Now this is not a story that happened to me - very unfortunate and you'll see why soon.
My husband had to go pick up a visiting scholar from the train station and take him out to dinner then drop him off at their hotel last night - as they had never been to Jyv�skyl� before.
Afterwards he decided to go for a beer with a colleague and they were having a good time chit-chatting when a couple of Finnish drunks asked if they could join them. There was plenty of available seating but because they were speaking in English - the drunk Finns were VERY interested in their conversation.
After some basic discussion about where my husband is from and why he is living here (I assume that's what they asked because that's what we ALWAYS get asked - ask any foreigner!) one of the fellows says to my husband:
"You have pretty eyes."
The hubby just said thanks and one of the other drunks said: "You're very handsome."
Now, I'd like to point out that these are 2 very drunk Finnish men. They are straight according to Tim but when I asked why in the world would they pick that sentence to practice their English with, he responded to me with: "I think they just tried to use every English word they knew."
So if you ever encounter a drunk Finn - you're probably quite safe as they just REALLY want to speak English to you and learn about your culture and where you are from!
Alcohol in large amounts encourages Finns to do what they normally wouldn't do if they were sober and not in a party/put-on-the-spot kind of position...like talking in a different language and to a foreigner!
My husband had to go pick up a visiting scholar from the train station and take him out to dinner then drop him off at their hotel last night - as they had never been to Jyv�skyl� before.
Afterwards he decided to go for a beer with a colleague and they were having a good time chit-chatting when a couple of Finnish drunks asked if they could join them. There was plenty of available seating but because they were speaking in English - the drunk Finns were VERY interested in their conversation.
After some basic discussion about where my husband is from and why he is living here (I assume that's what they asked because that's what we ALWAYS get asked - ask any foreigner!) one of the fellows says to my husband:
"You have pretty eyes."
The hubby just said thanks and one of the other drunks said: "You're very handsome."
Now, I'd like to point out that these are 2 very drunk Finnish men. They are straight according to Tim but when I asked why in the world would they pick that sentence to practice their English with, he responded to me with: "I think they just tried to use every English word they knew."
So if you ever encounter a drunk Finn - you're probably quite safe as they just REALLY want to speak English to you and learn about your culture and where you are from!
Alcohol in large amounts encourages Finns to do what they normally wouldn't do if they were sober and not in a party/put-on-the-spot kind of position...like talking in a different language and to a foreigner!
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