From: dorayme on
In article <4b67354c$0$26301$9b536df3(a)news.fv.fi>,
Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo(a)weppipakki.com> wrote:

> Style is a good laborer, but a lousy master, as
> the Finnish saying goes.

Is that really a Finnish saying?

--
dorayme
From: jeff on
dorayme wrote:
> In article <4b67354c$0$26301$9b536df3(a)news.fv.fi>,
> Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo(a)weppipakki.com> wrote:
>
>> Style is a good laborer, but a lousy master, as
>> the Finnish saying goes.
>
> Is that really a Finnish saying?

Where's Jukka when you really need him?

Jeff
>
From: Gus Richter on
On 2/1/2010 10:50 PM, jeff wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>> In article <4b67354c$0$26301$9b536df3(a)news.fv.fi>,
>> Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo(a)weppipakki.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Style is a good laborer, but a lousy master, as the Finnish saying goes.
>>
>> Is that really a Finnish saying?
>
> Where's Jukka when you really need him?
>
> Jeff
>>

Off doing the tango.

--
Gus

From: Roy A. on
On 2 Feb, 15:01, Gus Richter <gusrich...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
> On 2/1/2010 10:50 PM, jeff wrote:
>
> > dorayme wrote:
> >> In article <4b67354c$0$26301$9b536...(a)news.fv.fi>,
> >> Osmo Saarikumpu <o...(a)weppipakki.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Style is a good laborer, but a lousy master, as the Finnish saying goes.
>
> >> Is that really a Finnish saying?
>
> > Where's Jukka when you really need him?

It could not be a Finnish saying, it could not be a saying in any
language.

It doesn't make sense in any language.

From: Osmo Saarikumpu on
Roy A. kirjoitti:

>>>>> Osmo Saarikumpu <o...(a)weppipakki.com> wrote:
>>>>> Style is a good laborer, but a lousy master, as the Finnish saying goes.

> It could not be a Finnish saying, it could not be a saying in any
> language.

> It doesn't make sense in any language.

Sheesh, here's a picture as words don't seem to suffice:

http://www.kajstenvall.com/1999/huono_renki.html

P.S. I'm glad that Mr. K is busy elsewhere :)

--
Best wishes,
Osmo