Cultural Info, For Those Looking For A Joke, Skip This

I wonder is this type of humor very Finnish, or is it so normal in a lot of countries? This kind of show was popular in Finland, could it also be in your country?

four very avarage middle-class family members in a line for the coffee machine in their home. Nothing special in their looks, all look like normal decent people. Son and daughter like 18 years-old, parents are 50 something. Father looks like the submissive type, very good tempered. Mother looks like the leader. Children look very sure of themselves. This is all in the Finnish cultural context that one moves out from home just for the sake of becoming independent, it's a rite for becoming an adult.

son: isn't a bit crowded in here
daughter: what kind of joke is that?
pa: Did you hear that, Hannu just cracked a good one
ma: no I didn't hear, but don't say it again, let's try to forget all about it
son: is pa going to stay with us for much longer?
ma: Of course, how did you come up with such a strange idea?
son: Isn't it about time he became a bit more independent, wouldn't that be good for him?
ma: For sure, but he's probably too old to learn
pa: There, you heard it Hannu
son: Has he ever lived alone?
daughter: Mom did kick him out once. But he couldn't manage, we had to take him back
son: Yeah, how miserable for you dad. Dad might have to live forever at home.
pa: yep
ma: Be careful or you two might end up like that as well
son: I guess I have to leave myself, if pa doesn't. Have to get an apartment for myself somehow
daughter: Same here
pa: Look at Hannu
son: Do you have to imitate? If dad doesn't leave, I will
pa: Hannu, don't act all cocky, you can't pull it off
ma: Let Hannu be cocky, if Hannu wants to leave, let Hannu leave. Yup, Hannu may leave.
pa: Hannu, think a bit about what you're saying. You might have to keep your words
son: Did that happened to you as well?
daughter: But of course one must leave, how could anybody do anything here?
pa: Huh? I suppose one must be able to do something around here?
ma: Father
daughter: Like what for example?
pa: Well, um, say how about doing some reading for the "going-away-exam" (literal translation for the exam that let's you graduate from high school) so that you might go away somewhere? (his voice gets more like that of a alpha male as he's proud of his wit)
daughter: Here you mean? Come on, you can't read in here
pa: I'd figure you can at least read in here
daughter: nope
son: no way
pa: I suppose you could commute to work from here
son: As if it was easy to do that from here
ma: What do you mean. I go to work from here
daughter: it's totally different for you
ma: how is it different for you, I don't understand
daughter: You have a house of your own
son: You could think a little

scene 2.
later that night that parents are lying in bed

ma (smiling): did you comprehend I winked at you at the table?
pa (teasing, though in a serious voice): I thought you had some problem with your nerves
ma (annoyed a bit): I've never had any problem with my nerves

and they then move on to talking about the vicious circle their children are in: they're not making money, hence no place of their own and if they don't have a place of their own, no income to get one. And the episode continues, ma rushes dad do things in the middle of the night, and in the end accuses him of getting such wild ideas and doing stuff like that..

The show's called "Kaikki kotona, s01e01"

About Living in Finland

Here's a rather accurate, but not so crazily funny list titled "You know you’ve been in Finland too long, when...":

http://www.pauldickman.com/misc/helsinki.php

For example: You stand in a bus if you can't find a vacant pair of seats. :)
He also has another similar list about Swedes...

The Internationally Welcomed Type

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JIz7I5yzwQ&feature=related

Naïve Gay Humor

see the recommended video at the end of these lyrics

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/tulin-minae-kaapista-ulos-i-came-out-closet-indeed-southern-us-accent.html

Humor Of Bachelor Parties

this song was made for and played in a bachelor party for a man called Makke as requested by his dick head big brother

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/makke-mies-makke-man.html

Serious Hobbies, Serious Men

Sample Number 1:

Welcome on board to a cruise between Sweden and Finland! We wish you a pleasent journey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxG0ThW_8E&NR=1


Sample Number 2:

see the recommended video at the end of these lyrics

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/pieni-hiace-small-toyota-hiace-southern-us-accent.html

National Mentality

lyrics
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/lapin-kesae-summers-lapland.html

This is a Finnish attitude toward Finland worth analyzing. This is a very serious song. It's a classic. No one would certainly laugh at it in Finland, but if you can't resist the irony of it, then you'd better watch the version played by an indescribably smth comedian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7U8MCbyhY8&feature=related