You know you are from Iceland when...
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
You learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike.
Down South to you means Canada.
Birds chirping at 3am in July is normal.
You have a passport to leave the island.
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Brennivin.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a tree.
Wearing high heels and a skirt, and going out dancing is "normal" during a hurricane.
You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.
Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie
Headlines read "Cow born in Neskaupstaður".
At least once a year, a family members' kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant
At times, your second floor balcony doubles as a front door.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly
You actually understand these jokes
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Dual Nationality Allowed
A new decision by the Icelandic Parliament allows Icelanders to keep their Icelandic citizenship, even when they have become citizens of another nation. The current law stated that if an Icelander applies for citizenship in another country, he loses his Icelandic citizenship. This has been difficult for some Icelanders who have had to apply for citizenship in certain countries to obtain neccessary rights.
The Intro of a future campain
Former Reykjavík mayor, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir made a speech at an Alliance Party meeting yesterday where she criticised Prime Minister Davíd Oddsson. She said that the interference by politicians in the affairs of Icelandic companies was the worst problem in the national economy. She said that it was just as bad for the reputation of a company to be under Oddsson’s protective wing as it was to be his target.
Oddsson responded to the comments immediately and criticised his opponent. He said that Gísladóttir was a gossip-monger and that he hoped that her arguments would become more worthy later on in the election campaign. He also said that it seemed to him that Gísladóttir was the Prime Minister candidate of businessmen Jón Ólafsson and the Baugur empire. He also said that his government had lessened political influence over the economy by privatisation of state-owned companies.
Today our minister of Education is 60 and throwing a party hurrey
A new decision by the Icelandic Parliament allows Icelanders to keep their Icelandic citizenship, even when they have become citizens of another nation. The current law stated that if an Icelander applies for citizenship in another country, he loses his Icelandic citizenship. This has been difficult for some Icelanders who have had to apply for citizenship in certain countries to obtain neccessary rights.
The Intro of a future campain
Former Reykjavík mayor, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir made a speech at an Alliance Party meeting yesterday where she criticised Prime Minister Davíd Oddsson. She said that the interference by politicians in the affairs of Icelandic companies was the worst problem in the national economy. She said that it was just as bad for the reputation of a company to be under Oddsson’s protective wing as it was to be his target.
Oddsson responded to the comments immediately and criticised his opponent. He said that Gísladóttir was a gossip-monger and that he hoped that her arguments would become more worthy later on in the election campaign. He also said that it seemed to him that Gísladóttir was the Prime Minister candidate of businessmen Jón Ólafsson and the Baugur empire. He also said that his government had lessened political influence over the economy by privatisation of state-owned companies.
Today our minister of Education is 60 and throwing a party hurrey
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