ABOUT ESTONIANS...
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 finemanger 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. You think, that 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 worn or seen anyone wear "karupüksid"