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	dracothelizard 2007-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	I know Scrooge McDuck went on a quest to get one. (Reply to this)

	belafarinrod 2007-11-19 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	A magic mill from Finland? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo (Reply to this)(Thread)

	phosfate 2007-11-19 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Whoah. I owe you a Coke. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2007-11-19 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	You have the same timestamps and everything, it's very impressive. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pastri_archy 2007-11-20 02:16 am UTC (link)
	facepalm I knew I should have googled it. Thanks, though. gives cookies (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

arjumand
2007-11-20 07:54 pm UTC (link)

Even though in theory, I knew what the sampo was, when I read your post the first thing that came to mind was:

He failed to bring back the sampo! SAMPO!
We will die of starvation! SAMPO! FAILURE! FAILURE!

Just look up sampo on youtube, and sing along - the only downside is that you'll be singing the song to yourself and giggling for the next few days - gets a few strange looks!

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	phosfate 2007-11-19 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo (Reply to this)

	puipui 2007-11-19 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	I think a Sampo is a strapless evening gown. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	daylightsparks 2007-11-19 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Or a gownless evening strap. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-11-19 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Kinky. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2007-11-20 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	Applauds Two sequins and a CORK! Placement optional! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	panthea 2007-11-20 12:20 am UTC (link)
	You think everything is a strapless evening gown! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2007-11-20 12:28 am UTC (link)
	I just think they're neat! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mister_terrific 2007-11-20 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Prince of Space! The movie with a low jockstrap budget! Yay! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2007-11-20 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	I love that movie! But I am incredibly saddened that this is my only MST3K icon. Also, I want an icon of Mohinder with this quote on it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladysphinx 2007-11-26 01:50 am UTC (link)
	You can borrow mine! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2007-11-27 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Aah! I can't see yours! Damn robust servers. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	stella_polaris 2007-11-19 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	is slightly amused, in a totally inoffensive way (Reply to this)

	coffee_mug 2007-11-19 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	What the Wiki linkers said. I also know it's a bank where my most of my money is at. ;) is Finnish As to what it looks like, I don't think there's ever been like an exact description. Most things in Kalevala just talk about what it does, aka produce gold and grain and salt. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	stella_polaris 2007-11-20 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Aktia totally kicks your banks ass! :D I've got nuthin'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	coffee_mug 2007-11-20 10:10 am UTC (link)
	But does Aktia's Visa Electron allow online orders? :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stella_polaris 2007-11-20 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	No :( And that sucks. But also, saves me from myself :P (Reply to this)(Parent)

	batshitinsane 2007-11-19 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	A sampo is the bastard half-brother of the sampan. (Only not) blames this on the fact that she's still up at 4am trying to study for a business finance paper (Reply to this)

	cmdr_zoom 2007-11-19 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	As I said on my LJ a while back: You know it's an authentic folk tale when one of the settings on the Magic Replicator is "salt." This is one of those things that confuses modern people (with easy, cheap access to it and much better preservatives besides) and makes historians nod knowingly. (Reply to this)

	mummimamma 2007-11-19 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	My ex? (It's a Finnish given name). Also a cd by a Finnish male choir (still not the weirdest cd in my collection). A Finnish company. And the grain-gold thingie from Kalevala that everybody else talks about. (Reply to this)

	siobhania 2007-11-19 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	My brother's Finnish godparents gave him The Canine Kalevela for his birthday one year, and I have never been able to read the one involving people without seeing Loki as a cat trying to trick cartoon dogs in traditional Finnish dress. It was pretty great. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	waltraute 2007-11-20 12:26 am UTC (link)
	I love that book so very, very much. And The Seven Dog Brothers, too. \o/ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mmanurere 2007-11-19 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	It's the original MacGuffin! (Reply to this)

	eljuno 2007-11-19 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	They actually explain it in the movie but the bots are talking over it. A good lesson in why we do not talk at movies, indeed. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-11-20 02:18 am UTC (link)
	I think my brain would've shut down if it weren't for the talking. I was falling asleep about 30 minutes in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bangoskank 2007-11-20 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	That episode is one of my all time favorites, I wish they'd release it on DVD! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tiarlynn 2007-11-19 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, thanks for answering this in the comments...I've been wondering what a Sampo was ever since I first saw "The Day The Earth Froze." (Reply to this)

	keleri 2007-11-20 12:46 am UTC (link)
	haha, I knew it was something Finnish, but my initial thought was that it's that horse's jawbone that the-hero-whose-name-I-can't-spell made an instrument out of. The More You Know, etc. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	stella_polaris 2007-11-20 02:52 am UTC (link)
	It was a pike, not a horse :) Dude's name was Väinämöinen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	keleri 2007-11-20 03:55 am UTC (link)
	xD Thank you! And I knew I wouldn't get the umlauts right... xD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ari_ 2007-11-20 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	I learned about the finnish legend thing in a HP fanfic, of all things. (Reply to this)