
Character Analysis

Minna Häkkinen
Played by Sally Phillips
33 jokes across 4 episodes of Veep
3.5
33
7.2
7.1
Cringe/Discomfort
Minna delivers 33 scored jokes across 4 episodes of Veep, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.1 on impact for a career WAR of 3.5. Their comedy leans toward cringe/discomfort. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Minna Lines
I called Interpol before we got in the car.
Maybe you should let 'em choke you. You think they would rather choke me than listen to me talk? I can only speak for myself.
Do they give Nobel Peace Prizes to war criminals, Minna? All the time. Aung San Suu Kyi, Henry Kissinger
Sometimes I don't feel worthy of this friendship. / Mm, well, sometimes I feel that way, too.
No, no, no. Really. Like, 'I droned that wedding, man!' I do not think that it is slang of any kind.
All Jokes — 32 total
I am giving a talk on economics. 'The Finnish Wilf.' - Er, what...? - It's 'wolf.' Oh, hello. - 'The Finnish Wolf.' - Yes. - And there is my book. - Oh. - And what is that called? - 'The Finnish Wilf.' - It's 'wolf.' - Yeah, I got it.
To give guns to babies? Well, only in Arizona.
- Minna, I've made a joke. - And me also, I made a joke... for giving the guns to the babies. Because I know you don't give the guns to the babies.
It's like a man, but it's very tall. - Rudolph. - No, no.
I want for your comfort to make you aware that today I purchased ear pligs. - Ear plugs. - Oh, ear plugs. Okay.
And you changed your eyelids. You had oculoplasty.
You look more alert.
You're menopausal as well. - No, I'm not. - Well... - What? No, you are.
No, I am actually two years younger.
They say you look like a prisoner or a pirate.
This happens occasionally in Iceland, but there it's just an accident.
It's nicotine gum.
You have a very narrow vagina? - Well, tight. In the States we say tight.
Like a Chinese Mr. Darcy. But stupid also, like a Chinese Mr. Bingley.
Worry about your own unemployment in Finland. - We don't have unemployment in Finland.
It was a spa. / No, no, a spa is where you go to get a massage and the like. You were in an insane asylum.
We are, in fact, lovers. / What? / Lovers. / Lovers. / With Scab Calloway?
Yeah, that and a car with a sunroof could've bought you my virginity in '83. / You were 22? / No, I was 15 in 1983.
Yeah, that and a car with a sunroof could've bought you my virginity in '83. - You were 22? - No, I was 15 in 1983.
Yeah, that and a car with a sunroof could've bought you my virginity in '83. - You were 22?
Did he throw himself from a moving town car? / No. No, he weighted his boots and he jumped into an ice hole.
Oh, you must remember not to react to his disfigurement. He's very sensitive. - Wait, how bad is it, exactly? - Oh, well, he was very handsome before the poisoning, so you may not even notice it.
His very touch makes me quiver. / Okay, and now we get to eat food.
The poison? It did not engorge only his face, if you know what I mean. / I think I do. / It also engorged his penis and made it very unusual texture of sea cucumber, so it's great for vaginal orgasms.
Which do you prefer, vaginal or clitoral orgasms? - You know, I just come and get it over with.
Yeah, in Finland, we call this the fever of the sausage.
Sometimes I don't feel worthy of this friendship. / Mm, well, sometimes I feel that way, too.
Maybe you should let 'em choke you. You think they would rather choke me than listen to me talk? I can only speak for myself.
No, no, no. Really. Like, 'I droned that wedding, man!' I do not think that it is slang of any kind.
Do they give Nobel Peace Prizes to war criminals, Minna? All the time. Aung San Suu Kyi, Henry Kissinger
I called Interpol before we got in the car.
Amerikkalainen war criminal syo kaikki.