Fuck You, Iceland
The ash coming from Iceland’s mountain Eyjaffjalljokull has led to so many canceled flights that it’s cost the world’s airlines about $1.7 billion. Not cool, Iceland, not cool. The airline industry already lost $9.2 billion last year, and was hoping to only drop $2.2 in 2010, until Iceland let its little ash problem get all out of control. Thanks a lot, country – it’s not like we really needed airplanes or anything. Hey, you could always pay everyone back, as long as there’s an unforeseen explosion in the sardine export industry. Like a passenger sleeping on a cheap airport carpet, I’ve been getting pissed. Then I did a little research, and it turns out Iceland has been a pain in the ass for years. Check this out…
Not in these parts.
Did you know drinking beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989? Apparently they were concerned it would lead to people getting too drunk. Yeah, that’s kinda the point, Iceland. The rest of the world can handle the responsibility of a few oat sodas, why can’t you? I mean, what exactly would be the repercussions if everyone in Iceland got loaded all at once? A few fish nets would go unchecked? Someone would crank the Sigur Ros a bit too high? Come on. This is such typical Iceland. One of your volcanoes just oozed ash for a week straight and you were powerless to stop it, so let’s not get too high an opinion of your sober faculties, guys. You blew it, now go grab a Coors Light like the rest of the world.
Here’s something else annoying: Iceland’s phone book is organized by first name. Yeah, seriously. So if you want to look up your buddy Jon Orgensborg, don’t think you’re getting off easy by jumping right to the Orgens. Nope, you’re wading through hundreds of Jon’s. And, let’s be honest, reconsidering your whole friendship with the guy to begin with. Apparently this has some cultural derivation that does in fact make sense, but it’s also ridiculously impractical. Admit it, you’re annoyed.
There’s so many others – there’s no strip clubs in Iceland. They believe in elves. They kicked out McDonalds. They’re freakishly and disproportionately attractive as a people. But if there’s one thing that really gets my goat it’s that Iceland has 13 Santa Clauses. That’s right, 13! They call them “Yule Lads”, and they apparently have a mischievous bent, but still – isn’t 13 gift bearers gilding the lily a little bit? I mean, there’s only like 350,000 people in Iceland, couldn’t one or two Santas cover that? That’s less than 30K per Chris Cringle. Do you realize this means one in every 27000 people in Iceland is a Santa Claus! No wonder no one was paying attention to Eyjaffjalljokull. Everywhere you look there’s a fat guy in a red hat. Maybe if you didn’t have all those Santas flying around, you could’ve kept better track of your friggin mountains! They’re filled with blinding ash, you know! Like I said, typical Iceland.
Uch. I’m fed up. Say it with me, everybody…Screw you, Iceland. And screw you, Mount Eyjaffjalljokull.
(You made it unpronounceable on purpose, didn’t you? Jerks…)
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Another true fact about Iceland: If you are a Puffin, you do not want to be there.
This is just stupid.
In Iceland everyone is called by their first name, why the darn would you want people to call you your second name? That’s just weird, thats a family name in America, I mean common!
And in Iceland, the peoples second name is the first name of their father so your name is Dave, fathers name is Christian and your full name is then Dave Christiansson.
So it would make damn no difference if they were sorted by first or last, because there are as many names of both.
And Iceland’s santas aren’t fucking flying magical dipshits. They walk and don’t wear bright red mr.happy hats. Common what a joke.
The powerful Icelandic lobby is lashing out. We’re rattling their cages!
In response to another comment. See in context »Yes, I’m in charge of this sector.
And the Eyjaffjalljokull is spelled Eyjafjallajökull. You are welcome.
And for those saying the pronunciation does not match the spelling. You are incorrect, almost all words in Icelandic match 100% to how the individual characters are pronounced.
Unlike in English, cloudy, sky (y said differently) studies, cheese (wth with the E here) and on and on and on
Now my shift is done. Bye.
In response to another comment. See in context »He has been vanquished! Hoorah!
In response to another comment. See in context »I suspect this isn’t the last you’ll be hearing from Big Puffin.
In response to another comment. See in context »We denigrate what we do not understand.
Perhaps you could write about something you get.
Uh oh, they’re getting ornery! Prepare for the sending of the ash!
In response to another comment. See in context »Being a smartass is no substitute for being a good writer.
In response to another comment. See in context »Typical Iceland.
In response to another comment. See in context »Except I’m neither Icelandic nor do I live there.
Smartass only gets you so far. Good writing will get you farther.
In response to another comment. See in context »There are good writers who aren’t smartasses?
In response to another comment. See in context »Yes, but they’re all adults.
In response to another comment. See in context »Didn’t Iceland also give us Bjork? (Sorry about the lack of diacritical mark there.)
And “Lazy Town,” a kid’s show where a grown man in tights cavorts around with a pre-teen girl in a town where no one wants to exercise, all while fighting a Jim Carrey wannabe who strove to maintain the town’s status quo?
If all that’s true, well that explains everything. Or not.
I know this is supposed to be humorous (maybe even satirical?), but Al Franken you’re not.
You are quite funny, inspite of being an ignorant dick.
Now that’s a comment I can get behind, Hekla. I agree completely!
In response to another comment. See in context »It’s either “in spite” or “despite.” I’d prefer “despite,” which eliminates the need for “of.” Compression, Hekla.
In response to another comment. See in context »You are quite funny, in spite of being an ignorant dick.
You also forgot to mention their banning of stripping. Very, very stupid move on their part.