Donnerstag, 17. April 2008

Finally: The Xenophobes Guide to the Estonians



Thanks to my fabulous teampartner Arvo we can now have an insight into the world (of thoughts) of the Estonians;) - In India our most beloved evening literature was the "Xenophobes Guide to the Germans", for those who did not read Arvos blog.
Here are some questions to check if you are Estonian. And some pictures - no, they are not stereotyping at all;)

You know you are from Estonia when...

1. You use the word 'normal' if something is ok.
4. You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20%
about washing
5. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)
8. You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per
foot when you heard that as a child
9. You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located
11. You can quote films like "Viimne reliikvia" and "Siin me oleme"
13. Words like "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" or "jää-äär" sound perfectly
pronouncable to you
15. There can never be too much sarcasm
18. It would not be suprising for English-speakers to find your name
naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres [sounds like undress]) or hippy (Rein,
Rain)
20. You say 'Noh' (sounds like NO) even when you speak English, just
to confuse people
24. Your best friend's girlfriend is your English teacher's daughter
and they live next door to your grandparents, who were colleagues with
your advisor, who is friends with your...
25. You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic
30. You put ketchup inside your pasta (french-cooked gourmet faire la
fine manger pasta) in order to not to get the ketchup-bowl dirty
31. You cheated on your wife/husband at least ten times but you still
think you're in a good marriage.
32. When someone asks you "where is Estonia?" you quickly reply that
it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland...
33. Your grandmother's "purse" is an old plastic bag that has been
reused several times
34. Sour cream tastes good with everything
35. A foreigner speaks to you in broken horrible Estonian and you go
on and on about how wonderful their Estonian is compared to "the
Russians'"
37. You have heard the phrase "Estonians are slow" at least once
41. You consider running to the shop at 19.50 on Friday evening to
buy some booze, a sport
45. You don't think that terviSEKS is a funny word
51. You want truth and justice (tõde ja õigus) to rule the world
53. You know that love for 3 oranges is not a weird sex thing and the
phrase "x 6 me" makes absolutely sense

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