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Found a fun post about estonians from Kaur’s web (he found it from another site which he also links, but the link isn’t working anymore):

1. You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok.
2. When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
3. You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator.
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)

6. ‘Kohuke’ belongs to your menu

7. You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people
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
10. You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands

11. You can quote films like “Viimne reliikvia” and “Siin me oleme”
12. You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
13. Words like “veoauto”, “täieõiguslik” or “jää-äär” sound perfectly pronouncable to you
14. You like bold statements, such as this one…

15. There can never be too much sarcasm
16. You can at times drink hot tea to hot food
17. You are disappointed that Jaan Kross never got the Nobel prize in literature
18. It would not be suprising for English-speakers to find your name
naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres [sounds like undress]) or hippy (Rein, Rain)
19. You have been to Finland
20. You say ‘Noh’ (sounds like NO) even when you speak English, just to confuse people
21. You know the lyrics to “Mutionu” and “Rongisõit”
22. You would never mistaken Kreisiraadio for a radio station
23. You would agree that wife-carrying is a real sport (at least as long as Estonians are winning)
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
26. You check the thermometer before going out

27. You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it’s a one-way street
28. You grin very mysteriously when people ask about your national food

29. You teach a non-Estonian speaker the word “Tänan” before “Aitäh”
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’”
36. You have ever worn or seen anyone wear “karupüksid”
37. You have heard the phrase “Estonians are slow” at least once
38. Kui sa saad aru, mis siia kirjutatud on

39. You find yourself continually ignoring the gender in other languages
40. You say ‘kurat’ as at least every second word
41. You consider running to the shop at 19.50 on Friday evening to buy some booze, a sport
42. You are a true Estonian when you come from Tallinn, because if you
are from Tallinn you think Tallinn IS Estonia and that’s true of course
that Tallinn is Estonia
43. When someone says “Estonians are so beautiful” you answer almost without emotions “I know”
44. You have tried to explain people that “kauboi” is actually a word in Estonian

45. You don’t think that terviSEKS is a funny word
46. You don’t find the Estonian equivalent to the expressions “twelve months”, “1002″ and “12 buses” remotely funny
47. Even though you never met Toots, Teele and Kiir you know exact what they are like

48. You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW
49. You know how to end the sentence “Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis…”

Kirjatsura on tänuväärselt kinni püüdnud ühe uudisvärdsõna – “lomm”. Tegu olla uue “härrasmeeste ajakirja” nimega, mis tuleb prantsuse keelest “l’homme” ehk siis maakeeli “mees”. Mingid ajukääbused on selle muutnud “eestipärasemaks”.
Arvan, et võtan kuulda Kirjatsura soovitust ning lähen putkasse oma Lommi nõudma.
Loe täpsemalt.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 7.10
Release:        7.10
Codename:       gutsy

As you can see, it also mentions that annoying codename that I keep forgetting. Now I’ll hope I’ll remember that command.

Aegmaha.com kirjutab viiest pullist asjast, mida inimene ei suutvat teha. Proovigu igaüks ise järele. Panen artikli ka täies mahus memmo.

Novaator toob ära viis asja, millega tavalised inimesed oma kehaga teha
ei suuda, kuigi loogiliselt mõeldes peaks see võimalik olema.

1. Oma küünarnuki keelega puudutamine on võimatu. Siiski leidub
maailmas küllalt hakkajaid inimesi, kelle keel ulatub imekombel
küünarnukini.

2. Avatud silmadega aevastamine on võimatu. Kuna
aevastamise ajal saadab ajus asuv „aevastamiskeskus” koordineeritud
motoorseid impulsse kõhtu, rinda, diafragmat, kaela ja silmalauge
kontrollivatesse lihastesse ning ka erinevatesse sulgurlihastesse,
süljenäärmetesse ning nina veresoontesse. See kõik toimub automaatselt
ega allu inimese kontrollile.

3. Iseenda kõditamine ei mõju. Londoni ülikooli
kognitiivse neuroteaduse teadlane Sarah-Jayne Blakemore selgitas, et
põhjus seisneb meie väikeajus, mis on kaasatud liigutuste jälgimisse.
Väikeaju suudab ette ennustada meie enda käte liikumist, kuid mitte
teiste inimeste käte liikumist. Kui inimene püüab iseennast kõditada,
ennustab väikeaju tekkivat tunnet ette ning sellega katkestatakse
teiste aju osade reageerimine kõditamisele.

4. Halvatud sõrme trikk-keera peopesa
alla ja aseta kõik oma ühe käe sõrmed lauale. Nüüd tõsta oma peopesa
üles, nii et käsi toetub näpuotstele. Keskmine sõrm aga painuta peopesa
poole. Proovi nüüd tõsta oma pöialt, nimetissõrme ja väikest sõrme.
Lihtne? Nüüd tõsta oma sõrmusesõrme. Kahjuks see pole võimalik.Miks?
Kõikide sõrmede kõõlused on üksteisest sõltumatud, välja arvatud
keskmise sõrme ja sõrmusesõrme kõõlused. Seega, kui su keskmine sõrm on
painutatud, ei saa sa oma sõrmusesõrme liigutada.

5.Number kuute joonistada ja samal ajal jalaga päripäeva ringe teha on võimatu.Proovi
ise: tõsta toolil istudes oma parem jalg üles ning tee sellega
päripäeva ringe. Samal ajal joonista oma parema käega number kuut. Sa
ei saa midagi parata, kuid su jalg muudab suunda. Sama kehtib ka siis,
kui teed jalaga vastupäeva ringe ning püüad joonistada number kaheksat.