Pam Anderson and I have something in common–but it is not the way we look in a bikini. Turns out her grandfather is from Finland and she recently visited there with her father, and wrote about it in her online diary:
“I will have a summer home there one day and plan on going back every summer to enjoy the midnight sun. I’m surprised at how much of the language I retained from before I was 10 yrs old speaking with my grandfather. It came back quick. I’m going to learn more and more. . . . Our heritage is here. We are both excited. We will be taking lots of saunas. Save my liver.”
I thought that was really sweet and can certainly relate to the language coming back and just soaking in the nature and sweating yourself clean. Then she writes:
“Also I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I’m going to look into opening a chain of strips club and ill call them LAPLAND!!!”
Um, yea. LoL.
On a more serious note, she’s using her position as a PETA spokesperson to speak out against the Finnish fur business, which is apparently an industry-leader in Europe, peeling out something like 2 million pelts a year.
“I’ve written the President a letter. Sweden, Austria and England have banned fur farms. Let’s hope Finland will too. Other than that I’m very proud of my Finnish heritage. It is the most beautiful countryside.”
Not sure how I feel about fur farms being so numerous in Finland, such a dubious distinction. I had to chuckle at the response from the fur industry spokesperson tho, I imagine her saying this tersely but with a blank stare that speaks volumes:
“It’s not surprising coming from her, a known anti-fur campaigner,” said Paivi Mononen-Mikkila, a spokeswoman for the Finnish Fur Sales auction house. “It’s really not realistic, as so many people earn their livelihood from the fur trade.”
Ok, you probably have to know a few Finnish people to find that funny. Just the contrast of how Pam is all “that’s just ‘aweful’” and the Finns are like, “can we live?” … meh, now I know it’s not funny since I’m having to explain it.
(LoLz)