Rave Reviews for this Finnish Film - "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale'

This film is a total GAS, first rate Banger.  It focuses on a group of local reindeer herders whose Christmas is disturbed by excavations on the  Korvatunturi mountain in Lapland  A scientist has ordered a team of workers to dig open what he calls "the largest burial mound in the world". An explosive used by the team uncovers what is referred to as a "sacred grave". However, the occupant of the grave is the source of the original Santa Claus myth (which actually began in this Region); a supernatural being who, rather than rewarding good children, punishes the naughty. One family, however, manages to catch the culprit in a trap, and plans to sell it to the scientist to cover the losses caused by his excavation.

The story is wacky but is so well acted, well-written, and original it's hard not to like it.  Very little violence but scary nonetheless.  Both adults and kids (older than 7) can enjoy it.  The kid pictured above is the hero but not in a kid-like way.

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Mathematicians get riled up? Refuse mandatory Overtime.

Let's say that we have a set of  whole numbers that consists of all the odd numbers that exist.  The resulting set is infinite.  Now imagine a set comprised of all  even whole numbers, 2,4,6, etc.  This would also make an infinite set of numbers.  Now add the two sets together so that the new set consists of all whole numbers, both odd and even. The new set is also infinite but it is bigger than each of the other two infinite sets!!.  It is infinity????  If something is infinite, how can anything that is also infinite be more infinite?  Infinite is infinite, a never ending, endless compilation. If I have a collection of numbers (set) that is bigger than any number that can be conceived, and always will be, how in the bejeebers can I have a different set that is greater than that??  This po'd a lot of mathematicians.  The solution or explanation - I don't think there is one.

This is bound to get a lot of "hits" eh?.

Redheads, just saying...

 A 2004 study showed that redheads require, on average, about 20 percent more general anesthesia than people with dark hair or blond coloring. And in 2005, researchers found that redheads are more resistant to the effects of local anesthesia, such as the numbing drugs used by dentists.  Studies have also shown that Irish, and particularly Redheaded Irish, have a higher alcohol tolerance threshold.

Reheaded-ness is a recessive gene linked to the gene for pain tolerance, discomfort, being cold, irritability. I was often teased, people asking "you got a hot temper Red?  That really pizzed me off!!

Regarding the generation of electricity from PEE, perpetual motion machine now possible.

Johnny Wackadoo and little friend Piddles O'Reilly

"Electricity from piss? another round for everyone!  Pee is gonna make us rich!"

Aphorism

"what doesn't kill you makes you die slow" - Me*

*I wrote down this aphorism and made a note that it was mine but reflecting on it I wonder if I didn't pilfer it from George Carlin or Mitch Hedberg.  It sounds like their stuff.  If you know, let me know.  Otherwise I'll claim it.

Happy Halloween!

What about the raisins?

The good ol days, when life was simpler and happier. Ever wonder Why?

7 UP - introduced in 1929, contained the following ingredients:  carbonated water, sugar, citric acid, lithium citrate, sodium citrate, and essences of lemon and lime oils.  Lithium citrate is a chemical compound of lithium and citrate that is used as a mood stabilizer in psychiatric treatment of manic states and bipolar disorder.  They stopped using it as of 1948.

"Come on over Johnny.  We're going to have some soda and reefers"