Fingerborg

[deeaa]

There's this great comic strip published in every major newspaper in Finland, called 'Fingerborg' or Fingerpori in Finnish.

I dunno if it's really legal but I thought I'd now and then share - if the links work - here too, complete with translations when needed. Please lemme know if you don't see the image or something?

 

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Shows fine 4 me. Here's a few more. They are often quite direct and such and bow to no authorities, but never in a nasty way. But he's for instance not afraid to use nazi jokes or such even, and there's plenty of homosexuality jokes as well. And I bet the author is a scientist of some sort, because a lot of the strips take place in a science center & a few of the main characters are scientists (of sort, in Fingerborg land everything is quite twisted. Other main characters include a local whore, a flasher/child molester, a superhero Fantom, a dirty-minded waitress and such.

'Saves space'

'We're about to see quite a mushroom cloud. Want some?'

'Can you imagine the Finnish mouse and an American mouse have totally different gene pools?' 'Yes I can'

'Trains are being cancelled due to cold weather' 'I'm freezing my balls' 'let's go home'

'1,5 million years ago' 'homos!'

'Fetch!' 'No, sparky, no!'

 

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'I was in India, and I found this great place where local artists sold their drawings and paintings
There was also this workshop where they forged beautiful works of art out of recycled metals.'
'So what did you buy?'
'Booze and cicarrettes'

 

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'1942: watch out guys...it's gonna blow!...I told you so'

family pizza...normal pizza...'they don't make pizza for my kind' (the character is an exhibitionist/pervert)

'What do you, Reino, do for work?'
'I'm totally in car business'
'Where's my Audi I left for maintenance?'
'It's totalled'

'Here's grandpa's wartime gear'
'Wow, what did he do in the war'
'Looks like he's been an electrician'

TV:military is looking for savings
'I found some!'

In Tanzania:
'Hm, that tasted funny!'

'How do you feel about your campaign success, Mayor?'
'I feel satisfied now'
Newspaper headline: 'Mayor satisfied himself live on TV'

'Please move your piece'
'Nah, it's the tip of my shoe'

'Heavy metal pollution in the air again'

 

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'Please hold the flow of water'
'All the taps suddenly ran dry!'

Tonight: BB King
'What year were you on Big Brother, man?'

Stonehenge today...Stonehenge after Finland conquers England

Gives your cat's fur a nice shine
That night: 'get away from me!'

Finland's best model tryouts

'Dad, can we try using marihuana?'
'Hell no! It's a gateway to using heavy drugs! You might end up believing in God!'

'Wash and wax'

 

[Zip]

More, please

 

[deeaa]

I'll try to post a new one daily even, if it is the kind that can be translated...often they are based on some word play that simply can not be translated.

 

[Eric]

I meant to comment on these earlier. Some of them are pretty good, even to the point of making me laugh out loud a little.

 

[deeaa]

Yep...I like them best after Gary Larson...but they're very hard to translate without losing some of the impact. It would help if I could edit the bubbles directly, even.

 

[Eric]

It would help if I could edit the bubbles directly, even.

You undoubtedly could using some image editor, it would just be a pain. I did that for a few Dilbert cartoons back in high school for a history class -- made them relevant to whatever assignment I was doing. My teacher loved it.

 

[Zip]

"...based on some word play that simply can not be translated."

And that right there is the story of my life

 

[deeaa]

He, that reminds me of a song by Happoradio:


Which is what you fear more
Noise or tranquility and peace
Which is your aversion
Solitude or company
Why do tears well in your eyes
When you hear a baby laughing?

You are the deepest water
Insurmountable a mountain
Forgotten attic
A titanium shell
Why do tears well in your eyes
When you hear a baby laughing
Why do tears well in your eyes
When somebody sings of love on the radio?

I guess I am a simpleton
Always lacking explanation
You are a map quite intricate
A journey into a foreign land
So why do you cry when somebody sings of love on the radio?

Speak with a voice that I can hear
Speak with words I understand
Poems that I can comprehend
I need subtitles for your soul
Explaining everything I miss
An omniscient narrator voice
Speak with a voice that I can hear

 

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Smokeless man seeks company....'spare a cig, will you? I'm all out'

'We're moving to 100% green electricity....seemed more like blue to me'

'Mr. Heimo please come here...I was in reality TV house...I can't do it without someone watching'

Most people drown near the shore...'Stay there in the middle!'

'How much salt for the meat soup?' 'I think you dropped a spoonful' '..I didn't think you heard it'

'It's a mystery why didn't the ancient greeks invent a steam train'
'They had invented steam power'
'And the train'

'Lieutenant Koski, it is true that you have been searching for a wrong man?'
'It is true.'
'I was looking for someone hard and mysterious when I should have been after open and dedicated one'

Ask your doctor freely about erection problems
'So, doc, has your willie been performing lately?'

'Police line'

'Are you OK?'
'Fine...I had an angel looking over me'
'I see there he is!'

 

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'Looks like it's the time for the last slow ones of the evening'
'Uhh, do you, like...wanna...dance?'

'So what do you do for living'
'I'm in charge of internal affairs'
(arriving prisoners)

'RAID!'
'This means you'll now be registered as criminal'
'Registered masseuse Ms.Armi'

'Me'm my brother here we've hunted anything from li'l boys already'
'Yep anything from li'l boys to rabbits'

'Our bank went through stress tests...doesn't look good'
'So we ordered an objective audition'
Fingerborg Scientologists - 'Your bank was a mussel in previous life'

'I found this slightly awkward photo of my father'
'Well you could draw some wrestling clothes on them...'

...think of nature before you print

Noah, 3000B.C. 'Think I'll have a baloney sandwich...'

 

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At brother-in-law aulis: 'Want some coffee'
'Thank you'
'Oh-oh, lots of cream here'
'I squirted a little...uh, what did you say about the coffee?'

 

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'Good day, everything fine?'
'Yep'
'There should be a flasher in the neighborhood...'
'Oh I do think so too!'

 

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'It was a stormy nigh...naah...'
'It was the best of times it was...ugh'
'In the beginning..."Now I've got it!"

"These biscuits in Cafeteria Aromi seem a little old"
"These have kind of a hairy taste"
"I'll show you some hairy biscuit!"

-In the Fingerborg Priest's house
"I'll put the vet's advice on cat care between this book here..."
-on Sunday:
"And so sayeth the writings: twice in a month shalt thou de-worm your felines"

"Hello Rita! How was your weekend?"
"I went to see that American Jazz drummer on gig...
he had other catchy things besides grooves it"

"Shoulders are a bit stiff, Doc"
"You should do these cat-stretches in the mornings"
-in the morning: aahh...

"Back in the day I had the first car in Fingerborg...
One day I was a bit drunk and drive thru some reds...those who survived were very angry indeed"

"Agh! This POS too!"
"It was just smashing at work today!"

 

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RADIO: 10c a quart discount when you fill up your car at all Fingeroil gas stations!
At Fingeroil: 'What happened to the discount you promised?'
'You have not filled up at all our stations yet'

 

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'These dishes are dirty!'

 

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- facial excemas bother especially older people
'Yechh horror' 'face like a demon'

 

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'I put some easter grass seeds in a pot yesterday'
'You can throw seeds on basic kitchen paper also quite fine'
'I often throw seeds on basic kitchen paper'

 

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' I don't even want to repeat what they called me! '

 

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'Wife calling...damn, I got some sand in my trunks'
'Hello Irma, I was just watching girls play beach volley, with a rock in my pants'

The Koponen family BBQ...'Pirjo, Jukka, Mette-Maarit, come and enjoy!'
'Oh it looks like we have one more sausage left!'
On a plane overhead : 'really small toilets on this plane!'

'I might visit the cottage to cut some weeds'
'Sure, I'll drive you'
'Is Irma home? - Nope, I drove her to the field with a scythe'

- Holistic ambulance
'Quick, more acupuncture needles!'

'Sure it was tough to hear my brother is actually the father of my boys'
'But life goes on and now I'm going to this group meeting of similar people'

'Hello, my name is Teuvo...and I'm a heavy user'
'Welcome to flight HD471 to Helsinki'

'It says here Da Vinci was even the inventor of the helicopter!'

 

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- Music Therapy
'This used to be lively music, but has now become bland and dull'

 

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- WE guarantee we bring a pizza to your door within an hour!
'Hello...I'd like to order a pizza'

 

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'It says here the sun generates its heat with nuclear energy!'
- think of the children! Stop nuclear energy!

'This is NOT a children's movie!'
'It sure looked like that in the rental place' 'lemme see'
- Tintin and the secret of the Unicorn

 

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'Come to our place...see our new home theater?'
'Sure'
'I'm a poor street child from Barcelona'

 

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Asko Vilenius in the days of his youth

'The latest Hustler, Penthouse and Jugs, please'
'Got any papers, kid?'
'Um...well no...'
-Kleenex- (on the box)

 

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At the Fingerhits record company
"Boys your single just went number one!"
(the shittiest records of the year)

'Special Express Line'

'Excuse me...my battery died during the night. Can I leech power from your car'
'Sure!'

Dirty-Rita as a child:
'Hey kid! Do you know what does the red light mean?'
'There's whores around?'

'I'm going to India for this operation that'll make my hair look thicker'
'And at the same time it'll make my shoulders seem wider!'

'Rita, call the security company'
'My cafeteria has a hole the size of a big man wide open in the door!'
'My boss wanted to let you know he's got a hole wide open for a big man'

'Heil Hitler! There's no smoking here!'
'That's just pure fascism!'

 

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'My barber recommended I try a facial mask'
'heh'
'Face masks are not meant for straight guys'

Science Centre Fingerpolis
'We're studying whether light moves faster when threatened'

'Hello Allan!'
'Heh'
'Watch out the cat wants to scratch its claws on guests' bags'