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Itse · 02-02-2009, 12:04 PM

I've met a decent amount of famous people due to my work, but most of them are Finns, so mostly not that famous in Canada. Most notable would propably be Tarja Halonen (our president, I've actually met her a couple of times, we have a mutual friend; We talked about cats). Most famous is propably Sami Hyypiä (the footballer, former captain of Liverpool and so forth). I drove him to the airport and we chatted some.

I've also met Ville Valo (the singer from HIM) and Lauri Ylönen (the singer from The Rasmus, which was pretty popular for a while at least around Europe). Hmm, and the singer from Stratovarius, don't remember the name. Bunch of other rockers and athletes too, but no NHL-players that I can remember.

Oh, I did drive Raimo Summanen, the former head coach Team Finland (he was the coach during the World Cup). That was actually somewhat memorable, 'cause I didn't recognize him at first and we talked hockey for about half an hour, and I talked about the way he got fired and stuff. Luckily I didn't have anything offensive to say, but it still made me feel like an ass.

02-02-2009, 12:04 PM	#45
Itse Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Exp:	I've met a decent amount of famous people due to my work, but most of them are Finns, so mostly not that famous in Canada. Most notable would propably be Tarja Halonen (our president, I've actually met her a couple of times, we have a mutual friend; We talked about cats). Most famous is propably Sami Hyypiä (the footballer, former captain of Liverpool and so forth). I drove him to the airport and we chatted some. I've also met Ville Valo (the singer from HIM) and Lauri Ylönen (the singer from The Rasmus, which was pretty popular for a while at least around Europe). Hmm, and the singer from Stratovarius, don't remember the name. Bunch of other rockers and athletes too, but no NHL-players that I can remember. Oh, I did drive Raimo Summanen, the former head coach Team Finland (he was the coach during the World Cup). That was actually somewhat memorable, 'cause I didn't recognize him at first and we talked hockey for about half an hour, and I talked about the way he got fired and stuff. Luckily I didn't have anything offensive to say, but it still made me feel like an ass.