The most surprising thing that makes you feel calm

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• Kalle submits a sledgehammer. His justification is that there is nothing that can calm someone down more than smashing down walls – and that he has become quite calm since his house has coincidentally gone entirely open-plan. Jaakko awards Kalle joint third place, but only two points.
• Linda submits the calendar used by all of the members of her household. The calendar is notably quite full and therefore likely anxiety-inducing, but Linda claims to find calm in organised mess. Jaakko awards Linda second place, but only three points.
• Eija submits a classic children’s nursery rhyme book, Hanhiemon Iloinen Lipas (‘Mother Goose’s Jolly Box’), translated by the Finnish author and poet Kirsi Kunnas. Eija claims that when she starts to read it aloud, everyone falls asleep. Jaakko awards Eija joint third place, but only two points.
• Pirjo submits a book about the history of MTV3 (the commercial channel on which Suurmestari airs), titled Kertomus linnusta, joka nousi lentoon (‘The story of a bird that took flight’), reasoning that the book is quite “eye-opening” (likely referencing the wide-eyes of the long-used owl mascot of the channel), but also insinuating that the book is quite boring, and makes her fall asleep whenever she tries to read it. Jaakko awards Pirjo joint third place, but only two points.
• Fathi submits a small pile of wood shavings. When pressed by Jaakko, Fathi explains that the wood shavings specifically remind him of the politician Teuvo Hakkarainen (a sawmill owner, and member of far-right The Finns party). He notes that the existence of people like Teuvo Hakkarainen brings Fathi some sort of peace because they existed in a time “when right-wingers were stupid and always openly said what they hated”, rather than sneakily crafting laws subtextually designed to favour certain religions or ethnicities. Jaakko acknowledges Fathi’s clever point, and awards him first place, but only four points.