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View Poll Results: Which of the following people have you heard of?
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Alvar Aalto
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5.32% |
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Martti Ahtisaari
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6.58% |
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Antti Hulkko aka Andy McCoy
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2.03% |
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Mika Häkkinen
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12.66% |
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Tove Jansson
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Aki Kaurismäki
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4.30% |
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Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland
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3.29% |
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Jari Litmanen
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35 |
8.86% |
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Gustaf Mannerheim
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25 |
6.33% |
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Tommi Mäkinen
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28 |
7.09% |
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Paavo Nurmi
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24 |
6.08% |
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Teemu Selänne
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23 |
5.82% |
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Jean Sibelius
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9.37% |
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Larry Thorne
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7 |
1.77% |
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Linus Torvalds
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50 |
12.66% |
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Mika Waltari
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13 |
3.29% |
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May 29, 2002, 17:13
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And you could at least have included a couple of skiers on EPO, like Kirvesniemi or Hämälainen. And who was that ski jumper during the nineties? Mika. something.
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May 29, 2002, 17:24
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Settler
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Originally posted by Kamrat X
I know everybody but two, Antti Hulko and Larry Thorne
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Same here. 
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May 29, 2002, 17:25
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Matti Nykänen ! Where's he? 
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May 29, 2002, 17:33
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Kris, you don't know Andy McCoy? 
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Matti Nykänen ! Where's he?
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My guess would be on every tabloid printed in Finland. That time of the year again. Sun shines, it rains, and Matti Nykänen does something very, very stupid.
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May 29, 2002, 19:02
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May 29, 2002, 19:07
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Lauri Törni oli suomalaine sota "sankari" joka karkotettiin
soanjäläkeen valvonta komissiota nuollaksemme.
ja mcgoy on sen hanoi rocks pändin kiraran soittelija.
oho! tähän pitiki tehä englantliksi.....
Larry Thorne was Finnish warhero who was exiled after
the war for being such a thorne in the russians back,
russians wanted him go, no Finn wanted that,
but russians were winnig the war so he had to go.
and Andy McGoy is guitar player of Hanoi Rocks
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May 29, 2002, 20:46
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about Larry Thorne. I just read that some people in the US are making a film about him. The script has been made already.
I believe he is considered as a hero or close to one in the US military too. He first fought viciously against SU, when war was over, he joined the germans, so he could continue his fight against SU. He was jailed and whatnot, escaped and finally came to US, fought two tours in Vietnam, was some kind of specialist and trainer officer, until his chopper was shot down. His comrades still believes he's alive in some vietnamese village because his body was never found. Just some time ago they discovered the crash site, found his gun etc. They took lots of DNA samples to identify him.. but non of them matched that was found in the crash site, so legend lives.
There are lots of stories about his deeds, and our former president Koivisto was in his troops too. His long patrol group (simular to guerillas) went once on a mission and took out about 300 enemies which was confirmed. None of his patrol took even a scratch. His name was Lauri Törni, but when he moved to the US, he was known as Larry Thorne. He quickly came an officer (i believe in the rank of a major) in special forces.
He would make a great movie though..
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Last edited by Pekka; May 30, 2002 at 05:07.
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May 30, 2002, 04:48
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Everybody except Tom of Funland.
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May 30, 2002, 13:34
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Well I recognized 1 from Belgium, 2 from Norway, 2 from Sweden, 3 or 4 from Netherlands, and not a single person from Finland, sorry guys. More American name spellings would help I bet.
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May 30, 2002, 13:47
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Stefu: Of course I know Andy, but not his real name!
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May 30, 2002, 14:37
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Originally posted by Kristalli
Same here.
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And you´re finnish 
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June 3, 2002, 20:53
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Marleau across the blue line....he dumps it to Selanne, wide open on the right wing....He shoots.....He scooores...Selanne's fifth playoff goal this season, coming in the middle of the third, has given the Sharks a 4-3 lead over the Colorado Avalanche
w000000t
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June 3, 2002, 21:00
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Larry Thorne doesn't sound very Finnish...
I've heard of a few of them, Hakkinen, Sibelius and Torvalds of course
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June 3, 2002, 21:09
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Provost Harrison, That's because he changed his name to that when he came to the US. His original name was Lauri Törni.
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June 4, 2002, 00:33
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Hey, that Stefu's link to Finnish proverbs was great, check it out everyone. It still did lack one of my favourites...;
Don't cry little child, for tomorrow they'll hit your head with a rock.
Or in its archaic, barbaric wording of:
Elä laps' itke, huomenna lyövvään piä kivveen.
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