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Hiya!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:31 am
by GaryOak
Hi people. I'm a 19-year-old boy from Finland. I like to play old video games obviously containing Phantasy Star games. I also like to play video game music by piano.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:27 pm
by Zucca
Welcome fellow finn. \o
I used to play Doom songs by piano. :)

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:42 pm
by GaryOak
What a coincidence, first member I meet is also a Finn! :D

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:35 pm
by Semix
wow so many people here are finnish, i mean usally all sites are crowded with americans, this is new. English here, there must be a few of em here right?

Oh yeah, hello welcome to the forums

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:03 pm
by Zucca
Semix wrote:there must be a few of em here right?
5.3 million. Not much. I quess people know us from:
- Martti Ahtisaari, who got Nobel price for peace
- Formula 1 drivers, Mika Häkkinen and Kimi Räikkönen
- Rally drivers, Tommi Mäkinen and Juha Kankkunen (Kankkunen == slang equivalent for hangover, btw)
- Nokia mobile phones
- Linux kernel
- Last but not least: Finlandia Vodka :P

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:30 pm
by GaryOak
Zucca wrote:
Semix wrote:there must be a few of em here right?
5.3 million. Not much. I quess people know us from:
- Martti Ahtisaari, who got Nobel price for peace
- Formula 1 drivers, Mika Häkkinen and Kimi Räikkönen
- Rally drivers, Tommi Mäkinen and Juha Kankkunen (Kankkunen == slang equivalent for hangover, btw)
- Nokia mobile phones
- Linux kernel
- Last but not least: Finlandia Vodka :P


Don't you forget Renny Harlin!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:40 pm
by Semix
O.O

well i have only heard of nokia and and tht OS and vodka, but didnt know any were finnish. I thought vodka was russian, or was it smernoff? Not old enough to drink freely yet so i wouldnt know

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:51 pm
by Zucca
Yes. Vodka is more Russian.
The equivalent in Finland is Koskenkorva, or Kossu in slang term.

We finns also hold the record for getting closest to absolute zero... Do we, anymore? O.o
Also we hold (from wikipedia): the record for the largest number of people singing karaoke at one time, for 80,000 people singing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" on 26 May 2006 in Helsinki after Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest.

Yes, we are a bit odd people.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:21 pm
by Semix
lol naa i say its cool to be different, unique. Not strange, but special :mrgreen: