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Curious Coffee shop sign
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 09:32 AM UTC
I came across this sign in Finland but didn't get a chance to visit the coffeeshop. The shape of the sign made me wonder if it was owned by a Finnish ex member of the SS wiking Div?

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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 12:00 PM UTC
hmm, interesting.
the colors and shape. nice pic!




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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 10:44 PM UTC
Well, it happens.
Americans might also find it rather unusual that we have this chain of supermarkets here in Finland, K-markets. Accoding to size, they have 1 to 4 K's (K-market to citymarket with 4 K's).
KKK supermarket....

Don't believe it? I'll take a picture next time I'm there.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 03:43 AM UTC
Isn't there a charity organization in Finland called UVF which collects old clothing? In recent times in Northern Ireland the UVF were an illegal para military organisation. The funny thing is the Finnish UVF's collection bins were orange.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 06:28 PM UTC
You must mean UFF (according to my findings, it goes by the name of planet aid in the USA).
I did a quick search in Wikipedia and it surely did match to Ulster Defence Association, at some point called Ulster Freedom Fighters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFF.
What's with the collection bins being orange? The colors of the Northern Ireland organization?
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Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 07:39 PM UTC
Orange is the traditional colour associated with Ulster Loyalism.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 10:22 PM UTC
Here's the supermarket with three K's.