Day Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Pub quiz winners in Finland used to look forward to a few free pints for their efforts, but new alcohol laws mean that's now a thing of the past, it's been reported.Street advertising and social media adverts for alcoholic drinks have been outlawed, and alcohol can no longer be given away in competitions, national broadcaster Yle reports on its website. The new rules are meant to prevent adverts being seen by people who are below the legal drinking age of 18, but it has left the owners of the country's watering holes wondering how to reward victorious quiz teams.One pub in the northern city of Oulu hasn't come up with a replacement yet, and the lack of prizes at the year's first quiz didn't go down too well with customers. They "moaned and whined a bit," quiz host Miku Mertanen tells Yle. The pub's owner is worried the move could hurt business in the meantime, and notes that pubs and bars don't admit underage drinkers anyway. While some Finnish social media users think the new alcohol rules are a good idea, with one person describing it as "common sense", many say it's a step too far. "It's ridiculous to try to control every little thing by legislating," says one user on the Kauppalehti newspaper website. Another person is clearly unimpressed, writing: "Next they are going to ban farting in public places."http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30724506Cisse was pretty crap at the quizzes on here anyway wasn't he? Hope he doesn't fart in public places tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hey, it's a law not to be sniffed at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Who cares, never ******* win the thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Our alcohol laws are a joke. Actually other laws are too. We had one who sold illegally booze ( a lot of it) and he got sentenced for four years to prison. Then we had three people who got sentenced for financing and abetting terrorists and one of them got 1 year and 5 months and two others got 5 months. Those were on probation. So don't mess about with booze here. Terrorism though, it's not that bad. Proud to be a Finn. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Our alcohol laws are a joke. Actually other laws are too. We had one who sold illegally booze ( a lot of it) and he got sentenced for four years to prison. Then we had three people who got sentenced for financing and abetting terrorists and one of them got 1 year and 5 months and two others got 5 months. Those were on probation. So don't mess about with booze here. Terrorism though, it's not that bad. Proud to be a Finn. :wacko: Alcohol has killed more people than terrorists ever did. Perhaps that's the logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Alcohol has killed more people than terrorists ever did. Perhaps that's the logic? That's true. I wonder why the Frenchies made such a fuss about the Paris incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Our alcohol laws are a joke. Actually other laws are too. We had one who sold illegally booze ( a lot of it) and he got sentenced for four years to prison. Then we had three people who got sentenced for financing and abetting terrorists and one of them got 1 year and 5 months and two others got 5 months. Those were on probation. So don't mess about with booze here. Terrorism though, it's not that bad. Proud to be a Finn. :wacko: Finland is the worst Scandinavian country, no offence.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Finland is the worst Scandinavian country, no offence.... You are quite right. Twentyfive years ago it wasn't though. Bananas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Don't worry mate. However bad you think you are, you will never be worse than Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Don't worry mate. However bad you think you are, you will never be worse than Sweden. Oh we are. At least in some ways. Although what I've heard there is some kind of problem with areas startig to turn into slums. Which we don't have yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Finland does have the most metal bands per capita, so they've got that going for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Finland does have the most metal bands per capita, so they've got that going for them Most metal bands and mental fans I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Finland does have the most metal bands per capita, so they've got that going for them Guys that are not very good at playing guitar or sing you mean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Guys that are not very good at playing guitar or sing you mean ? Finland produced one of my favourite bands - Turisas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Finland produced one of my favourite bands - Turisas Never even heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Never even heard about it. And you gave the world the greatest eurovision winners - lordi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 And you gave the world the greatest eurovision winners - lordi Right. Saw him this week by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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