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[EddieGunner]

nice photos, no snow over here in Sochi, and Adler, but on Polyana yeah .... anyway news for today im having free day of work, for packing my stuff cause in morning im flying back home for vacation 3.5 weeks of resting will be good before coming back to cold and freezed Krasnaya Polyana, Russia

 

[koivusaari]

Back to Croatia for the x-mas holidays. Damn it's warm here

 

[edguardian]

2013!!!

 

[Karhu]

 

[xptrinity]

Have a good one!

 

[Eurynome]

Happy new year! The fireworks in Helsinki were decidedly less spectacular, but if a Finn has to decide between a bottle of booze for New Year's Eve or a bunch of rockets, the latter won't stand much of a chance.

Here's a fresh piece of news you won't come across too often - fishermen complaining that the fish are too big. More specifically the giant pikes of more than 10 kg that seem to be increasingly common in the Helsinki area (and supposedly difficult to sell).

As the expert quoted at the end of the article points out, growing to that size is a very respectable feat, given that it requires outsmarting two-legged predators for more than ten years: "Iso hauki on viisas kala" - a huge pike is a wise fish.

 

[papajohnny]

So it's sunny in the morning, raining in the afternoon and snowing during the night.
It's awesome. Yep...

 

[xptrinity]

ОК, so we're having a mass national hysteria over the new tourist logo of the country and in the past three days there was so much hate and trolling on the subject, that I am increasingly annoyed. Here it is
Please, look at the pictures and tell me what do you see in it and do you like it from the perspective of non-Bulgarians and potential visitors of the country.
I think there is something wrong with me, as it seems I am the only person in the country who likes it and gets it.

 

[Eurynome]

Please, look at the pictures and tell me what do you see in it

My immediate impression was a round face with a green and a red eye, an orange nose and a blue beard. Might as well interpret it as a flower, of course.

 

[papajohnny]

My first thought was intestines, honestly. Dunno why.
Then lips forming a kissing shape.
Then I noticed the details. It's cute, actually, but maybe a bit too complicated.

What's the whole hate actually about?

 

[Luoto]

There's a sunshade umbrella on a beach, sea, mountains and a rose. Thematic variants are a pretty good idea.

 

[tuonelan]

It took a bit before I deciphered the beach. Got the flower right away.

It's pleasant to look at and isn't bad design work, it's just not as intuitive as would be most effective. I've seen worse logos. The University of California's most recent one that they canceled after a similar uproar looked kinda like a toilet being flushed.

 

[xptrinity]

What's the whole hate actually about?

"Too expensive, we don't get it, looks like poached eggs, what's the orange thing in the middle", blah-blah-blah

Anyway, thanks for the input! It seems that I am sane, after all

 

[papajohnny]

Anyway, thanks for the input! It seems that I am sane, after all

Well, you do like Amorphis, so it is questionable, but okay...

 

[Karhu]

fishermen complaining that the fish are too big[/URL].

Never heard a complaint like that. Hmmm I just chopped mine into sections and smoked it, it was absolutely delicious!

 

[Karhu]

"Too expensive, we don't get it, looks like poached eggs, what's the orange thing in the middle", blah-blah-blah

Looks like a salad. uke:

 

[xptrinity]

You have no idea how good Bulgarian salads are :Smokedev:

 

[Karhu]

You have no idea how good Bulgarian salads are :Smokedev:

Is that what they're promoting then?
BULGARIA---SALAD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!!!!

Well I like salads though. Nothing too fruity or nutty. Feta, lettuce, tomato, onion, etc. Mmmmm I'm getting hungry now.
:Spam:

 

[Eurynome]

Just found the new Inferno in the mail, featuring a nice long interview with Pekka Kasari. All pics by yours truly. Me proud.

 

[Tiiti]

All pics by yours truly. Me proud.

You really should be!
Cool!