Many of you will know that Finns have a peculiar sense of humour - think of the Monster rockers, Lordi, first ever Finnish winners of the Eurovision Song Contest.
As a further example of Finnish humour, click on the link below to see the 20-second advert for SaiPa, Lappeenranta's ice-hockey team:
Saipan-TV mainos
(Link fixed: 11 Sept 2008)
So, what is it all about?
From the point of view of the city slickers of Helsinki, people outside the Kehä 3 ring road are all ignorant, uncivilized country yokels, 'juntti' in Finnish. The TV advertisement plays up to this stereotype.
The motorbike in the video is the classic 'Pappa-Tunturi' or 'Grandad-Tunturi', a 50cc, 2-stroke machine from the 1960s.
While the advert is all in good fun, I'd like to know whether the local tourist board are laughing.
The new ice-hockey season starts on Saturday, 13 September 2008. So remember to give the boys a shout - the chap in the video shows you how!
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