Is Anyone On A2K from Iceland?

are you asking about my first wife?

The only ice in MY land is in my drinks!

Contact your local library, and see if you can get a copy of Laxdaela Saga. Basically, it starts with one of the Norge Barons, Ketill Flatnose, who left Norway (when Harald the Fairhaired began to unite it in a kingdom under his rule), and, landing in Scotland, is killed fighting the Kelts. His daughter, Uhn the Deepmind (cool name, huh?), keeps the survivors together through the winter, and then sets out for Iceland. Iceland was heavily populated by Norge who wanted no part of a unified kingdom.

From Laxdaela Saga:

"In the latter days of Ketill arose the power of King Harald the Fairhaired, in such a way that no folkland king or other great men could thrive in the land unless he alone ruled what title should be theirs."

Uhn leads her people to Iceland, but i'm not giving away the story. It's a real pot boiler, a soap opera, which starts a few generations after Uhn, and deals with the tribulations of her people. I think you might really enjoy it. It was written about 1250.


Also, check out Snorri Sturluson, an Icelandic poet who lived from 1179 to 1241. He is remembered for the Prose Edda, a textbook for Icelandic skalds (bards who sing the praises of heroes and kings), and for the Heimskringla, which is the most complete collection of the ancient Norse mythology. He is also believed to be the author of Egil's Saga, and is almost certainly the author of Olaf's Saga, which was expanded from his Heimskringla.

I think you might enjoy them, at least the Heimskringla, which explains the ancient Norse and Gothic mythology . . .

I think the other Scrat is from Iceland. Can't recall the complete name, but not the Scrat that frequents the political threads.

This place is being overrun with saber toothed squirels!

That would be Laeknir Scrat . . . why doncha PM him, Bear?

Does anyone remember Lava from Abuzz? He's icelandic, though I'm not sure he was even born there.

I know they are the only country in the world the boasts a 100% literacy rate.
I had a friend who visited a couple of years ago and he told me there are more women than men. He deduced that icelandic girls were easy..........
Perfect place for a Bear I'm thinkin'.

What are you implying about my moral fiber anyway Ceili?

They are some of the happiest people in the world with the lowest infant mortality rate, the longest life span, 100 literate....one of the highest per capita incomes, low crime, highly educated, and yet a full 80% of them truly believe in elves......if they like to smoke dope I gotta pack.

Could they actually be elves?

Setanta, wow. I gotta get that!

I'm lucky, I guess -- my local library will get it for me, even if they have to go cross-country! I once asked for a book and when it came in, they told me they borrowed it inter-library from St. Louis! (I'm in Seattle)

I like that kinda stuff, maybe the Bear won't . . . if yer into it, Wy, i highly recommend it . . .

Bi...I'm implying that you love literate women, that's all, nothing more-nothing less.
wink wink nudge nudge.............

Say no more !

They have plenty of MJ floating around up there.. They also have pretty near the world's higest rates of alcoholism. ( I spent a year living up there in the early 90s.)

Just a suggestion now, but leave off the dope and substitute Archangel Maroni for the elves and you might want to give Provo, Utah a shot.

Remember him?! You don't forget a tortured soul like that!

Remember when he was planning to totally denude himself of skin? Or his problem with shy bladder?

Here's a link to the CIA Fact Book (very up-to-date):
CIA Factbook: Iceland

280,000 people in an area 'slightly smaller than Kentucky'.

No armed forces, police or coast guard.

Try practising these placenames:
Akranes*, Akureyri*, Arnessysla, Austur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Austur-Hunavatnssysla, Austur-Skaftafellssysla, Borgarfjardharsysla, Dalasysla, Eyjafjardharsysla, Gullbringusysla, Hafnarfjordhur*, Husavik*, Isafjordhur*, Keflavik*, Kjosarsysla, Kopavogur*, Myrasysla, Neskaupstadhur*, Nordhur-Isafjardharsysla, Nordhur-Mulasys-la, Nordhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Olafsfjordhur*, Rangarvallasysla, Reykjavik*, Saudharkrokur*, Seydhisfjordhur*, Siglufjordhur*, Skagafjardharsysla, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla, Strandasysla, Sudhur-Mulasysla, Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Vesttmannaeyjar*, Vestur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla, Vestur-Isafjardharsysla, Vestur-Skaftafellssysla

heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee . . .


You crack me up, Boss . . .


You gotta know how to Pony
Like Phoney Maroni . . .