In the old days in Finland, all young men had to go through some rites
of passage to show that they were REAL FINNISH MEN. The usual set
consisted of three tests: 1) Empty a full bottle of vodka without pause,
2) Go out in the forest to kill a bear with bare hands, and 3) rape a
woman.
When Pekka had reached the age of the rites of passage, he had no
trouble at all with the vodka. He disappeared into the forest, and came
back three days later, with clothes torn and blood dripping from several
wounds. Then he said: "Now where's the woman I have to kill?"
