# Dark side of Finland **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140 "2013-10-13T15:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/41 "2013-10-13T23:34:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The hill? Why? Are we going viking? There certainly seem to be some Cnuts around here. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/42 "2013-10-13T23:54:15Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Does Finland even has a light side ? I only knew about its dark & violently drunk, morbidly depressed sides. Some pretty decent hockey players. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/43 "2013-10-14T00:25:44Z")
This thread is slowly going to hell, sinking. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/44 "2013-10-14T00:45:48Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > This thread is slowly going to hell, sinking. Well, a slow ride is good. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/45 "2013-10-14T00:59:21Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Well, they’re known for great Lapp dances. Some day, kharma will make you pay for this. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/46 "2013-10-14T01:23:58Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Some day, kharma will make you pay for this. I once owned a Kharma Ghia and, boy, did I ever have to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/47 "2013-10-14T01:55:20Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > International child custody laws are a nightmare, we see children taken away all the time and it sucks to be separated from your child. > > As an Aussie and a Finn this has nothing to do with those countries, it is all about the breakdown in your relationship and the alleged mental health of your wife. I would also question why you would let a woman who was abusing your children take them overseas to her home country. Also why did you not report this alleged abuse? > > You can take this through the legal system but it will take time, it is criminal that it does but alas this is what happens when we have in effect 3 legal systems at work here. He’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/48 "2013-10-14T02:20:05Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > He’s gone. This. He wasn’t here to discuss or debate-he was here to push a cause and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/49 "2013-10-14T02:24:19Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > He’s gone. Or: He’s dead, Jim. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/50 "2013-10-14T02:26:40Z")
He almost runed this forum with that OP. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/51 "2013-10-14T02:28:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I once owned a Kharma Ghia and, boy, did I ever have to pay for it. You’re probably thinking of Carmen Ghia, from [The Stoned Guest,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stoned_Guest) a half-act opera. We all have to pay for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/52 "2013-10-14T02:51:41Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You’re probably thinking of Carmen Ghia, from [The Stoned Guest,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stoned_Guest) a half-act opera. We all have to pay for that one. Didn’t they use a Carmen Ghia in “Bach To The Future”? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/53 "2013-10-14T03:34:44Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Some day, kharma will make you pay for this. [I believe in karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it.](http://lefunny.net/show-image/?img=/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/I-believe-in-karma.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/54 "2013-10-14T06:58:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > This thread is slowly going to hell, sinking. Vat is it sinking about? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/55 "2013-10-14T09:28:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [I believe in karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it.](http://lefunny.net/show-image/?img=/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/I-believe-in-karma.jpg) I didn’t believe in karma, until I read this. Now I am going to be an agent of karma. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/56 "2013-10-14T12:56:32Z")
Moral of the story: Don’t stick your dick in the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/57 "2013-10-14T13:08:00Z")
Jest all you want but **The Dark Side of Finland** was **Pink Korhonen** ’s finest album. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/58 "2013-10-14T13:32:01Z")
Meh. I prefer **Wish You Were Herring**. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/59 "2013-10-14T14:23:23Z")
More like Finns to the left, Finns to the right, but we’re the only game in town. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140/60 "2013-10-14T16:16:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Meh. I prefer **Wish You Were Herring**. Well I don’t let that crapper song **Markka** (with its incessant cash register noises in the background) detract from the **Dark Side’s** overall greatness. And **Herring** is third on my list below **seinä**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140.md?page=4)