Finn-ally Over

After months of tireless work, the wait is finally over. According to Blogger's kick ass stat counter, Catalonic has finally lured its first Finnish reader to the Blog. That means only 73 more Finn's needed before Blooger has captured the entire Finnish population with access to the internet (according to 2005 BMIP* statistics).
As Blogger holds his non-German readers in fairly low esteem, his exhaustive and extensive knowledge of Finland has been condensed into the following list:

Fantastically Fun Facts For Finland

1. Finn's hate corruption, love Reindeer.

According to transparency international, Finland has the second lowest level of corruption out of all countries surveyed in 2005. Finland is also the worlds largest producer of Reindeer droppings. Low on corruption, high on droppings.












2. The Paper Clip was almost invented by a Fin.

Contrary to popular belief, the paper clip was not invented by a Fin, but instead by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor with a degree in electronics, science and mathematics in March, 1899. Finnish lore has it that native son Jukka-Pekka Pulkkinen, having spent his entire adult life working on how to smoke the rest of a joint when it gets really really small and starts to burn your fingers, was on the verge of a breakthrough before his mysterious dissapearance in February of 1899. Months later, Vaaler announced his ingenious paper clip (roach clip) to the world, a design eerily similar to Pulkkinen's final sketches. The resulting suspicion and bitter jealousy served to fuel the fire of a centuries old feud between the two nations dating back to the Laplander Wars of the 12th Century, and the great Reindeer Fraud of 1723.

3. Public Enemy #1: Donald Duck

Finland banned Donald Duck due to his lack of fictional Duck Trousers, and bizarre lack of Duck Genitals. To Blogger's (extensive) knowledge, this is the only country to have banned an animated animal for indecent exposure, not counting Iran and the whole fattwah thing with Salman Rushdie, who based on Midnight's Children is most likely a cartoon.




4. If you Want to Drink GIN, Hire a Fin!
(quote by Ron Dennis)

Hard Alcohol consumed by Finns per year 27,551,000 litres
Beer consumed by Finns per year 404,193,000 litres
Squirrels killed by Finns per year 3,620

Coincidence? I leave it for you to decide.

For more fun Facts about Finland, click here


* BMIP (Blogger Made It Up) is an internationally recoginzed body for the dissmenation of facts and figure. For more information about this international body, see previous posts including 1-2-3 Speedo and Germans's Love Blog.