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irisblue

(32,956 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:03 PM Nov 2018

From a Finn, a tweet about raking their forests.

Malla Hadley (@mallahadley) Tweeted:
@JenniferJJacobs I grew up in Finland. a) it rains all year round. b) we have a lengthy and cold winter. c) Finland is a sparsely populated country with just over 5mil ppl, with land size ~3/4 of CA and most of it forests and lakes. d) no friggin body is raking the forests.

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From a Finn, a tweet about raking their forests. (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2018 OP

trump pulls easily confirmed LIES out of his stupid ass. Cha Nov 2018 #1

Trump just likes Finland because of the blondes. (nt) klook Nov 2018 #2

And 99% white population. George II Nov 2018 #7

If everybody in California went to a nearby forest and started raking... jcgoldie Nov 2018 #3

That Would Take One Giant Landfill DallasNE Nov 2018 #12

And another one irisblue Nov 2018 #4

tRump was obviously confused again... IllinoisBirdWatcher Nov 2018 #5

Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland... Hsapienssapiens Nov 2018 #6

One of the first poems I learned as a child ailsagirl Nov 2018 #10

That "floors" is a low-class NYC expression. Growing up I hated when friends of mine... George II Nov 2018 #8

Love it: "no friggin body is raking the forests" ailsagirl Nov 2018 #9

The only raking he is familar with is that orange haystack on top of his BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #13

I'm right there with you, BigmanPigman ailsagirl Nov 2018 #15

Malla Hadley the Finn for the Win! Thank you. Hekate Nov 2018 #11

And the European drought this early summer saw forest fires raging in Finland ... n/t Denzil_DC Nov 2018 #14

Yeah... I'm like Googling Finnish Forest Fires... PeeJ52 Nov 2018 #16

K&R Scurrilous Nov 2018 #17

Mo' Tactical Peek Nov 2018 #18

Cha

(297,074 posts)

1. trump pulls easily confirmed LIES out of his stupid ass.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:06 PM

Nov 2018

Mahalo, Malla Hadley

klook

(12,154 posts)

2. Trump just likes Finland because of the blondes. (nt)

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:11 PM

Nov 2018

George II

(67,782 posts)

7. And 99% white population.

Reply to klook (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:39 PM

Nov 2018

jcgoldie

(11,627 posts)

3. If everybody in California went to a nearby forest and started raking...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:18 PM

Nov 2018

WTF would they do with all the fucking leaves? Burn em?

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)

12. That Would Take One Giant Landfill

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:24 PM

Nov 2018

Not to mention the awful mud slides during their rainy season.

irisblue

(32,956 posts)

4. And another one

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:33 PM

Nov 2018

Cathy Coleman (@CathyJoeGPT) Tweeted:
RT @Tesherscat: @CharlesPPierce "I grew up in Finland. a) it rains all year round. b) we have a lengthy and cold winter. c) Finland is a sp…

Link to tweet

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)

5. tRump was obviously confused again...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:34 PM

Nov 2018

He was thinking about how his servants rake the sand under the forest of Mara Lago palm trees.

Hsapienssapiens

(7 posts)

6. Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:38 PM

Nov 2018

"If seven maids, with seven mops, swept it for half a year, do you suppose," the Walrus said, "that they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, and shed a bitter tear...

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)

10. One of the first poems I learned as a child

Reply to Hsapienssapiens (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:17 PM

Nov 2018

Thanks for the quote! Most appropriate

WELCOME TO DU, Hsapienssapiens

George II

(67,782 posts)

8. That "floors" is a low-class NYC expression. Growing up I hated when friends of mine...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:41 PM

Nov 2018

....used it.

Where we normally would say "ground", they said "floor".

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)

9. Love it: "no friggin body is raking the forests"

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:16 PM

Nov 2018

I'm sure one of his men told him to say that-- he sure as hell wouldn't know anything about forest raking!!

And it was an idiotic, snide thing to say anyway

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)

13. The only raking he is familar with is that orange haystack on top of his

Reply to ailsagirl (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:26 PM

Nov 2018

empty head. What a fucking moron. Everyday I say, "Can I hate him any more than I already do?". And the next morning I wake up, turn on the news and realize a new level of hate.

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)

15. I'm right there with you, BigmanPigman

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #13)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:30 PM

Nov 2018

Can't believe it's been two torturous years since that dumbbell pretender illegally seized power

Hekate

(90,627 posts)

11. Malla Hadley the Finn for the Win! Thank you.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:22 PM

Nov 2018

Denzil_DC

(7,227 posts)

14. And the European drought this early summer saw forest fires raging in Finland ... n/t

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:28 PM

Nov 2018

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

16. Yeah... I'm like Googling Finnish Forest Fires...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 11:06 PM

Nov 2018

and I can't find crap about raking. Seeing stuff about how their forests are divided a lot by roads so there are distances to separate them so they don't spread from tree TOPS as fires normally do...

tRump is such a jerk.... Where does he come up with this crap?