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  • #16
    ouch. That must have hurt...
    In da butt.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by VetLegion
      got stuck? Haven't heard that one...


      The story goes: they (the bride and the best man) had been drinking so at one point they had sex in the toilet and someone grabbed the doorhandle. The bride panicked, "locked" her legs and they had to get an ambulance to separate them. It's a very persistent urban legend around here.


      It may just be some prejudice, but would such an event not start a minor vendetta if it happend in your neighbourhood ?
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      • #18
        Nope. The story ends with groom canceling everything and getting everyone their presents and money back and then drinking heavily the rest of the evening, and the bride commiting suicide later. It's almost believable. Who knows.

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        • #19
          No Croatians don't do vendetta.. it's the Albanians who do that.
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          • #20
            Yep, we don't do it, we're civilized people here. I even play Civ

            Even the Albanians have relaxed some rules to show progress with the EU thing. Now some distant cousins are excluded from the "to kill" list. It's a small step for EU, but a big one for Albania.

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            • #21
              relaxed some rules? Like you DON'T have to kill all the virgins who insult your family name,.. but still.. you should..
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              • #22
                Well, it's a savage custom I agree, but the rules are pretty strict. Only men are involved in vendetta.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by VetLegion
                  Yep, we don't do it, we're civilized people here. I even play Civ

                  Even the Albanians have relaxed some rules to show progress with the EU thing. Now some distant cousins are excluded from the "to kill" list. It's a small step for EU, but a big one for Albania.
                  If you had said SMAC/X I would have belived you, but Civ
                  With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                  • #24
                    those animals!
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Pekka
                      those animals!
                      Nah, they are actually quite sane - just concider the mayhem that would happen if they allowed women to participate.
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                      • #26
                        Btw., Pekka, what is the average age people marry at in Finland?

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                        • #27
                          average age.. I don't know.. I'd say it's one of the .. later in life ok? I'd imagine people in here get married later than in most places. Close to 30 I'd suppose. It's not that.. big of a deal in here to get married early. IN fact it is discouraged. Career first, then marriage. For both men and women.
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                          • #28
                            Same here - most people that get married do it between 25 and 30.
                            With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                            • #29
                              But we all know the true culture and civilization is from Europe (and Asia). Euros are so different. Greeks! Wow.. what a bunch they are. Think they invented everything. Germans! Woaah.. think they can invent it better or just smash everyone else.. fast and very accurately. French? Woaah.. they just don't care what others invented.. they don't like it anyway. They have their own, twice as bad, twice as expensive. Albanians? Blood thirsty brutes.

                              What about Croatian people? This I don't know so well.. I know where Croatia is and I know about the war where evil Serbians started to take some liberties but let's hear from you Vet, what kind of people are you. Educate me.
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                              • #30
                                I don't want to threadjack your thread

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