LORDI RULE!!

Told you so!!

Cheers, helen s :-)

I'm kind of hoping against hope that they'll arrange it somewhere else,
but I fear that Helsinki is the only possible place to receive the
hoards of people that go along with this circus. Other Finnish towns are
too small.

In reference to winning the contest, I thought I'd post something I got
from one of our Swedish customers - read to the last line, please. ;)

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HYVÄ SUOMI!

+15°C
This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People
in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun,
getting a tan.

+10°C
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns
plant flowers in their gardens.

+5°C
Italian cars won't start, The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.

0°C
Distilled water freezes. The water in Vantaa river (in Finland) gets a
little thicker.

-5°C
People in California almost freeze to death. The Finns have their final
barbecue before winter.

-10°C
The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long
sleeves.

-20°C
The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their Midsummer
celebrations. Autumn is here.

-30°C
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the
earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.

-40°C
Paris starts cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hotdog
stands.

-50°C
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army
postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.

-60°C
Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie
and stay indoors.

-70°C
The false Santa moves south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't
store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes
out on winter survival training.

-183°C
Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the
farmers' hands are cold.

-273°C
ALL atom-based movent halts. The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold
outside today."

-300°C
Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest!!!

All bare kittens are hideous monsters according to my crew.  Tanada grew
up with the kids, and the rest were adopted when they were in their late
childhood years i.e. 11 and up.  Berfert was particularly terrified of
bare kittens.  He would hide either under the bed or behind the toilet
in the master bathroom whenever bare kittens were in the house.  Then
his fear that they would take over hid favorite resting spots would get
to him and he would come out to make sure they weren't curled up on the
back of the sofa.

Pam S. remembering and :-D