dfunkt Posted March 19, 2008 Report Posted March 19, 2008 (edited) G'day my QLD brethren. just thought i'd let you know that i'm gonna be in the sunshine state for a whirlwind weekend. flying in on friday morning and leaving tuesday around noon. the purpose of the visit isn't to buy a new rolla unfortunately, (not that i could anyway as Jip seems to buy everything up here :no2: ) but to partake in the annual finnish easter games. 3 days of culture, sport and alcohol. if there's anyone that would like to come and say g'day, watch some amatuers play traditional finnish games and eat traditional food, as well as drink some alcoholic beverages, then come along. (i don't actually have an address of where we're playing yet, only that its in brisbane, possiblt east side, cos i lost the info sheet :sob: i should know tomorrow sometime) i'd love to catch up with a few of you and talk smack as i don't have plans on the monday, except for catching a bit of sleep early morning after the traditional sunday nite drink-a-thon/pub/club crawl. so if you're equally not busy on the monday speak up and well get something half-organised. cheers dF *** Location Details *** the easter festival will be held at the Anglican Church Grammar School in East Brisbane from Friday until Sunday. Baseball starts at 8am both saturday and sunday, with mens games running until 5pm saturday and 6pm sunday, and womens games running until ~7pm both days friday i think drinking starts at 11am, possibly 12. Edited March 20, 2008 by dfunkt Quote
fozz Posted March 19, 2008 Report Posted March 19, 2008 come down to the gold coast its better than brissy :sob: maybe hit up surfers paradise or something Quote
dfunkt Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Posted March 19, 2008 i've done the touristy thing many times, this will be my ~15th trip or so. was looking more for a catchup and chat...ideally someone to ferry me down to teddy's blue car and see it with my own eyes :sob: Quote
JiP Posted March 19, 2008 Report Posted March 19, 2008 lOl If you ask nicely I can leave you an AE82?? :sob: Is it too much to ask for to have a whole fleet or KE3x/KE5x's?? Quote
dfunkt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 well, i still don't have any info on where we are playing/the festivities will be...but i will be staying in kangaroo point. Quote
7shades Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Just out of interest... could you explain to me what typifies finland in regards to culture and sport? ie: scottish and their caber tossing, germans in leather pants eating bratwurst, that kind of thing? I have been to Helsinki, but my experience of the culture was very limited as it was summer holidays, and for the whole week I was either drunk, naked, or both. PS... Finnish schoolgirls seem to go a bit nutty in the brain for those 3 months of the year when the sun is out.... just add alcohol and hang the f@$k on :no2: I love Finland.... good times :sob: Quote
dfunkt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 to be honest, we really just stole everything from others... as every country has its own native sport, like oz has AFL, finland has Pesapallo (straight translation = baseball). some dude took the american version and sped it up a heap back in the early 1900's. hunting moose and reindeer anywhere beyond 1hr travel from Helsinki, the higher you go, the more populous they are. and wearing aforementioned moose and reindeer pelts. santa and his elves live up in Rovaneimi. up to 3 months of darkness way up the top, and of course the opposite in summer. not quite as bad in Helsinki as it's much lower, but you still get 24hr sunlight for a month or so down there. known for inventing the sauna, as well as the best (my biased opinion) vodka producers in the world, Finlandia and Koskenkorva... "the land of 1000 lakes" and the only airforce made up entirely of insects, "the mosquito army" so what do the finns do, they have kesamerkki's (summer homes) with their sauna's right at the lakeside...nothing better than a midnight sauna and then a 5 meter running leap into the lake! good times... *** i almost forgot about the country towns...their driveways are also the roads (not so much now-a-days, but if you go remote enough you'll find them) so when you need to get somewhere, you just jump in the old escort and hammer at 80-140kmh down a one lane dirt/rock road, passing through others front yards about 10meters from their doorstep, perfecting your rally skills just to grab some bread and beer... if you'd like more info, or anything more specific, just ask. *7shades* the nutty thing is spot on... between june and august it's like one messy drunken day, partially interrupted by the sun going down, but it not getting any darker than late arvo. ***updated the first post with details of locations and stuff*** Quote
7shades Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Thanks... Has strengthened my resolve to one day go back to Finland.... if only to try and locate a brunette :sob: Quote
dfunkt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 you won't have any trouble....while they are abundant, you won't forget you're in the land of the BB's (blondies with blue eyes) might i suggest a lengthy stay in both sweden and the czech republic also :sob: :no2: Quote
Teddy Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 hahah will have to come and say g'day ! PM me your mobile number ! Quote
dfunkt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 hahah will have to come and say g'day ! PM me your mobile number ! Done my good man... Quote
7shades Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Czech I have done extensively... with a random collection of italian soldiers on leave, no less. Much frivolity was had by all... its amazing what a Czech woman in a small perspex cubicle can do with fruit. Oh and there was drinking. Much, much drinking. You can probably see a pattern emerging here... I actually lived in Germany for a while so I was fortunate enough to see quite a lot of europe... I'm dying to get back though, its been far too long. Hmmm so completely off topic... excuse my blatant hijack... Quote
irokin Posted March 22, 2008 Report Posted March 22, 2008 come down to the gold coast its better than brissy :cool: maybe hit up surfers paradise or something Yea we wouldn't want him to feel like hes moved too far away from the Melbourne underworld.... Quote
fozz Posted March 23, 2008 Report Posted March 23, 2008 Yea we wouldn't want him to feel like hes moved too far away from the Melbourne underworld.... lol true Quote
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