Finland FTW!

Forgive me for basking in my own self-indulgence, but I'm in a very "I told you so" mood today.

Slaygon, Linda and I were having a few frames of pool, and Kville Biljard were showing the Eurovision finals. "Finland For The Win," I commented.

"No fucking way," said Slaygon, in his usual understated style.
"Fuck off!" said Linda, in her usual understated style.

The points started rolling in; and, after we got the stupid fucking pointless Political Voting out the way, it was clear that Finland were getting a big majority of The Big Three points (8, 10 or 12). At this point, S and L were getting slightly worried, but still in denial. "I'm not going to believe it if the Finns get this," said Slaygon (who, by the way, is actually a Finn).

Lo and Behold, at the end, Finland got a floor-clearing 292 points, 44 points clear of second-place Russia, I had to smirk a bit. "Un-fucking-believable" was all I got from S & L.

It was also good(?) to see that the UK did just about as good usual - 19th place out of a possible 24. Pfft.

But, there was one problem with Eurovision this year. I'm not a fan of it, but I love Terry Wogan's dry, sarcastic commentary on it. Living in Sweden now, I didn't get Wogan; just some generic Swede in Dull Voice (tm). It just won't be the same from now on. Which actually is good - I don't have any reason to watch that pile of poo any more.

Oh! And congrats to Sweden for beating previous holders Czech Republic 4-0, and therefore winning the ice hockey World Championship!