Bah! I'm Finnish Wooz, well, partially anyway. You dare to fight the Finnish? Have you not heard of their legendary exploits? You must know that you can not successfully resist.
Molotovs and the Finnish
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Indeed, even the idea of your fearless moustached hordes, attacking me with electro-magnets freezes the blood in my veins.
Molotovs were first used in the Warsaw Ghetto's uprising, children. Magnesium ignited fuel bombs.
On a sidenote, maybe someone ought to split the thread?
On a sidenote, maybe someone ought to split the thread?
Kahgan, it´s Koskenkorva 
Finnish have a long tradition of a sort of hardness, toughness - perceverance . . and as recent war waging efforts of US have shown, not even the mightiest army can conquer a country that doesn´t want to be conquered - that is, unless they start using nukes
Anyways, the soviets practically never got through. They simply couldn´t gain ground - it wasn´t 10:1 ratio, but it was close.
If I remember right, Molotovs were used by throwing them on air intakes of tanks . . that way the crew suffocated or got out - either way, they were dead.
I can ski - can you? 8)
Finnish have a long tradition of a sort of hardness, toughness - perceverance . . and as recent war waging efforts of US have shown, not even the mightiest army can conquer a country that doesn´t want to be conquered - that is, unless they start using nukes
Anyways, the soviets practically never got through. They simply couldn´t gain ground - it wasn´t 10:1 ratio, but it was close.
If I remember right, Molotovs were used by throwing them on air intakes of tanks . . that way the crew suffocated or got out - either way, they were dead.
I can ski - can you? 8)
Wooz, really, don't make up history. The first account I can find of a Molotov cocktail was the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War early as 1936. Such a Polish-centered version is new to me, though it is obviously incorrect (since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising occurred in 1943, Jesus Wooz, ever heard of research. Even if it wasn't for the Spanish, the Finnish still would have used Molotov Cocktails first.).
The term "Molotov Cocktail," and where they became truly famous, originated from Finland. Vyacheslav Molotov, Secretary of War and Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, had his named used by the Finnish to mock him. They used Molotov cocktails successfully against the Russians in the Winter War and the Continuation War. Of course, Russian tanks were of shoddy construction, the Finnish successfully used crowbars to take them down. Run up, under the guns, and pry a tread off with a crowbar. The Finnish also have an account where a man prevailed against a tank using only a pistol.
P.S. To give the thread some context (since a better place to split the thread would have been when Wooz declared war because of the 'Finnish Invasion.'), I split Wooz and Dove's previous posts on the topic into a new thread. With the intent to merge that thread with this one, at least, if the board would recognize the URL or topic ID for this thread.
The term "Molotov Cocktail," and where they became truly famous, originated from Finland. Vyacheslav Molotov, Secretary of War and Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, had his named used by the Finnish to mock him. They used Molotov cocktails successfully against the Russians in the Winter War and the Continuation War. Of course, Russian tanks were of shoddy construction, the Finnish successfully used crowbars to take them down. Run up, under the guns, and pry a tread off with a crowbar. The Finnish also have an account where a man prevailed against a tank using only a pistol.
P.S. To give the thread some context (since a better place to split the thread would have been when Wooz declared war because of the 'Finnish Invasion.'), I split Wooz and Dove's previous posts on the topic into a new thread. With the intent to merge that thread with this one, at least, if the board would recognize the URL or topic ID for this thread.
mad said:
doesnt EVERY country say that about itself?
wake up and smell the vaseline...
Kotario, you were our bitches for a millenium.
Err... actually, even when 'conquered' Finland remained remarkably independent, maintaining their own affairs. That's dramatically different than being someone's 'bitch.'
SuAside, you obviously have never heard of the Winter War. Read up about it, then come back to the conversation.
SuAside, you obviously have never heard of the Winter War. Read up about it, then come back to the conversation.
No dude, you didn't have your own affairs. You were a part of our country. As in, a part. Not an ally or union or something.
I think a medieval crusade against you usually makes you into a bitch.
I think a medieval crusade against you usually makes you into a bitch.
People, wake up its FINLAND, i doubt 20% of the world's poppulation can find it on a map. And besides, why would they want to? it's goddamn finland, land of moose and... yeah, moose....
Well, i don't think there would be much use for skiing here, really. Besides, i tried it once, and i can assure you, it wasn't pretty.
mad said:
Well, i don't think there would be much use for skiing here, really. Besides, i tried it once, and i can assure you, it wasn't pretty.
Molotovs? Skiing? Well, there's more to it, although I don't blame you for not knowing anything about our little country, heck I ain't particularly interested about yours either.
But, in my opinion living in a suppressed little autonomy that nobody's ever heard about makes us pretty darn suspicious (though incompetent in most major global affairs) and very defensive about our own well-being. We haven't had any major influence to some of the more famous historical decisions, treaties and war campaigns. We're basically the quiet ones, a relatively young independent state that's trying to maintain a functional society despite of the fact that we once again belong to a larger union that has a lot of influence to our domestic policy.
Oh yeah, and some of us fought in the SS and we have a qute little atheist lady as a president. And Michael Palin wrote a song about us. Hooray!
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/monty-python-finland-lyrics.html
But, in my opinion living in a suppressed little autonomy that nobody's ever heard about makes us pretty darn suspicious (though incompetent in most major global affairs) and very defensive about our own well-being. We haven't had any major influence to some of the more famous historical decisions, treaties and war campaigns. We're basically the quiet ones, a relatively young independent state that's trying to maintain a functional society despite of the fact that we once again belong to a larger union that has a lot of influence to our domestic policy.
Oh yeah, and some of us fought in the SS and we have a qute little atheist lady as a president. And Michael Palin wrote a song about us. Hooray!
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/monty-python-finland-lyrics.html
Monty Python said:
pwnd :p
Belgium rules the waves! euh, i mean the stupid threads...
EyeMaster7
A Smooth-Skin
Macaco said:
They also have penguins as pets. Instead of dogs or cats they keep penguins at home. I know this is common sense for any finnish but many people still does not know that. And the finnish people are also famous for their.... err.... "beauty".
We have no fricking pinguins here!!Tho, every household has a moose as a pet - most have more than one.
We milk them and cook their eggs for breakfast . . and when a moose gets old and dies, children wear its bloody pelt and run around screaming "Minä olen iso paha hirviö!! Buuga-buuga-buu!!" which roughly translates to "I´m a big bad monster, could I have some tea?"
Penguins are from the Antarctic, EyeMaster.
Ha! Mad, I think you would have gotten along with my father. Used to tell me about how his Finnish ancestors worshiped reindeer (in about the same tone as your statement about what Finnish children yell when wearing the bloody pelts of their former pets).
Ha! Mad, I think you would have gotten along with my father. Used to tell me about how his Finnish ancestors worshiped reindeer (in about the same tone as your statement about what Finnish children yell when wearing the bloody pelts of their former pets).
welsh
Junkmaster
Don't they have reindeer? The land of Santa Clause?
I vagually recall a flick- the Pathfinder, which was kind of cool. A bunch of raiders kill the family of the Lapp kid and want him to lead them to more Lapps. Instead the kid leads them into in a different direction.
Finland. Hmmm.. They did a pretty good job against the Russians and the Germans in the big war of the last century. But now?
Hey are they the ones that are into Sauna or is that the Norwegians?
Tall, athletic big breasted redheads- can't be all bad.
I vagually recall a flick- the Pathfinder, which was kind of cool. A bunch of raiders kill the family of the Lapp kid and want him to lead them to more Lapps. Instead the kid leads them into in a different direction.
Finland. Hmmm.. They did a pretty good job against the Russians and the Germans in the big war of the last century. But now?
Hey are they the ones that are into Sauna or is that the Norwegians?
Tall, athletic big breasted redheads- can't be all bad.