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> On 8/19/2010 3:47 AM, Warp wrote:
>> Kevin Wampler<wam### [at] u washington edu> 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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