Archive for the ‘Funny Stuff About Estonia’ Category

Hey,

As you probably know, I live in Estonia which is a rather northern country of Europe and we certainly have our own little weirdnesses… Here are some facts which in some way really are true! :)

You know you are from Estonia when…

• You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing
• Words like “veoauto”, “täieõiguslik” or “jää-äär” sound perfectly pronouncable to you
• … You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic
• You don’t think that terviSEKS is a funny word
• A language should have at least 14 cases
• You are so proud of every Estonian that you correct foreigners who say that the population is 1 million, not 1.3 million as it actually is
• You presume that all other countries also have ubiquitous Internet access.
• You know the names of all three black people living in Estonia.
• A person that speaks three languages isn’t the slightest bit impressive.
• If it takes more than 10 minutes to drive somewhere within the city, you are mildly annoyed because it is too far.
• People who type slowly and carefully using only their index fingers are subconsciously considered to be foreigners.
• You’re proud that Ernst Hemingway wrote that you can find at least one Estonian in every harbour in the world
• Ten months of the year it is too dark to be up and two months it is too light to go to bed.
• You check the thermometer before going out
• You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)