Nowhere near Finnished

The other day politician, Gerry Brownlee, spoke rather disparagingly about Finland, in Parliament.  The Finns, supposedly, have raised his comments to the state of being a national issue.   Or not.

However, today #FinlandFacts is trending high on Twitter.  Here are some of the (better) entries:

In Finland, Angry Birds is considered a documentary @lyndonhood

In Finland, potato is considered a delicacy @DocRacoon

You think the marmite shortage is bad here? It's MUCH worse in Finland @karenhurley

Linus Torvalds is Finnish; Kim Dotcom is half-Finnish. Are you Finnish? I haven't even begun yet.  @dritchie

Gerrry Brownlee failed my toast rack in woodwork. He said no-one cares about the finnish. @DavidSlack


Maori have 200+ words for kumara, Finns have 200+ words for snow; but both have only 2 words to describe Gerry Brownlee...  @TUMEKE_blog


Gerry Brownlee is skilled in the art of #paulhenrypology   @toad001


They invented Lapp dancing.  @secondzeit

A traditional Finnish breakfast is a litre of warm vodka poured over half a dozen Weet-Bix.   @AndreAlessi

Coincidentally, just as NZ has musical siblings Tim & Neil Finn, Finland has famous musical brothers Tim & Neil Zealand  @OMGLOGWTF

Gerry Brownlee stabbed by patron in Helsinki restaurant. Not because he offensive bore, but because he Finnish buffet.  @globalparochial

And still they come.