vitsi

Today I found out from Kuulostaa Hyvältä that the Finnish word for joke is vitsi.
I googled the word and found out some jokes. It is interesting that many jokes Finns laugh at were hostile towards their neighbors, the swedes.And also the number of Jokes about women...
It felt like home to me. In Iran people have lots of jokes on Arabs, and women and ...
That's the way it is. 

Lyhyt puhelu

Miten nainen voi selviätä puhelimesta vain 15 minuutissa?
-Väärä numero

Tragedia

Ruotsalaisbussi syöksyi rotkoon ja kaikki matkustajat kuolivat.
Miksi se oli tragedia?
- Bussissa olisi ollut tilaa vielä kolmelle.

Finnish nursery rhyme

Today I asked a few finns to give me some nursery songs. A friend on facebook suggested this one. It's lovely! And I understand some parts :)

Personal space in Finland

I don't know who took this photo but it's a good one. Look how separate from each other are the standing the people in the bus stop. It shows how Finns respect personal space. And I have to add I don't think it's much of a stereo type. I have seen it many times during autumn. Once in a rainy day in October I was waiting for a bus inside the stop. It rained like hell. Then a Finnish girl came to the stop but she didn't come under the roof beside me, she waited outside under the rain! It took about 15 minutes until she decided to my personal space and get under the roof and only when she was all wet!