Finnish economist joke

[marko_the_rat]

While looking up images of Banksy rats holding cameras (it's a long story) I came across the following joke in Finnish, sans translation:

K: Miten ekonomi ja ekonomisti eroavat toisistaan?
V: Samalla tavoin kuin alkoholi ja alkoholisti!Now, my spoken Finnish is rusty and my written Finnish much worse, so I was quite proud of myself when I was able

Comments

[brockulfsen]

Marko, that joke hurts because it is true.

Economists are like psychiatrists, as long as they wear ong white coats and use big waords, mnost people don't dare admit they think they are full of shit.

[harvardheinous]

Humor often loses something in translation.  You had me at "rats holding cameras"... XD.   (a fav)

[higgs_raccoon]

Re that photo, here's one of the local Banksy rat (or what's left of him) plus chipmunk: http://img29.imageshack.us/i/banksy1m.jpg/

[harvardheinous]

I love it!   XD

[marko_the_rat]

I know that rat, but what's that chipmunk doing with there?

[schnee]

Heh, nice. I'll have to steal that one. :)

[marko_the_rat]

Be my guest. But on rereading it (and consulting Google) I think the joke actually follows the more conventional form: "What's the difference between..." Somehow, talking about relationships just made more sense in the context.

[schnee]

*noddles* It does, yes. :) (And by "steal", I meant "copy to my list of jokes", BTW, nothing more.)