July 10, 2008

Finno-Ugric Joke of the Week

A Finno-Ugric joke tells of migrating tribal forebears finding a signpost on the steppe reading: "To civilisation". Those that could not read it went north and became Finns. Those that could went to Central Europe and became Hungarians. (Finns tell the story the other way around).

(From The Christmas Economist 2005, previously posted on January 10th 2006)

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By aje
Jul 10, 2008 12:51:38 PM | Humour, The Finnlter^

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