It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

I've got two reasons I'm afraid to visit Iceland:

Bjork

markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

Yes. People confuse it with Greenland which is all icy 'n' shiat while Iceland is all green 'n' shiat.

markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

You should probably volunteer to be their chief tourism adviser. They are REALLY gonna need the money.

"Iceland: You Probably Won't Get Hypothermia"

markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

How long have you been waiting to bust those out?

Does the economic meltdown mean I'll be able to get sexy Icelandic poontang for a pack of cigarettes like in post WW2 germany?

markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

What's the story of the giant stone sword?

Carl Sagan's Ghost: Does the economic meltdown mean I'll be able to get sexy Icelandic poontang for a pack of cigarettes like in post WW2 germany?

Given that most of the world hates Americans, you might need more than a pack of smokes.

This article is from Britain. As for Americans, unless you're fairly well off, a vacation anywhere in Scandinavia is not a good idea. Economy problems or no, it is expensive and your dollars do not translate well.

Carl Sagan's Ghost: Does the economic meltdown mean I'll be able to get sexy Icelandic poontang for a pack of cigarettes like in post WW2 germany?

Judging by the look of those girls, you'd best hang onto the cigarettes for bartering.

Carl Sagan's Ghost: Does the economic meltdown mean I'll be able to get sexy Icelandic poontang for a pack of cigarettes like in post WW2 germany?

Flashman73: Given that most of the world hates Americans, you might need more than a pack of smokes.


That's why you bring nylons and chewing gum.

smells_like_meat: markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

What's the story of the giant stone sword?

If you can draw the sword from the ground, you get to be King of Iceland.

*Looks at pics*

I'd love to get stoned there.

markie_farkie and Carl Sagan's Ghost have just sold me

But maybe I'll wait until next summer

smells_like_meat: What's the story of the giant stone sword?

If you can pull it out you get to run all the Icelandic banks!!

Actually it's just some artwork in a traffic circle in Njardvik, which is about 3km from the airport.

It was amazing when I lived there.. That thing is JUST outside the NATO base gates, and there were people who had been there for 2 years and never knew it existed.. Pretty sad to be in such an amazing country and have zero desire to go out and explore..

joethorne.: markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

How long have you been waiting to bust those out?

He gets to post them every other day now, but I don't mind though.

/Dear Björk, here I come!
//adding markie_farkie to favorites

I'd go for the icelandic girls



/$100 says my pic doesn't get posted

oh iceland!
i once had a job in the "costume" jewelry field in n.y. which often required me to deliver some designery "costume" jewelry to clients of my boss. not cheap stuff either, but kind of showy 80's stuff...think dallass tv show. anywho, mrs reuwe (spelling may be incorrect) was the wife of nicholas reuwe, nixon's ambassaror to iceland. this was in the early 80's i believe. she was a larger than life character with tons of gossipy stories to tell. and she liked her cocktails, mind you. they always stayed at the waldorf towers in one of the top floor suites. oh dear, this place was fine! i way young and living in a crappy studio in washington heights, so to see places like this was a real treat. and she treated me like an old friend whenever i showed up. about 3 months after i had last seen her, she was robbed at knifepoint, of a huge diamond ring(real), she was wearing. this was when she was in her suite in the towers. i think it was hushed up. never saw it mentioned in the newspapers or anything. you think they might have a little better security in places like that, don't you?
so, whenever i hear mention of iceland, i think back to dear mrs. reuwe. i think the booze got to her in the end, and helped contribute to her demise.

BigDumbGuy
Yes. People confuse it with Greenland which is all icy 'n' shiat while Iceland is all green 'n' shiat.

Every time Iceland comes up somebody's got to trot that out. Iceland isn't green. Neither is Greenland, but they're different etymologies. 63% of Iceland is tundra... you know, permafrost and the whole nine yards. It's cold. Only 23% is vegetated. There's only one kind of tree that will grow. You're not allowed in the interior during the winter because all the roads are closed.

In closing, Iceland is pretty damn cold.

Flashman73
Given that most of the world hates Americans, you might need more than a pack of smokes.

Hardly any Europeans that I've ever met hate Americans except Arabs/Turks. They hate Dubya, sure, but they're not going to hate you for being an American. Stereotype you as loud, unhealthy, and arrogant, sure, but I wouldn't really call that hate. Of course I've never been to Iceland.

I can see 3 reasons to visit Iceland right there

Cold, dark and expensive? Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend.

/I'm here all week. Tip the veal, try your waitress.

seminole87
what is the prostitute situation in Iceland?

Legal.

Weed? Eh, not really such a big thing there. Drugs in general aren't.

Whatever. I've seen a few pics of some hot Icelandic women but they are probably the exception, not the norm. It would be unpossible for a country (even of 300,000 people) to have a collection of hot, horny blond sluts craving cock.

/ challenges you to find more than 2 or 3 hot Icelandic women

time for bappar: Every time Iceland comes up somebody's got to trot that out.

That "somebody" is probably me. I've never been to either one.

flexflint: He gets to post them every other day now, but I don't mind though.

/Dear Björk, here I come!
//adding markie_farkie to favorites

Check the Farktography gallery link in my profile for mo better pics of Iceland...

Also here's a Quicktime slideshow of the last few days I was there.. I played "tourist" and wandered around taking architectural photos in Njardvik and Reykjavik..

Slideshow (new window)

Enjoy!

How do you say "I'd hit it" in Icelandic?

StoneyBologna: *Looks at pics*

I'd love to get stoned there.

Have you ever been to iceland...on WEED?

Had to be said.

markie_farkie: Enjoy!

Beautiful slideshow! Kudos! I really enjoyed that.

Ihaveanevilparrot: StoneyBologna: *Looks at pics*

I'd love to get stoned there.

Have you ever been to iceland...on WEED?

Had to be said.

Checking a air fair now.

Já, anskotann!

Damn fine photos, markie_farkie, you might just have persuaded me to go there.

Does Iceland drive on the left or the right?

How much does hakarl cost these days?

Lord Summerisle: Does Iceland drive on the left or the right?

On the right.

joethorne.: markie_farkie: It's not always cold and dark, and if you do a little research, it can be relatively inexpensive to visit..

/obligatory post of pics I took when I lived there:

How long have you been waiting to bust those out?

At least six hours, since the last Iceland topic.

billybobtoo 2008-10-11 03:19:37 PM
oh iceland!
i once had a job in the "costume" jewelry field in n.y. which often required me to deliver some designery "costume" jewelry to clients of my boss. not cheap stuff either, but kind of showy 80's stuff...think dallass tv show. anywho, mrs reuwe (spelling may be incorrect) was the wife of nicholas reuwe, nixon's ambassaror to iceland. this was in the early 80's i believe. she was a larger than life character with tons of gossipy stories to tell. and she liked her cocktails, mind you. they always stayed at the waldorf towers in one of the top floor suites. oh dear, this place was fine! i way young and living in a crappy studio in washington heights, so to see places like this was a real treat. and she treated me like an old friend whenever i showed up. about 3 months after i had last seen her, she was robbed at knifepoint, of a huge diamond ring(real), she was wearing. this was when she was in her suite in the towers. i think it was hushed up. never saw it mentioned in the newspapers or anything. you think they might have a little better security in places like that, don't you?
so, whenever i hear mention of iceland, i think back to dear mrs. reuwe. i think the booze got to her in the end, and helped contribute to her demise.

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/sorry, but you live with Miss Marple. Thought you should know.

time for bappar: Hardly any Europeans that I've ever met hate Americans except Arabs/Turks. They hate Dubya, sure, but they're not going to hate you for being an American. Stereotype you as loud, unhealthy, and arrogant, sure, but I wouldn't really call that hate. Of course I've never been to Iceland.

I don't understand why Americans have a reputation for not knowing about anything past their borders!

Oldiron_79
How do you say "I'd hit it" in Icelandic?

"Mamma þín er kanamella."

Spent an excellent couple weeks there earlier in the year, but can't really recommend it for americans, as the dollar will NOT hold up well at all. We also encountered some backlash from the removal of the NATO base, I think, but never got a distinctive answer beyond 'fark off'. This could also have been generic hate of Americans, but our Brit friends never had any troubles.

Reykjavik is a pretty decent city overall, very progressive. The people are nice enough, but do take some warming up. Overall, I'd say do go, but take your pocketbook.

Do they do the ice hotel like some other northern countries? That might be nice to see.

MBA Whore Whatever. I've seen a few pics of some hot Icelandic women but they are probably the exception, not the norm. It would be unpossible for a country (even of 300,000 people) to have a collection of hot, horny blond sluts craving cock.

Well, I can't vouch for the amount of cock-craving, but otherwise you are dead wrong. Iceland is packed to the gills with lanky smoldering beauties, both blonde and brunette.

Think about it: for hundreds of years, Vikings pillaged Europe's coasts and brought back the most attractive women they could find to be their wives.

I've met dozens of Icelandic women, and with one exception, I would do them all again. Twice.

Iceland, where digging a well in your back yard could result in a fountain of either steam, water or lava.

i've been meaning to go- one of my friends lives there so i'd at least have a free place to stay!

Superjew: MBA Whore Whatever. I've seen a few pics of some hot Icelandic women but they are probably the exception, not the norm. It would be unpossible for a country (even of 300,000 people) to have a collection of hot, horny blond sluts craving cock.

Well, I can't vouch for the amount of cock-craving, but otherwise you are dead wrong. Iceland is packed to the gills with lanky smoldering beauties, both blonde and brunette.

Think about it: for hundreds of years, Vikings pillaged Europe's coasts and brought back the most attractive women they could find to be their wives.

I've met dozens of Icelandic women, and with one exception, I would do them all again. Twice.

It's been going on 14 years since I visited my ancestral homeland, but at that time Iceland was packed full of hotties. Here in Canada you may be lucky to have 15 to 20 % of the girls being good looking. In Iceland it had to be at least half. That applied both to Rejkyavik and Isafjordur which were the only city and town I visited. Lots of blondes, but by no means was that exclusive. One of my cousins was friends with this gorgeous exotic woman who was half Icelander half Greenlander (Inuit). The girls can party hard, and there isn't a lot to do there, but I can't say there was any better chance of getting laid there than most of western Europe. Being a foreigner helps a lot though! However, being related to hundreds of them, without them having family names, made me understand the meticulous family trees that are kept there.

It's been so long that sometimes I doubt what I saw, or attribute it to my hormones that were certainly more concentrated in my veins at that time, but I'll be heading back to visit this year or next to confirm... carefully... in the presence of my wife.

/too bad about their economy

I'm not sure of the welcome us Brits would get there after our Prime Minister used anti-terrorist legislation to freeze Icelandic accounts in a bid to protect British savers' money when the Icelandic banks went tits-up.

LostEnder

I never got /any/ sort of anti-American b.s., but then again, being part of the diaspora gets you *LOTS* of points there. When in doubt, pretend to be from Minnesota or North Dakota and they'll treat you like you've been close friends since birth.

Showing up as a loud-mouthed Jersey girl on the other hand will be met with, shall we say, a rather icy reception.

Lord Summerisle: I'm not sure of the welcome us Brits would get there after our Prime Minister used anti-terrorist legislation to freeze Icelandic accounts in a bid to protect British savers' money when the Icelandic banks went tits-up.

Link please? I'd like to read about that.