The 1st of March was yesterday and I had the lovely oppourtunity to hang out with some friends (meet new people) and knit.
First of all, I asked if Finns have a term similar to "In like a lion, out like a lamb" (or vice verca) and they do not. The similar one for them (although nobody could confirm the actual timing) was something about snow on the roof by spring time meant a cold summer by June...or no snow on the roof by spring meant a hot summer by June. Something like that.
For those of you that never heard of this....we have a saying "In like a lion (on the 1st of March if the weather is bad), then it'll be out out like a lamb (by the end of the month the weather will be great)". Or vice verca.
I always tried as a child to remember whether it was actually "correct" in a sense but always ended up forgetting.
Now in sports! I rarely discuss sports as I am not an avid sports fan, however, last night was a big night for Finns because they are BACK on the map! (Not that they ever left the map...thanks to this blog, many others and Conan O'Brien.)
Finland is very proud (in a modest way) of Matti Heikkinen as he won the World Championship for men's cross country skiing.
I had a difficult time finding this bit of information on CBC's new site and actually had to do a few searches because it wasn't a "big deal". Perhaps if an American or Canadian won....then there'd be a different tune?
As well, cross country skiing isn't as big of a deal in Canada (they do ski) compared to hockey.
I was lucky enough to be with my knitting group last night and see this Matti fellow do some interviews and for someone that JUST WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - he was a very traditional Finnish man.
How so? He was very serious looking at some parts, not jumping around and having a super huge 5-miles-wide smile like the 2 Norweigans that landed 2nd and 3rd....just very calm. Like it was a training session, except you know, it's the WORLD Championships and his first win in this category.
Well, I am very proud to live in Finland and witness a wonderful moment in history, especially since (if you've read the article), Finland's been sort of on the back burner for cross-country skiing due to 6 team members testing positive for drugs/ "banned substances" back in 2001. So 10 years of drama and suspicion is finally put to rest now that a Finn won fairly.
And maybe if I pay attention, I'll be able to meet him in person (as oppose to walking past him - which I'm sure everybody has done as he's so quiet) and possibly get an autograph!
First of all, I asked if Finns have a term similar to "In like a lion, out like a lamb" (or vice verca) and they do not. The similar one for them (although nobody could confirm the actual timing) was something about snow on the roof by spring time meant a cold summer by June...or no snow on the roof by spring meant a hot summer by June. Something like that.
For those of you that never heard of this....we have a saying "In like a lion (on the 1st of March if the weather is bad), then it'll be out out like a lamb (by the end of the month the weather will be great)". Or vice verca.
I always tried as a child to remember whether it was actually "correct" in a sense but always ended up forgetting.
Now in sports! I rarely discuss sports as I am not an avid sports fan, however, last night was a big night for Finns because they are BACK on the map! (Not that they ever left the map...thanks to this blog, many others and Conan O'Brien.)
Finland is very proud (in a modest way) of Matti Heikkinen as he won the World Championship for men's cross country skiing.
I had a difficult time finding this bit of information on CBC's new site and actually had to do a few searches because it wasn't a "big deal". Perhaps if an American or Canadian won....then there'd be a different tune?
As well, cross country skiing isn't as big of a deal in Canada (they do ski) compared to hockey.
I was lucky enough to be with my knitting group last night and see this Matti fellow do some interviews and for someone that JUST WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - he was a very traditional Finnish man.
How so? He was very serious looking at some parts, not jumping around and having a super huge 5-miles-wide smile like the 2 Norweigans that landed 2nd and 3rd....just very calm. Like it was a training session, except you know, it's the WORLD Championships and his first win in this category.
Well, I am very proud to live in Finland and witness a wonderful moment in history, especially since (if you've read the article), Finland's been sort of on the back burner for cross-country skiing due to 6 team members testing positive for drugs/ "banned substances" back in 2001. So 10 years of drama and suspicion is finally put to rest now that a Finn won fairly.
And maybe if I pay attention, I'll be able to meet him in person (as oppose to walking past him - which I'm sure everybody has done as he's so quiet) and possibly get an autograph!
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