mansee

01-24-10, 09:14 PM

Well the FAN BOYS are out.

My post has been done about on all the different forums by other members. No mention there.

Don't try to gang rape me here. I won't take it this time.

I do believe you are missing the point on rape.

August

01-24-10, 09:30 PM

Well the FAN BOYS are out.

My post has been done about on all the different forums by other members. No mention there.

Don't try to gang rape me here. I won't take it this time.

So why the chip on your shoulder?

Weiss Pinguin

01-24-10, 09:40 PM

Who the HELL do you think you are ?

Are you trying to get another award ? ASSHAT of the YEAR ?

As far as I'm concerned your post took up Airspace.

Screw You. Your worth 5 points. :down:
Gonna have to go with a good ol' fashioned WTF here :hmmm:

Did I miss something?

(Also quiet lol at Torvald :p2:)

Ships-R-Us

01-24-10, 09:42 PM

Hey Guys:

I know I am very new here. However, I just felt the personal need to jump in. Regardless of the differences, and past actions, is it reasonable to ask you all to cease? I personally have had good communications with Firewall. That is really not the point of my post. I respect you all but hate the bickering and fighting, as I have been involved in lifelong battles myself. I guess I am just old and too sensitive to this kind of stuff.

Dowly

01-24-10, 09:45 PM

Well the FAN BOYS are out.

My post has been done about on all the different forums by other members. No mention there.

Don't try to gang rape me here. I won't take it this time.

Nobody's gangbanging you. It's just common courtesy to not quote multiple images on one's post for the simple reason that it takes space and others have to scroll thru the images to get to your post.

FIREWALL

01-24-10, 10:27 PM

Nobody's gangbanging you. It's just common courtesy to not quote multiple images on one's post for the simple reason that it takes space and others have to scroll thru the images to get to your post.

Bull !!! It's done all the time on many forums Here.

I'll leave it to the experts to show Link examples just for Fair Play.

It's done all the time.

I'm also tired of SS derailing good threads with, cheap shots about spelling and punctuality when he either doesn't like the poster or has nothing to contribute to same.

You of all people should know Dowly :-? It's done on the Helio site all the time.

Oh. and I edited my post just as WEBSTER advised. I just posted my opinion as SS did. :D

Ships-R-Us

01-24-10, 10:58 PM

Steve helped me correct myself on the spelling of "gamut" in a post where I spelled it as "gammit". He queried as to what a gammit is. He was doing it without malice and he is simply trying to help people, and is good natured. That is my experience with him in that arena, speaking of which, "Sparticus" is on @ 10 local time this evening......

OneToughHerring

01-25-10, 12:54 AM

Btw, if you don't know what "vihta" is in the comic I posted then here's a picture. It's a bunch of leafy twigs or branches from a birch tree that you beat yourself and others with in the hot sauna. Why? I've heard a reason that the leaves give out a kind of soap that cleanses the skin.

http://www.puuproffa.fi/images/_vihdat.jpg

Torvald Von Mansee

01-25-10, 08:44 AM

Here's something from the same artist I thought amusing:

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7175/violentsoapoperabyhumon.jpg

Sailor Steve

01-27-10, 02:12 PM

I waited until today to reply.

Bull !!! It's done all the time on many forums Here.

I'll leave it to the experts to show Link examples just for Fair Play.

It's done all the time.
True, it is, and people have pointed it out many of those times. In fact, a few years back, someone pointed it out to me when I did the same thing.

In my case I didn't go off on anybody or call them names, I just apologized and changed it.

As I do a lot here, because as it gets pointed out, I'm wrong a lot of the time.

I'm also tired of SS derailing good threads with, cheap shots about spelling and punctuality when he either doesn't like the poster or has nothing to contribute to same.
It has nothing to do with who I like or don't like, especially since there isn't anybody here I really don't like, and if there was I would just ignore them.

It just drives me crazy when I see large numbers of native English-speakers who write as if they know something, but can't even write their own language. Sorry if it offends, and I try to keep it down, but sometimes I just can't help it.

August

01-27-10, 03:17 PM

I waited until today to reply.

You got nothing to apologize for Steve.

Lionclaw

01-30-10, 02:17 PM

I don't smell, I might be a little 'sour' sometimes though...:haha:

There are more of those comics by that same guy, can't find where though.

Ok here's another one, with Finland.

I recognise the part with rolling in the snow and then getting back in the sauna, my mother used to do that. And also the part with the vasta/vihta* :)

* First time I've heard the name vihta, only knew it by its other name vasta.

Happy Times

01-31-10, 05:23 PM

I recognise the part with rolling in the snow and then getting back in the sauna, my mother used to do that. And also the part with the vasta/vihta* :)

* First time I've heard the name vihta, only knew it by its other name vasta.

Vihdoin ja vasta kuulit että vihta on vasta.
Vastoin tahtoasiko vihdoit?

:O:

Lionclaw

02-01-10, 03:16 AM

Eh... Sorry, my Finnish isn't quite as good as it used to be. :oops::)

I think I understand the first sentence, not sure though. The second sentence? No idea. :):-?

Schroeder

02-01-10, 09:02 AM

Eh... Sorry, my Finnish isn't quite as good as it used to be. :oops::)

I think I understand the first sentence, not sure though. The second sentence? No idea. :):-?
Wait, you mean that was a language?:o

:D

Happy Times

02-01-10, 09:16 AM

Eh... Sorry, my Finnish isn't quite as good as it used to be. :oops::)

I think I understand the first sentence, not sure though. The second sentence? No idea. :):-?

Finally and only now you heard that vihta is vasta.
Did you use a vihta against your will?

:O:

Happy Times

02-01-10, 09:25 AM

Wait, you mean that was a language?:o

:D

We are the last of the windtalkers.:D

Kaunein kuunnella, kuningas kieli.

Lionclaw

02-01-10, 10:33 AM

Finally and only now you heard that vihta is vasta.
Did you use a vihta against your will?

:O:

Ah, ok. Thank you. :)

Kaunein kuunnella, kuningas kieli.

That last sentence. This may be totally wrongly translated but I'll try.

Kaunein = bended form of kaunis = beautiful?
kuunnella = to listen?

kieli = language or tongue
kuningas = king?

It's beautiful to listen to the language of kings.

Is that right? :)

Quite a tricky language due to the many endings added to words.

OneToughHerring

02-01-10, 11:36 AM

FYI, the Finnish/Estonian word kuningas is quite similar to kuningaz, a proto-germanic word which preceeds the modern English word king. Kuningaz - cyning - king.

Or something like that.

Edit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_monarchy#Etymology

Happy Times

02-01-10, 11:39 AM

Ah, ok. Thank you. :)

That last sentence. This may be totally wrongly translated but I'll try.

Kaunein = bended form of kaunis = beautiful?
kuunnella = to listen?

kieli = language or tongue
kuningas = king?

It's beautiful to listen to the language of kings.

Is that right? :)

Quite a tricky language due to the many endings added to words.

Almost.:DL

Beautiful to listen, king of languages.

It must be tricky to learn for a non native speker. But when you get it, you will find that its very flexible in every day use.

But heres the longest word for you that i know of.

Järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään.

:har:

Task Force

02-01-10, 01:57 PM

frau kaleun

02-01-10, 02:49 PM

HOLY FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCC*********** thats a long arse word...:o

Oddly enough, that's what it translates to in English. :O:

Lionclaw

02-01-10, 03:01 PM

Almost.:DL

Beautiful to listen, king of languages.

It must be tricky to learn for a non native speker. But when you get it, you will find that its very flexible in every day use.

But heres the longest word for you that i know of.

Järjestelmällisentelentelemättömyydellänsäkään.

:har:

I grew up bi-lingual, Swedish and Finnish. Nowadays it's Swedish and English plus some limited knowledge of various languages.

I should try talking more Finnish with my father, I speak more and more Swedish with him since I sometimes get stuck trying to find a word in Finnish.

That is indeed a long word! :haha:

Difficult to pronounce it fluently without pauses. :-?

Happy Times

02-01-10, 08:40 PM

I grew up bi-lingual, Swedish and Finnish. Nowadays it's Swedish and English plus some limited knowledge of various languages.

I should try talking more Finnish with my father, I speak more and more Swedish with him since I sometimes get stuck trying to find a word in Finnish.

That is indeed a long word! :haha:

Difficult to pronounce it fluently without pauses. :-?

And i should learn mera svenska, i think 700 years of common history should not be forgotten.

Lionclaw

02-02-10, 03:11 AM

And i should learn mera svenska, i think 700 years of common history should not be forgotten.

Indeed. :)

krashkart

02-07-10, 11:02 PM

Unfortunate that I can't make my desktop wallpaper scroll, otherwise I'd use that first post for the backdrop. I think I almost split my side reading through that. :haha: :up:

krashkart

02-09-10, 06:58 AM

I hope I won't be seen as "bumping" this thread, but I just found it the other day and had to find the artist that made the comics. I also remember someone much earlier in the thread wondering if the artist was kind to the USA, and as it turns out... America gets a raft of sh*t, too... :D

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/317/5/e/Sister_America_by_humon.jpg (http://humon.deviantart.com/art/Sister-America-143464755)

I linked the image to humon's (http://humon.deviantart.com/) DeviantArt page because her commentary gives the backstory to the comics' creation. :)