On 11/12/13, 10:42 AM, John W. Kennedy wrote:   
   > On Friday, November 8, 2013 1:09:10 AM UTC-5, Joe Chicago wrote:   
   >> I just found a YouTube thing called Star Wreck, an Eastern European spoof   
   on both ST:TNG and Bab 5. Fairly amusing. They even made a point of having   
   Garabaldi put his hands in his pockets!   
   >   
   > Although Finland is in Europe and is eastern, it is not generally regarded   
   as "Eastern Europe", as it was never part of the Byzantine Empire, is not   
   Eastern Orthodox, has never been Turkic or Islamic, is not Slavic, and was   
   never a component or satellite of the Soviet Union.   
   >   
      
   Not only that, it's not usually considered Scandinavia--huge debate on    
   that one, but I'm on the "it's not Scandinavian" side.   
      
   Poor Finland.  I think the only reason it exists is to have a language    
   in which to dump all the consonants no one else uses.   
      
   Blair   
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