Ah, yes. It's truely liberating to think like a biologist sometimes. For example, when I think of unborn babies or having children, I start to think about how the different cells in a tiny lump emit all kinds of hormones and stuff that makes the lump grow into a human. Or, when I think of cancer, I get all excited about how great it would be to treat it with viruses. Also, never ask me about microbiology, because I can just go on and on about it forever. I'm weird. I'm very weird. You better run while you still can, my friend.
That aside, irl-Antidote would rule. Personally, though, I'd much rather have Elixirs, because they seem to have the exact same effect as a good night's sleep. I wouldn't have to sleep anymore, I could just live on Elixirs. Or, a Hero's Drink would rule a lot in some situations. But, yeah, Antidote would rock. Or Eyedrops that cure blindness. Annnnnd the biologist steps in again! I'm currently wondering how much of this could actually be possible... This'll be my life's work.
If you mean national heroes on monies, we don't have any. Since Euro is used troughout Europe, we only have buildings on the bills to be, you know, fair and politically correct. Before 2000, when we still had Markka's and I was young and had no real understanding of money ("HEY you can buy a chocolate bar with that it's like the most money I've ever seen!!11!!"), we had tons of boring old presidents on our monies, none of which I recognized back then. Heck, I still wouldn't recognise them. All Finnish presidents ever do are trying to bow to both East (Russia) and West (Europe+USA) without mooning the other way. Seriously.
If you mean national heroes in general, I'm not so sure about that, either. Nowadays, a national hero is anyone who we think that has made Finland more visible to the world. Linus Torvalds? A national hero, if you ask computer people (i.e. my dad). Mika Häkkinen? Totally a national hero, although a bit less so since he left his wife for a show dancer. Kimi Räikkönen? Very much a national hero. Ville Valo as well... And, then, of course, we have the historical ones that most people don't really even think about anymore, like Kekkonen or Mannerheim, but I bet most people would still put them on a list of Finnish national heroes. Now, there's a list of meaningless names. Did that answer your question?
I'm sort of happy you live in Chile of all places, because that's a place I actually know something about. I've even read about Chile's history and manually searched for (and found!) Santiago on Google Maps. I can locate you on my mental world map... Unlike some of my online friends, because I go "Connecticut is where now?" I mean, I know it's in States, and I think it's somewhere around the east part of it, but...
...This is completely unrelated. Uh, yeah. I'm feeling very chatty now. Sorry for the block-o-text.
That aside, irl-Antidote would rule. Personally, though, I'd much rather have Elixirs, because they seem to have the exact same effect as a good night's sleep. I wouldn't have to sleep anymore, I could just live on Elixirs. Or, a Hero's Drink would rule a lot in some situations. But, yeah, Antidote would rock. Or Eyedrops that cure blindness. Annnnnd the biologist steps in again! I'm currently wondering how much of this could actually be possible... This'll be my life's work.
If you mean national heroes on monies, we don't have any. Since Euro is used troughout Europe, we only have buildings on the bills to be, you know, fair and politically correct. Before 2000, when we still had Markka's and I was young and had no real understanding of money ("HEY you can buy a chocolate bar with that it's like the most money I've ever seen!!11!!"), we had tons of boring old presidents on our monies, none of which I recognized back then. Heck, I still wouldn't recognise them. All Finnish presidents ever do are trying to bow to both East (Russia) and West (Europe+USA) without mooning the other way. Seriously.
If you mean national heroes in general, I'm not so sure about that, either. Nowadays, a national hero is anyone who we think that has made Finland more visible to the world. Linus Torvalds? A national hero, if you ask computer people (i.e. my dad). Mika Häkkinen? Totally a national hero, although a bit less so since he left his wife for a show dancer. Kimi Räikkönen? Very much a national hero. Ville Valo as well... And, then, of course, we have the historical ones that most people don't really even think about anymore, like Kekkonen or Mannerheim, but I bet most people would still put them on a list of Finnish national heroes. Now, there's a list of meaningless names. Did that answer your question?
I'm sort of happy you live in Chile of all places, because that's a place I actually know something about. I've even read about Chile's history and manually searched for (and found!) Santiago on Google Maps. I can locate you on my mental world map... Unlike some of my online friends, because I go "Connecticut is where now?" I mean, I know it's in States, and I think it's somewhere around the east part of it, but...
...This is completely unrelated. Uh, yeah. I'm feeling very chatty now. Sorry for the block-o-text.