Osmo Soininvaara, a Civ fanatic

Ari Rahikkala · May 8, 2001, 15:06

Found from the "E-maailma" (E-world) attachment from today's Ilta-sanomat. Osmo Soininvaara, the basic services minister of Finland, plays Civilization 2. The one-and-a-half page article didn't tell the difficulty level he liked to play on, but he was apparently quite knowledgeable. At first he didn't want to compare Civ to real world, but after some time he did say that it has some connections to foreign politics.

Now, this was quite normal (I don't think there is anything weird with politicians playing games), but there were also bad news: He said that you can find more information about Civ from... http://www.civfanatics.com . Not a single mention about Apolyton at all. (now I almost posted this to civfanatis, but due to E-mail server problems, couldn't.) Well, let's hope that there is a link to Apolyton from there somewhere...

Jarouik · May 8, 2001, 16:09

Wow, this is certainly nice to hear, since I voted for him in the last election

Too bad I didn't notice it in the front page of today's Ilta-Sanomat, so I didn't buy it, and I couldn't find the article at www.iltasanomat.fi either.

Hendrik the Great · May 9, 2001, 16:07

Perhaps you should send him an email or message that tells him about the wonderfull place? Wouldn't it be great to have a Minister here in the forums?

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drake · May 9, 2001, 16:20

Yeah email him, so the apolytoners can whip his ass in MP

Smash · May 9, 2001, 17:48

Do you think osmo could be ottok?

lord of the mark · May 9, 2001, 17:51

uh oh - somebody better warn Dubya before he shows up in Helsinki "share the secret of laser (SDI) or you will feel our steel"

catullus · May 10, 2001, 02:40

quote:

Originally posted by Smash on 05-09-2001 05:48 PM
Do you think osmo could be ottok?

ROTFLMAO

C.

Scouse Gits · May 10, 2001, 05:24

quote:

Originally posted by Smash on 05-09-2001 05:48 PM
Do you think osmo could be ottok?

Like catullus said!
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You know this could easily become the most quoted quote of the week ...

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"Staring at your screen in horror and disbelief when you open a saved game is one of the fun things of a succession game " - Hueij
"The Great Library has been built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

Paul Hanson · May 10, 2001, 08:48

It would explain why ottok disappeared just like that: he`s got a country`s basic services to run!

drake · May 10, 2001, 09:19

quote:

Do you think osmo could be ottok?

LOL!
Oh wait..........I don't get it

.....anyone want to explain why its funny?

Ming · May 10, 2001, 09:55

Don't you remember our most famous trying to speak English poster Ottok!

Whether he was a DL or not, we will never know. But his posts were a riot due to weak English language skills. He did leave in a huff when people abused him... (some of us did try to answer his questions seriously, but the language barrier was a problem)

So the though of Ottok being a senior member in a government is just...

ROTFLMAO

Marquis de Sodaq · May 10, 2001, 10:18

All right, maybe I'm just not cyber-hip enough, but what exactly does
ROTFLMAO stand for? I understand the LMAO part, but what about the first half?

Scouse Gits · May 10, 2001, 10:50

Rolling on the Floor ...

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Scouse Git[1] -- git1@scousers.net

"Staring at your screen in horror and disbelief when you open a saved game is one of the fun things of a succession game " - Hueij
"The Great Library has been built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

drake · May 10, 2001, 11:03

Oh ok, I get it

.......yes the idea is kinda funny

ottok: Hey! I'm Osmo Soininvaara, a service minster at Finland and you cant talk me like that!

Some spammer: DL! DL!

Other spammer: and I'm Batman!

Yet another spammer: Finland Sucks!

DaveV · May 10, 2001, 13:08

Rolling On The Floor.

Edit: stupid cache! I was amazed no one had responded to the Marquis's question.
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Winston · May 10, 2001, 14:20

ROFL!

Imagine ottok going to an EU meeting in Brussels.

"Finland think not many. Agriculture too. Budget must vote, eh?

"

Ha-ha!

Paul Hanson · May 11, 2001, 08:33

Brussels what is? A European Union a with quiet much economics?

I remember everyone sticking up for him when I had a go at him in the OT forum. It was the first time I`d posted there, and everyone had such a go at me that I didn`t go back for 3 months.

East Street Trader · May 12, 2001, 00:04

He did better than I would if I went to a Finnish site armed with no more than a dictionary. In fact, I'd not be brave enough even to try.

Ari Rahikkala · May 17, 2001, 07:11

Great... We started with Osmo Soininvaara, and now tell jokes about ottok.

* Whips Smash with a large trout *

Stefu · May 17, 2001, 07:15

Hm.

"Weak beer you drunk get can, yes? You just drink to have more. Eh?"

Stefu · May 20, 2001, 10:06

Ennyways, Osmo Soininvaara was just elected the new leader of the Green Party. In Finland, that means that his chances of being next PM are actually bigger than chances of monkeys flying out of my butt. Greens are up for gains in next election, probably becoming the fourth largest party.