On 8/19/2010 3:47 AM, Warp wrote:
> Kevin Wampler<wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>  wrote:
>> Is there a typical sort of punchline to jokes about Finns?
>
>    Not that I know of.
>
>>   The main negative stereotypes I've heard is that
>> they're untalkative surely drunks (who you additionally don't want to
>> get into a war with), but this is based on about four web comics I read
>> a year ago, so I have no idea if that's actually what the stereotype is.
>
>    Well, the stereotypical Finn doesn't show emotions and always looks like
> he/she is mourning, and doesn't communicate.
>
>    While that's an exaggeration, it's actually not *completely* fictitious.
> For example get a bus ride eg. in Spain and in Finland, and you'll notice
> the significant difference (in the amount of loud chatter and the average
> expression on people's faces).
>

It might have something to do with the amount of sunlight.

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