I think the Subby chose "capital of Iceland" after a few aborted attempts to spell Reykjavik.

Iceland is so awesome in so many ways.

Why can't we be more like them?


_{/ I know- because socialism, which makes baby Jesus cry.}

jjwars1: This needs more research. What exactly are you trying to do here, subby?

Children better than parents, USA election in 2012, human-positive Matrix in 25 years (extremely optimistic), tourism, milk chocolate eggs.

markfara: I thought the mayor of Reykjavik was a lesbian. That is a dude, right?

The prime minister is who you're thinking of.

jjwars1: RexTalionis: I think the Subby chose "capital of Iceland" after a few aborted attempts to spell Reykjavik.

Or subby is in marketing and knows more people would understand and appeal to "capital of Iceland" over this thing called Reykjavik.

This needs more research. What exactly are you trying to do here, subby?

I lived there for a year.. Not in marketing, but yes, the appeal of "capital of Iceland" seemed more appropriate for this headline!

Pinhead Patriot: True or false: French was the official language of England for more than 600 years.

/If you said true, you win 50 American dollars!

No, it wasn't. It was the language of the gentry and nobility. But it was never the "official language." And, at least for the beginning, it wasn't standard French as we know it today, either, but a variant of the Old Norman language (since William the Bastard was a Norman) which is related to French. In England, it eventually turned into Anglo-Norman, which subsequently evolved into Law French, which some (truly pretentious) lawyers use today sometimes.

Arkanaut: lenfromak: In the US, he would be one of the goofy candidates that run in every election but never get many votes. It's a different country from ours.

The Great State of Minnesota (new window) would disagree.

Jesse was a good governor. His big mistake was not being a Republican or a Democrat. So BOTH parties blamed everything THEY did on HIM. I'd have voted for him again, if he'd run as an incumbent.

"I wish more tourists would come during the horrible months"

/haha

Halli: Goofy candidates usually don't run in local elections around here. They tend to go for the presidential elections and are usually a lot more crazy than the Best Party people. Fortunately a nutjob hasn't won the presidency so far. But the Best Party winning in Reykjavík was basically a giant fark you vote to the established parties. Besides they can't really screw up that badly.

Like, what do YOU know, anyway??? Acting all smart and informed, like someone who actually LIVES there or something..

Halli: P.S. had whale at Sægreifinn during the New Year's. That place is an amazing tourist trap. But the whale was good.

Last whale I had was out at Kaffi Duus the day before I left in 2006.

I really need to get serious about a return trip! It's been too long!

What I most look forward to in the coming year is acquiring an Obi Wan Kenobi costume and wearing it around and practicing Jedi-tricks. I also hope I will be permitted to marry people. I also would very much like to see more tourists in Reykjavík. I am mostly interested in getting people that are rich, interested in swimming and like to spend a lot of money on nonsense. Others are also welcome, though.

I'm thinking of moving to Iceland now.