Viinikivi

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The city is quickly emptying out as people rush off to drink loads of beer and eat sausages around a fire somewhere in the Finnish forest. I was stupid and somehow managed to volunteer myself for on-call duty this weekend so I have an excuse to stay reasonably sober. Hyvää Juhannusta. :)

One thought for cheap entertainment over the holiday is to stand near one of the "Erektio on jokamiehenoikeus" signs, dress like a tourist and walk up to guys who look like they won't kill me and ask, "What does that sign say?", just to see how they react and if any of them will say that it's a viagra ad informing us that every man has a right to an erection. Keeping a straight face and making sure to ignore anything said in Finnish might be hard to do. I need to get a non-Finn tourist guy with a camcorder to film it, too. If we survive, it could be a lot of fun.

This evening I realised the one thing I didn't get for my baking projects this weekend was some cream of tartar [viinikivi]. I sorta quipped to Jarkko that it's likely only at the apteekki [pharmacy] given the seeming randomness of various products only carried in specialty shops or the apteekki. One call to Stockmann later...it actually IS in the apteekki and not in the groceries. I mean, ok, it has medicinal uses but why should I have to haul my ass down to the apteekki for something so commonly used in baking?! Shouldn't it be in the groceries too?