HOME		YOU’VE BEEN TOO LONG IN FINLAND IF…
	You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see wich ones you should keep to take to the store and which can be sacrified to garbage.
	When a stranger on the street smiles at you, a) you assume he’s drunk b) he’s insane.
	You don’t think twice about putting the wet dishes away in the “tikskikaappi” cupboard to dry.
	You badly need Salmiakki in your vodka and can’t understand anymore why continental guys always vomit the mix.
	You can eat Mämmi and tell your Finnish friends you like it without lying.
	You no longer scrunch up or fold your paper money. You always put your money in your wallet.
	Silence is fun.
	The reason you travel to Stockholm is: a) duty free vodka, b) duty free beer, c) to party hearty … no need to get up the boat in Stockholm, just turn around and do it again on the way back to Finland.
	Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.
	You associate pea soup with Thursday.
	Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street when the light is red and there is no WALK symbol, even though there are no cars in sight.
	Sundays no longer seem dull with all the stores closed, and begin to feel restful instead.
	“No comment” becomes a conversation strategy.
	The fact that all of the “v’s” and “w’s” are together in the phone directory doesn’t bother you anymore.
	Your old habit of being “fashionably late” is no longer acceptable. You ALWAYS are on exact time.
	You begin to understand Jussi Jyylanpaarvi’s broadcast of the hockey game.
	You know how to fix herring in 105 different ways.
	You eat herring in 105 different ways.
	You accept a) mustamakkara (Black-blood sausage) as food b) you accept alcohol as food.
	“mmmh” means mega enthusiasm
	You no longer see any problem wearing white socks with loafers.
	You’ve got to expect Sunday morning sidewalk vomit dodging.
	You get all the Swedish jokes.
	You’ve become lactose intolerant.
	You accept that 80°C degrees in a sauna is chilly, but 20°C degrees outside is freaking hot.
	YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIVE ANYWHERE BUT IN FINLAND.
	Jokes seen on www.helsinginsanomat.fi among others various places. Jokes © of creators - page © L.Joachim, 05/2002