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[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 149 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Op would love Finland. Only ever talked to one stranger (who is now my wife) and the only thing we shake is the umbrella. And booze, well you will need it too.

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

introverted and alcoholic? Please tell me more about this wonderful place called Finland

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Their mountains so lofty

Their treetops so tall

[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Eating breakfast or dinner

Or snack lunch in the hall.

[–] Schneemann@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah they don't have any mountains in Finland. The trees are great though.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

The trees are great though.

Unless youre Russian.

Now playing Sabaton - White Death

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only ever talked to one stranger

Scandalous!

[–] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago

no. Scandinavian

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What is the umbrella reference about?

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Umbrella gets wet. Ya shake it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is that a Finnish thing or just the first thing you thought to shake?

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 month ago

There is no innuendo if you are looking for an innuendo. He's literally talking about shaking the rain off an umbrella. He's happily married and neither his wife nor he like to dance so they don't shake anything but their umbrella. Get it?

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago

Finnish people do not shake hands.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What else do you shake on a fairly common basis, I suppose you also shake the bottle to get every last drop out. So it's bottle or umbrella.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh my god, I feel so dumb. I really thought you had just made a typo and said shake instead of share.

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sharing doesn't sound possible, or at least would require an unwieldy parasol or something.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think all of my umbrellas can fit two if a couple, and three if everyone is okay with rubbing torsos.

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Mine cant. Even with this latest safety distance-nonsense of just 2 meters.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you go inside you shake the water out of the umbrella so it doesn't drip inside your house. Yeah, that's it, no reference or anything.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah but like, is that somehow Finnish?

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I think you're confused why he brought up shaking anything at all, what you're missing is that he brought up shaking an umbrella as a reply to the OP image that talks about shaking booty aka dancing.

The Finnish thing is that they don't shake booty. The umbrella being the only thing they shake was just a way to highlight that they aren't dancing like Colombians.

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Yea finnished being in the rain

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's worldwide. Everyone around the world who has used an umbrella has shaken rain off an umbrella. Are you an alien from another solar system?

[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe from Saudi Arabia? No umbrella-shaking in Saudi Arabia.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

go to google.

type in "rainy day in Saudi Arabia"

click on images

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It's referencing back to the original post about girls shaking their asses