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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 10:27 PM
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Today is St. Urho's Day -- the guy who drove the grasshoppers out of Finland.
It's a much trickier feat to manage grasshoppers than snakes. St. Patrick has nothing on St. Urho.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 10:42 PM
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1. They weren't insects.
They were cookies. He ate all the grasshopper cookies in Finland.

And the Finlanderonians were not at all happy about it.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 11:02 PM
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2. I thought he drank all the Grasshoppers in Finland.
Damned Creme de Menthe. (Urp)
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 11:04 PM
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3. but do you have
Bagpipes!!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 11:09 PM
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4. Actually, yes. The Finns had a sort of bagpipe called Säkkipilli.
It's probably what St. Urho used to scare the grasshoppers away.
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