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From: Anton <anton.use...@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:54:17 +0300

Local: Wed, May 14 2008 4:54 am

Subject: Re: Alcohol consumption in North

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Markku Grönroos kirjoitti:

> "Markku Grönroos" <kur...@hassuserveri.fi> kirjoitti
>> Many people were annoyed about Kalliala-Petelius sketches on
>> Laplanders in general and their drinking habits in particular. Well,
>> statistics are confirming that Jouni Lapinpoika is a true drunkard
>> (spurgu, tenukeppi, oksovidare). The average consumption per capita is
>> less than 10 litres a year in Finland. In Utsjoki it is well beyond 50
>> litres per year. Pretty drastic. Naturally the figure is tampered by
>> spurgus from outside the municipality - particularly from Norway and
>> yet..........
> The figures above project sales rather than consumption but anyways.

Laplanders distill a lot of their own privately too. "Mhie oon
khyllästyny phontikkhaan! Khossusta mie sou'an koko yön!" a local told a
an acquaintance of mine when he went fishing in Lapland and needed a
local rower.

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Anton

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