My friend Tapani (Finnish) was very reserved, and even somewhat shy. He had a very incredibly dry sense of humor and said EVERYTHING deadpan. On the bright side, that meant that it was VERY EASY for him to whip off some Zingers that got you on the back slide. ;) He was funny, just not emotive in the american conventional sense. It is entirely possible that he was extremely emotive for a Finn. *shrug* But, by our standards...