> 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.
> 
Which is exactly the same over the course of a year.

Sure they have less of it in winter, but they have much more in the Summer.

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