The 2,000,000th post game

Bert Lahr was in THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S with Elliott Gould, who was in THE BIG PICTURE with Kevin Bacon.

89 bottles of beer on the wall,
89 bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around,
88 bottles of beer on the wall.

TODAY IS

He wasn’t a strong public speaker….

…nor was he overly familiar w the Bible…

…but really, he managed to do a great job.

Best on ice official I ever saw.

Firm but fair…

…and thick, sexy ankles.

And

Most people would think Europe's coffee capital would be Italy or France. But no, it's the Finns that consume more coffee per capita that any other country in not just Europe, but the world.

The Finnish language is totally different from the Scandinavian languages. Although Finland is often lumped in with Scandinavia, the country's language shares nothing in common with its Scandinavian friends.Finnish is part of the Uralic language family, of which Hungarian is the closest relation.

While Finnish is not a Scandinavian language, Swedish is an important language in Finland. So much so, that it holds official language status together with Finnish.
Swedish is spoken mostly on the western and southern coast of the country, while as many as 5% of Finns consider Swedish their native language. And of course, Finns also learn English at school too! So Norwegians or Danes who can't get their message across in Swedish can always switch to English.

With 188,000 lakes, Finland has the highest water to landmass ratio of all the countries in the world, and, with over 70,000 islands, Finland’s coast is also the world’s largest archipelago.

The Nordic countries consistently rank at the top of the UN's annual World Happiness Report. But by 2020, Finland leapfrogged the rest to finish top of the pile. The rankings take into account many factors. Life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, economic strength, generosity, social support from friends, perceived corruption, and views of the survey respondents.