Scribbles and Bits » Humor http://ericback.com/wp "You were silly like us; your gift survived it all..." Auden in memory of Yeats Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:42:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Are the Finns bent on world domination? http://ericback.com/wp/archives/2009/05/11/are-the-finns-bent-on-world-domination/ http://ericback.com/wp/archives/2009/05/11/are-the-finns-bent-on-world-domination/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 20:09:28 +0000 Eric Back http://ericback.com/wp/archives/2009/05/11/are-the-finns-bent-on-world-domination/

A poster named drummerac may be on to something.

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On the Finland-Live site he posted evidence of a possible conspiracy for world domination.  Be forewarned!

www.finlandlive.info/finns-finnish-culture/1076-finns-bent-world-domination.html

The Finns have:
attacked Russia twice,
Germany once,
themselves once,Are the Finns bent on world domination?

They export, ships, elevators, mobile phone technology, and networking solutions, and once every year their top agent dressed in a red outfit and disguised by a white beard creeps into our homes leaving ”gifts”.

Is this a ploy to infiltrate our homes and businesses with Finnish technology in preparation for the ”New Finnish World Order”?

So next time you get stuck in an elevator, your mobile phone crashes, or your signal drops and internet access disappears…..

remember to be prepared, The days of eating salmiakki and pea soup are drawing near.

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So, with so many of the Palin/McCain statements proving flagrantly untrue, can you really see Russia from Alaska?

1) No: The Bering Strait is 53 miles across, which means you can’t see Russia across it because of the curvature of the earth. freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080507/posts

2) Yes: ”and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.” — Sarah Palin

3) Maybe (on a technicality): A Yahoo Answer Poster said, ”Actually, the answer is yes and no. From the mainland, there is no way to see Russia from Alaska. The distance is too great.

However, there are two islands in the Bering Staight – Big Diomede and Little Diomede. The big island is Russian and the small one American. They are 1.5 miles from each other. Interestingly, the International Date Line separates the two, so there is a time difference of 23 hours between the two.”

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080105000254AAQYxI1

And finally, for fun, catch Tina Fey’s SNL impression of Sarah Palin here…

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