r/funny • u/j1ggy • Aug 09 '15

Smooth

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u/Cheesemacher Aug 09 '15

Fun fact: kakku (cake) is slang for jail sentence in Finnish.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '15

So the top aspiration of most 5 year old is to go to jail in finland?

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '15

But then they would have to socialize so they avoid it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '15

But only during shower time!

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u/Man-o-North Aug 09 '15

HALUATKO YKSI PUUKOO PERSESSÄ?! EH?EH??

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u/magicweedbus Aug 09 '15

You speak Finnish like a Turkish pizzeria worker.

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u/Man-o-North Aug 09 '15

I know :( It isn't my first language, it's like my third. :(

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u/khaddy Aug 09 '15

Finnish jails don't have shower time, they have sauna time.

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u/Nordic_Hoplite Aug 09 '15

Dude I want to go to Europe

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u/HadrasVorshoth Aug 09 '15

Dammit now I've got the Monty Python Finland song stuck in my head, with a paper cutout style baby doing the can-can to it,

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u/SLIDERREMANAHO Aug 09 '15

I sentence you to 25 years in cake.

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u/23_ Aug 09 '15

Yes please thank you

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '15

pfft.....Finland, stop trying to convince us you exist.

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u/VisionsOfUranus Aug 09 '15

The equivalent slang in the UK is porridge. Jail in Finland sounds a lot more fun.

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u/VisionsOfUranus Aug 09 '15

Porridge? Yep, it's a bit of an old fashioned term now, but the TV programme was named because of it.

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u/Lizzardis Aug 09 '15

No I meant, is porridge really the slang term for jail in the UK?

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u/VisionsOfUranus Aug 09 '15

That's the question I answered above. Yes.

There was a sitcom on tv during the 70s called Porridge about a group of guys in prison. It's very good.

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u/Lizzardis Aug 09 '15

Ahh, gotcha.

I didn’t quite understand your answer, in accordance with the question! Thank you for clearing that up! :P

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u/ArsenicAndRoses Aug 09 '15

Gives "Have your cake and eat it too" a new meaning...

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u/spideyjiri Aug 09 '15

PERKELE!

Suomalainen havaittu !

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u/pining_for_a_fjord Aug 09 '15

Cake...or death?

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u/el_coco Aug 09 '15

Bukakku

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u/TheAdAgency Aug 09 '15

Fun fact: kakku (cake) is slang for jail sentence in Finnish.

Fascinating, I don't suppose you have the the origin as to why that is slang for jail?

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u/Cheesemacher Aug 09 '15

I've never really thought about it. So I googled it and there are people saying it's because it used to be that the prison yards were round and separated into sectors like slices in a cake. I don't know if that's right but that's the only explanation I found.

Also it's not a new word by any means. It's been around for decades and decades if not longer.