"Mersu-humppa: The losers shut up seeing me park my Mercedes in front of the bar."

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“Äärelä : I wish that in my mind I'll always be able to find my way back to these special moments of ours. A wedding waltz.”

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“Ikävä: If I'm off to see you with a bottle of red wine, shall I find some blue cheese at the petrol station, I wonder.”

“Siipeen jos sain: The one ill-used by the world knows that his disgrace will pass in the end.”

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