Poland's cultural ambassador to the Internet, "jpzr" has been feted (http://www.hwmweb.com/poland/iltsari.jpg) in the Finnish press this week after he published his views of the country he left at Christmas.

The fellow was already a star amongst Register readers for this (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27799.html) Flame of The Week.

Sometime at the end of last year, he left his employer Nokia to move to Germany, leaving behind this amazing, rambling rant about Finland (http://jpzr.com/finland/).

Now the Finns have struck back, with a vicious parody of the original (http://www.super-poland.da.ru/).

[Warning: like much great satire it is highly offensive, but it is one of the funniest things I've ever found on the Internet (sample: Polish inventions to the world cuisine include the Hamburger, which is a meat coupon in between two bread coupons; and the author - step forward, whoever you are - has the "jpzr" writing style licked.]

The original "Finland is lame" is countered with " SUPER Pooland!!!111!!! =l33t!"; and the ever evolving revision numbers of "jpzr"'s classic (it was Version 16 on Monday, and is now up to Version 29) is matched with a rotating blur of a revision counter.

Although "jpzr"'s talent for diplomacy has so far only been recognized in small technical communities, such as Java for mobile devices [sample (http://swjscmail1.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0109&L=kvm-interest&P=R22340) - sample (http://swjscmail1.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0110&L=kvm-interest&P=R5491) - sample (http://swjscmail1.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202&L=kvm-interest&P=R31991)] taking on an entire nation is an ambitious development.

"Do not piss off the Finns. We have very formidable way of showing our emotions (http://www.hwmweb.com/finnish_emotions_en.jpg). If someone is to diss the Finns, it is we ourselves," writes the author.

One fascinating footnote comes from a reader and former colleague, whose name we must not use:- "I used to live in the opposite block to 'jpzr'. The 'dog in the cold' photograph is taken outside our local grocery store in Tampere. I've a feeling it's his girlfriend's dog."

OK, that's enough. ®

Related FoTW

"Look in the mirror, Mr Piranha" (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/29041.html)