After sixty years of marriage an elderly couple were enjoying the evening, swinging on the front porch and looking at the beautiful sunset.

After a few minutes the ol’ lady reaches over and knocks the hell out of the ol’ man who goes flying off the porch and into the bushes. The ol’ man slowly gets up and makes his way back to his seat next to his wife on the swing.

He sits there for a few minutes and then asks, “What was that for, Ma?”

She replies: “That’s for having such a small pecker!”

A few more minutes go by and the ol’ man reaches over and knocks the hell out of his wife, who also goes flying off the porch and into the bushes. She slowly gets up and makes her way back to her seat next to Pa.

She sits there a minute and then asks, “What was that for, Pa?”

He replies, “That’s for knowing that there is more than one size.”

A three and half percent increase is proposed in the television licence fee whilst studies show that we are watching more television everyday.

The Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) has proposed a 3.5 percent increase in the television fee. The proposal would raise the fee for owning a television to just over 200 euros from the beginning of next year.

The increase is one percentage point more than the rise in the consumer price index.

YLE, Finland’s public service broadcaster, gets most of its revenue from television fees paid by television owners. Besides Finland, television licence fees are also reviewed annually in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Britain and Italy. Even so, if the proposed YLE increase is agreed, Finland’s television license fee will still remain just below the European average.

According to a study by the market research company Finnpanel, YLE remains the single most popular broadcaster, with a 43 percent share of the audience, followed by the private network MTV3, which accounts for 35 percent. Nelonen, or channel four, held on to its 12 percent audience.

Almost eight out of ten people watch TV on a daily basis. People watched television in Finland for an average of two hours and 47 minutes a day from April to May this year. They also found that viewing has increased by an average of three minutes per day.

well its June, the sun is shining, and everyone if finally waking up from their winter hibernation. I know I have ..

Just got back from our winter holiday in Mykonos, Greece. Wonderful time, great food, people, and the hotel for sure was the best part of all.

Went to the Delos Island where you able to go back in time all the way to 7 B.C. and actually see something that was part of that time period, outside in the elements. Definately had a great time on the island. (take a sneek peek on my photo gallery soon as i will have some of my photo’s of the island there).

Finnish lessons are almost over with for the spring time and will be taking our summer break and starting up again in August. Hopefully next year this time I can put a few entries in “Finnish”. Lets see what happens..

More to come soon…