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TheBoyWithAName Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 10:54 AM |
Haha I thought of you today Hippster! There's a Swedish comercial with a hippo in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv62njkcQcU
Translated:
Did you know that there's a very, very small... hippo living in almost every house? Yeah it's true! Look there's one! At night, when everybody's sleeping, it crawls out and that's why so few have actually seen one. The hippos come out to take a bath and of course eat some crumbs, they really love crumbs! They often build their homes inside the wall and at day they just lie there and get cozy...
To be able to interpret what's true and what's false isn't always as easy as it seems, that's why we have made this site to teach compulsory school pupils how to critically review information... |
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mili Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 11:00 AM |
| Oh, I didn't know hippo is flodhäst in Swedish! It's actually the same in Finnish, virtahepo, "river horse" |
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Darran Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 11:03 AM |
It's terrible that a young lady is now daily referred to as Hippo rather than her name and EVERYONE knows who it is.
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 11:44 AM |
mili wrote: Oh, I didn't know hippo is flodhäst in Swedish! It's actually the same in Finnish, virtahepo, "river horse"
Oh interesting and "hepo" almost sound like Hippo =) |
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mili Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 11:46 AM |
TheBoyWithAName wrote: mili wrote: Oh, I didn't know hippo is flodhäst in Swedish! It's actually the same in Finnish, virtahepo, "river horse"
Oh interesting and "hepo" almost sound like Hippo =)
Hepo is sort of poetic name for a horse, in everyday language it's "hevonen". |
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minnmess Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 12:22 PM |
Darran wrote: It's terrible that a young lady is now daily referred to as Hippo rather than her name and EVERYONE knows who it is.
whose fault is that? hmmmm?
Okay, there is a house hippo commercial everywhere it seems! This is the cdn one. I always thought it was cute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDOn639E114
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 12:25 PM |
| It's the same comercial, just Canadized(invented that one myself) ;) |
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minnmess Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 2:31 PM |
| I want a pet house hippo. |
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mili Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 2:39 PM |
TheBoyWithAName wrote: It's the same comercial, just Canadized(invented that one myself) ;)
My guess is that the Canadians did it first and it was then Swedenized ;^) |
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Turtleneck Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 2:40 PM |
The Hippo Song (I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas) |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 2:57 PM |
| If you could shrink Kristy, she'd be the perfect house hippo, I think... |
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minnmess Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 2:58 PM |
Annie sent that to me earlier. Wouldnt everyone like their very own hippo for christmas? :) |
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minnmess Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 5:53 PM |
TheBoyWithAName wrote: If you could shrink Kristy, she'd be the perfect house hippo, I think...
Kristy is short enough, thank you. Some other areas could shrink though and i would be just fine with that.
This was the cover pic on the Ottawa Citizen's photo gallery.
Yup, i totally see why I am known as "Hippo."
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mili Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 5:55 PM |
| That baby one is sooo cute! |
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megg_inc Posted Wed 17 Dec, 2008 5:57 PM |
Darran wrote: It's terrible that a young lady is now daily referred to as Hippo rather than her name and EVERYONE knows who it is.
And whose fault is that? |
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