Because, Nordic Countries

[rmgill]

Scots are frugal as food in the highlands is somewhat hard to come by. Hence Haggis (heart, kidneys, lungs, oats, put in the stomach, boil, let the esophagus hang over the side of the pot for drainage, then serve). As far as I know, they don't eat the head. 

But given how Iceland is very sparse for food resources, they were probably trying to eat ANYTHING they could catch. How they figured letting it rot in a hole for 3 months THEN piss on it and hang it up to dry out...


This seems as plausible as any.... a domestic argument.... 🤷‍♂️



 

Edited June 8, 2022 by rmgill

[bojan]

4 hours ago, rmgill said:

Scots are frugal as food in the highlands is somewhat hard to come by. Hence Haggis (heart, kidneys, lungs, oats, put in the stomach, boil, let the esophagus hang over the side of the pot for drainage, then serve). As far as I know, they don't eat the head. 

We have something similar to haggis here, "jagnjece sarmice", which is lamb liver, lungs, kidney and heart (most often heart and liver) which are first chopped fried in the pan a bit , and then packaged with onion and garlic into lamb's peritoneum and boiled.

Those can be additionally baked in "kajmak" (fermented milk fat) for a real hearth attack inducing food:

It is probably a thing of people being dirt poor and never letting anything go to waste.

As for shark... people being really, really hungry, or as that comic says

 

Also, in Europe, we eat horses even if there is other food available.

 

Edited June 9, 2022 by bojan

[Soren Ras]

On 6/8/2022 at 2:39 PM, Mikel2 said:

Complete BS as far as Denmark is concerned. And since the compulsion to feed guests increases as you approach the German border, I daresay I highly doubt it can be correct for North Germany. Whoever did that coloring was either a moron or someone with a weird agenda.

Harrumph.

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Soren

 

[rmgill]

9 minutes ago, Soren Ras said:

Complete BS as far as Denmark is concerned. And since the compulsion to feed guests increases as you approach the German border, I daresay I highly doubt it can be correct for North Germany. Whoever did that coloring was either a moron or someone with a weird agenda.

Does plying Germans with a teaspoon of Risalamande keep them from invading? 🙃

[Soren Ras]

Unlikely, though it may make them return every summer after the war is over to rent a summer house.

 

Soren

[Ssnake]

Yep, that's what we do. Right on the beaches with all the bunkers. And next to the tank live fire areas. Blåvandshuk is bestest hook.

And then we watch the Olsen Gang in Jutland... ("Do we need passports?" always cracks me up)

[Soren Ras]

6 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Yep, that's what we do. Right on the beaches with all the bunkers. And next to the tank live fire areas. Blåvandshuk is bestest hook.

And then we watch the Olsen Gang in Jutland... ("Do we need passports?" always cracks me up)

😁

 

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[Rick]

On 6/8/2022 at 6:24 PM, rmgill said:

Scots are frugal as food in the highlands is somewhat hard to come by. Hence Haggis (heart, kidneys, lungs, oats, put in the stomach, boil, let the esophagus hang over the side of the pot for drainage, then serve). As far as I know, they don't eat the head. 

But given how Iceland is very sparse for food resources, they were probably trying to eat ANYTHING they could catch. How they figured letting it rot in a hole for 3 months THEN piss on it and hang it up to dry out...


This seems as plausible as any.... a domestic argument.... 🤷‍♂️



 

And I always thought that the water hot dogs were boiled in was gross!

[bd1]

 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/freya-walrus-sinks-boats-wreaks-havoc-oslo-norway
 

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A 1,500-pound walrus named Freya has sunk several ships, causing mayhem in Oslo, Norway, this summer.

The boat-sinking behemoth has become a social media star, with pictures and videos of her antics spreading across Twitter. She's also a sensation among local residents and tourists, with the exception of some boat owners.

 

 

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After complaints from locals, authorities are planning to lure the walrus onto a floating dock, from which she can be taken to another home along the coast, according to NBC News. Researchers are planning to take Freya back to her home in the Arctic Circle when it is safe, according to Euronews.

 

See, people, this is what happens when you let society go along with that whole "fat positivity" thing.

 

[BansheeOne]

It's what a Walrus was designed for.

[jmsaari]

Causing a bit of a scandal, remains to be seen what the eventual fallout will be but so far looks like the teflon is strong on this one and nothing much will result, except perhaps fans and haters each digging in deeper in their respective trenches.

Calls for voluntary drug tests have been made after shouts from the background translating roughly to "powder-gang" and "fuck this stuff makes you feel good" etc, latest is that at the time of the video she was back from summer vacation, i.e. there was no stand-in PM nominated.

[sunday]

A Finn that could dance! The scandal!

A storm in a teacup, IMHO.

[Soren Ras]

Hmm, I think I need more videos and photos in order to reach any conclusion here, guys.

Just keep em coming....

 

😎

 

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Soren

[BansheeOne]

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Date 19.08.2022

Author Minna Alander

Opinion: Much ado about nothing — Sanna Marin and a very Finnish scandal

Sanna Marin's latest "partygate" is in many ways a typical Finnish scandal. Politics there tend to be so uptight that it takes some creativity to stir up a controversy, says Minna Alander.

Once again, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin made international headlines. But this time it was with a video showing her at a private party, dancing with friends.

What ensued was a very classic "Finnish scandal," which is actually not a scandal at all, but because Finnish politics tend to be so uptight and slightly boring, you have to get creative to stir things up every once in a while.

It is at the same time indicative of the very high moral standards that are applied to politicians and that they are expected to live up to. Consequently, the threshold is very low for Finnish politicians to resign over what seem like rather insignificant incidents elsewhere.

For example, in 2008 then-Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva was sacked over a text message scandal: he had been sending text messages to a controversial female celebrity. Sanna Marin herself became prime minister after her predecessor Antti Rinne resigned over a scandal related to a post office strike.

Marin and her female-led government have been at the center of unusual international attention ever since taking office in December 2019. A 2021 study by the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence found that the female ministers of the Marin government receive disproportionate numbers of abusive messages and Marin herself has been frequently subject to domestic "scandals," such as posting certain selfies on Instagram or other party incidents that have earned her the nickname "party-Sanna" in the press.

Some of the more memorable Sanna "scandals" were "breakfastgate" over her breakfast expenses or the controversy over the revelation that she likes cleaning, even the official residence, herself.

[...]

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-much-ado-about-nothing-sanna-marin-and-a-very-finnish-scandal/a-62873009

[Ssnake]

She's her own ... cleaning woman?

 

 

 

[Ivanhoe]

6 hours ago, Soren Ras said:

Hmm, I think I need more videos and photos in order to reach any conclusion here, guys.

Just keep em coming....

 

I assume that her handlers, when she's drunk at international receptions, must keep her away from Poles.

[Soren Ras]

14 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

I assume that her handlers, when she's drunk at international receptions, must keep her away from Poles.

more's the pity.

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Soren

[rmgill]

She looks like she's more qualified to be the Icelandic PM....

[BansheeOne]

I followed up on the case of former Finnish foreign minister Ilkka Kanerva mentioned in the DW piece I posted earlier:

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In March 2008 it was revealed that Kanerva had sent 200 SMS messages within a month to Johanna Tukiainen, a 29-year-old erotic dancer. Kanerva had previously sent SMS messages to nude model Marika Fingerroos in 2005.[16][17][18] According to Kanerva, Tukiainen had wanted to perform with her dance group at his birthday party, and he responded to this request by text message.

On 30 March, Kanerva unexpectedly cancelled his plan to participate in Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, and returned to Finland. The Hymy magazine published on 1 April 2008 printed several of the messages, and on the same morning party leader Jyrki Katainen stated that Kanerva can not continue in his position.

Kanerva was granted sick leave, and later that day it was released that his term as Foreign Minister would end on 4 April 2008 due to loss of confidence. He was replaced by Alexander Stubb.[19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkka_Kanerva#Texting_scandal

There are Finnish nude models. The horror. 🥶

[17thfabn]

Pictures of a young Miss Tukiainen may help brighten your Sunday!

[Yama]

On 8/21/2022 at 11:06 AM, BansheeOne said:

I followed up on the case of former Finnish foreign minister Ilkka Kanerva mentioned in the DW piece I posted earlier:

Kanerva was an infamous ladies man and his wooing of random hot women was somewhat of an embarrassment (though he did not do anything illegal). Main problem was that he lied about the issue to his Party Leader, who in turn was embarrassed when more and more of Kanerva's SMS exchanges became public. As a side note, Tukiainen did not handle her sudden fame well, she became an Ö-list tabloid celebrity and it ruined her life. I would advice against picture searching her.

Regarding the latest Marin party video, quick gauging of popular opinion points to that few people GAS about it. Most people see her party videos just amusing as they are in quite a contrast to her frosty ice queen public persona.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Yama

[TonyE]

13 minutes ago, Yama said:

Tukiainen did not handle her sudden fame well, she became an Ö-list tabloid celebrity and it ruined her life. I would advice against picture searching her.

Oh god....my eyes.😫

[Soren Ras]

Duh, you can't say you weren't warned.

 

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Soren

[BansheeOne]

3 hours ago, Yama said:

an Ö-list tabloid celebrity

😆