Kingfisher & Wombat: The very respectable-looking Finnish grandmother who took us to the Moomin Museum is telling Kevin about seeing the Dead Kennedys in concert. The world is pretty alright.

The very respectable-looking Finnish grandmother who took us to the Moomin Museum is telling Kevin about seeing the Dead Kennedys in concert. The world is pretty alright.

That's my pal Irma. She's also a city councillor (for the Progressive Party, obvs)

small world!

Given that we are both in Irma's car right now, yes.

I was in Helsinki when Lordi won Eurovision and it was *DELIGHTFUL* to be on the public transportation surrounded by middle-aged to elderly Finnish people gleefully reading full color newspapers about monster metal.

Lordi winning Eurovision is my go-to example of why more entries need to be truly weird stuff. It really stands out when you send a hard rock group and everyone else is doing pop of some sort.

As a Finn I find these updates of yours very delightful.

It’s an absolutely delightful country!

It is always pleasant to be able to show off one’s country to an appreciative foreigner.

Hearing about your trip is such a delight right now. (I'm also half-Finn, so very pleased you're enjoying yourself!)

Irma is so freakin' cool, isn't she 😍

She is!

Kickass

I loved the Moomin museum!

Will she be my grandma?

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I'm too lazy to Google, so I'm assuming the Moomin Museum is dedicated to an extinct race of bovine humanoids that I ha previously never heard of

Cartoon of a country in northern Europe

Originally a book series by Tove Jansson, an author that Terry Pratchett once stated was probably "“One of the greatest children's writers there has ever been" (And apparently one of the reasons Pratchett BECAME A WRITER)

Oh shit, Moomin really is a moo/human portmanteau. I really should've googled it first

I think they're supposed to be trolls

Wow, thank you for your reply, the truth is, if not stranger than fiction, at least interesting.

Yeah I only know of it from my sister who probably found it from online friends like 🇪🇪

Yaaaasss

There are 80-year-olds who were acid tripping their faces off watching Hendrix in London clubs. Being old today doesn't necessarily imply what it once might have!

Sweet

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