The joy of giving

Despite this lovely gesture, there's some real bad blood between Finland and Norway.

It's called Swedes.

@Finn123 isn't Finland the most Swedified country in the world?

@Vexillo

NO.

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@Vexillo YES :-)

'@Vexillo' Depends how you view at it. If I look tourist guide like 10 things to know about Sweden, everything applies to Finland too. And not many other even understand swedish like we do. I understand written swedish, I certainly wouldn't speak it out loud. And when I'm in the café and all the finnish newspapers are taken and only swedish ones are available, I read those but if someone I know comes up and says "What, are you reading Hufvudstadsbladet?!?" I put it away immediately and say that "No, of course not. I was just browsing if they have any good cartoons!" :D

@real-cool-cat Admit that your heart beats as Finska.

'@Vexillo' If my reply was that "Yes, I read swedish newspaper, fascinating articles.." friends would start call me swede and that's humiliating. "Oh look, here the cute little swedey is slurping moccalatte... Look, he has put some adorable vanilla gel on his hair to look nice for his boyfriend, surely you use same gel in your ass? Does it make squelchy sound when you walk in your shiny italian clever handsome goody-two-shoes? What are you doing later today, going to H&M to buy a fancy new scarf, you scoundrel? Or maybe going to "damfrisering" fifth time for today..." It would never stop and they would call me "Svante" thereafter . :D

@real-cool-cat Sounds like the World's opinion on Nordics. Funny how Finns pin it down on Sweden.

'@Vexillo' It's not really hated, just made fun of little bit, since we have lot of fennoswedes here and many of their males are quite a bit more effeminate than average and considered a little snobbish and snooty and really easily offended. We don't really have other nordic minorities.

Well, you know, even your most fierce athletes use hair conditioner, your soldiers use hairnets, and even your criminals and skinheads look like angry whining lesbians.. if man is openly gay, it's understandable, but married with children... it is still quite odd here that man is using many different lotions on his face and even make-up and rubs his wife's legs and taking care of the children home and talks about feelings and cries while watching romantic comedy, or even choose romantic comedy to watch, not to mention choosing wines and going to salons.. and pilates, yoga, zumba and spinning are not men's sports! :D

But whatever makes you happy... and it's looking pretty much the same in our capital. I've said for years, that world is going to the dogs. I want back to 80's, where the world was normal, men were men and women were women. xD

@real-cool-cat You obviously were young back in the 80's. I think that the 80's things were even more weird and mixed than they are today.

'@Vexillo' In the 80's, world was normal. Have you watched 80's movies? Everything was relaxed and fun. 90's were meh... but still rather normal. Nowadays everything sucks. Music is crap, I've even unplugged my television, there's nothing to watch. There was no reality-crap back in the good old days.

If you only knew what glory days the 80's were... I could write a book, but one of the most extreme thing was that in early 80's, instead of 35 years, mortgage of a new house was paid in 8 years, everybody had a summer cabin and a new car was paid in one year. Even though the father of the family was in very ordinary, blue-collar job in a factory and mother was at home, cleaning the house and making food.

Nowadays both parents are highly educated, both go to work and have only 2 children and still many have trouble with bills and even buying food. And in the 80's and 90's, terrorists, people eating antidepressants, schoolshootings and anorectic teen slashing themselves were made-believe, they didn't exists except in the movies. Nobody wouldn't believe that in the future there are things like gaming addiction (both videogames and moneygames). Nobody was anxious. There was no really boring day. World is sick and complex nowadays, no more fun, only people doing things that they call "fun" (which are expensive, of course). Mostly at electronic toys. And in 80's, fat person was a rare sight even though we ate anything we want and cooked with butter.

And my first computer, Commodore 64 was the best! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDtxYeJdzg

@Finn123 You are just jealous because our metal is better than yours!

@TheSwedishMoose

Can't argue with that. You have really taken the lead in the last decade with Sabaton and Amon Amarth.

Our lineup of great sounding metal bands has shrunk to Nightwish, while the previously excellent bands like Turisas, Finntroll, Ensiferum and Moonsorrow have either started idling or have released substandard albums recently.

But we'll get to the lead again, I'm sure about that.

@Lalli It's sadly true that the amount of good new metal coming from Finland has recently shrunk. Damn hippie musics is taking a foothold in Finland *shakes fist*

But we still have bands like Nightwish as you said, Mokoma, Children of Bodom, Stam1na, Korpiklaani.

@Finn123

*shakes fist*

*Drowns his tears by listening "War of the Gods" by Amon Amarth and reminding himself that at least their awesome guitarist is Finnish*

'@TheSwedishMoose' Oh !#%& you little... :D

Your metal is better for children, that is. xD

@Finn123
We love you too. ;)

AHHH! FINLAND SMILED!
That means a puppy just died!!

That expression Finland has on his face in the final panel is what a Finn looks like when he is so excited he is about to burst. He is clearly over the moon; that is the height of emotional expression for a Finn. If you want to get more out of him, you have to give him a beer, or seven.

And by the way, Sweden, are you going to let Norway take all the glory for being the best neighbour ever? How about you match his gift? I'm sure Finland would be OK with Öland. Or he would probably also settle for a few medium-sized islands outside Stockholm.

At least Norway is nice enough to compensate for the other two neighbours Finland has.

Aaaw, I think that's the happiest Brother Finland has ever been without Sister Sweden

Finland's little smile made me smile!

Aww that's so sweet!!! Why can't all countries be that nice to each other?

@GracieTheGlaceon because a lot of the national leaders right now are acting like children, who want what they don't have. ;-; that's what my grandma says at least :P

The two people that can touch Finland’s heart is Norway and Åland. Norway figuratively, Åland literally, if he tried

Norway is a miracle, he made Finland smile that sweetly

Finland is smiling.

I scared.