tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post3761545095863845277..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: My weirdest book yetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-4744863603616293002012-01-02T12:32:33.742+02:002012-01-02T12:32:33.742+02:00We love him, for what he is, otherwise we wouldn&#...We love him, for what he is, otherwise we wouldn't have the book, right? (Jussi commenting above is one of the writers in the book, though.)Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-53168416405176573852012-01-02T12:22:00.975+02:002012-01-02T12:22:00.975+02:00Väyrynen is like a horror movie monster that alway...Väyrynen is like a horror movie monster that always returns for a sequel. He has been a candidate or has run for candidacy in every Finnish presidential election since 1988. He has had a remarkable political career, but he has managed to ruin his public image with exaggerated statements (like claiming to read through all the Fydor Dostoyevsky's works just in three days) and with shady business (claiming to live in a movable house in Lapland to get bigger daily allowances, close connections to KGB, doing unauthorized trade negotiations with Soviet Union etc.). He is loved in Lapland because he has always made sure that Lapland gets a good share of money from government, but the rest of Finland hates him.Jussihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241122631593249558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-61254890134820753232011-12-23T18:21:32.025+02:002011-12-23T18:21:32.025+02:00It's pretty hard to explain. He has a certain ...It's pretty hard to explain. He has a certain charm and he's been popular in the past, at times even wildly so. He became a politician already when he was around 20 and he's been the youngest minister in the history of Finland. He seems to think he's the most popular politician in Finland and even the very best, but yet I've never met anyone who even admits he's an efficient politician. <br /><br />This is a book that doesn't open very easily to foreigners. None of the stories could ever be translated in other languages.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-19029823526739119422011-12-23T16:42:36.048+02:002011-12-23T16:42:36.048+02:00So, what's so unusual about this fellow? Aside...So, what's so unusual about this fellow? Aside from being pontentially in bed with the Elder Gods>Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com