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I listed them "On the other hand"... 
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Hey, isn't Germany a big US supporter? NATO in Afghanistan and all?
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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According to some anti european trolls not. According to Ned we are already Americas enemies. 
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Could it be the fact, that tolkien borrowed quite a lot from viking saga's and Kalevala (the national epic of Finland). In addition to that, the elvish is somehow - i don't really know how - based on finnish...Originally posted by DanS
I'm curious about why people in Scandinavia and Finland like these movies so much. On average, they've gone to see these movies more than your typical American!
but this is only wild guessing...
wait. If you've seen the extended dvd of the Fellowship of the Ring, in the first appendix disk: in the first chapter they talk about life of professor tolkien... somewhere there (for a few seconds) there is a picture of the book 'Kalevala'...I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.Comment
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and italy hardly counts as a republic. governments change so often...
though with berlusconi, you could make the case it's a corporate republic.B♭3Comment
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Btw (and returning to the topic): I will go and watch the movie somewhere in my xmas vacation.Comment
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Wouldn't you look at this as a poor bastard child of the infinitely better Kalevala? When are they going to do a movie of that?Could it be the fact, that tolkien borrowed quite a lot from viking saga's and Kalevala (the national epic of Finland). In addition to that, the elvish is somehow - i don't really know how - based on finnish...I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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at least the finns can spell. finnish orthography is leagues above english orthography.B♭3Comment
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No, I'd rather see kalevala as the clumsy prototype, and LOTR as the finished ferrari.
really
I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.Comment
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what is orthography?
I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.Comment
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The two elvish languages Tolkein created were based on ancient Finnish.
That, and it's a damn good story. Those Scandanavians are up there with all that snow, Dan, and don't have much to do
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edit: besides drink, watch movies, mangle rap, and plot world domination (in the case of the Finns)grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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But it would take a lot to make Americans dislike German/Austrians. Mmmmmmmm Bratwurst and Beer. We forgive you for the sauerkraut concept.Originally posted by Sir Ralph
According to some anti european trolls not. According to Ned we are already Americas enemies.
France on the other hand.............
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I've read "Kalevala for the lazy" It's a really cool story actually.
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For some reason, I doubt I could find Cliff's notes in English for Kalevala.
Wonder when we're going to have a movie adaption of Beowulf.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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