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[–] 144 points 5 months ago (27 children)

Op would love Finland. Only ever talked to one stranger (who is now my wife) and the only thing we shake is the umbrella. And booze, well you will need it too.

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  • [–] 67 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    introverted and alcoholic? Please tell me more about this wonderful place called Finland

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Their mountains so lofty

    Their treetops so tall

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (19 children)

    What is the umbrella reference about?

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  • [–] 50 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    Umbrella gets wet. Ya shake it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Is that a Finnish thing or just the first thing you thought to shake?

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago

    There is no innuendo if you are looking for an innuendo. He's literally talking about shaking the rain off an umbrella. He's happily married and neither his wife nor he like to dance so they don't shake anything but their umbrella. Get it?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    What else do you shake on a fairly common basis, I suppose you also shake the bottle to get every last drop out. So it's bottle or umbrella.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Oh my god, I feel so dumb. I really thought you had just made a typo and said shake instead of share.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Sharing doesn't sound possible, or at least would require an unwieldy parasol or something.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    When you go inside you shake the water out of the umbrella so it doesn't drip inside your house. Yeah, that's it, no reference or anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah but like, is that somehow Finnish?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    I think you're confused why he brought up shaking anything at all, what you're missing is that he brought up shaking an umbrella as a reply to the OP image that talks about shaking booty aka dancing.

    The Finnish thing is that they don't shake booty. The umbrella being the only thing they shake was just a way to highlight that they aren't dancing like Colombians.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    It's worldwide. Everyone around the world who has used an umbrella has shaken rain off an umbrella. Are you an alien from another solar system?

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