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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    Apparently flying yogurt is the key.

    It also helps when the total population is equal to the size of Corpus Christi, TX.
    totally off topic - i wonder what transgendered icelanders use for a last name!??
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    Apparently flying yogurt is the key.

    It also helps when the total population is equal to the size of Corpus Christi, TX.
    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    A people to be admired and followed.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    edited April 2016
    polaris_x said:

    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    Apparently flying yogurt is the key.

    It also helps when the total population is equal to the size of Corpus Christi, TX.
    totally off topic - i wonder what transgendered icelanders use for a last name!??
    They put Björk in charge of that detail.

    Also, I looked at some Icelandic last names ... you would have to be a spelling bee champ just to send someone a letter in that country.
    Post edited by Jason P on
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Had the fortunate opportunity to visit. Magical. BTW they have one of the lowest marriage rate for having children. Very low religious % as well.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    Apparently flying yogurt is the key.

    It also helps when the total population is equal to the size of Corpus Christi, TX.
    totally off topic - i wonder what transgendered icelanders use for a last name!??
    They put Björk in charge of that detail.

    Also, I looked at some Icelandic last names ... you would have to be a spelling bee champ just to send someone a letter in that country.
    i've been there 3 times and thankfully they all speak english there!!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    polaris_x said:

    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    Jason P said:

    polaris_x said:

    gotta love iceland ... if only the rest of the world held the elite accountable ...

    Apparently flying yogurt is the key.

    It also helps when the total population is equal to the size of Corpus Christi, TX.
    totally off topic - i wonder what transgendered icelanders use for a last name!??
    They put Björk in charge of that detail.

    Also, I looked at some Icelandic last names ... you would have to be a spelling bee champ just to send someone a letter in that country.
    i've been there 3 times and thankfully they all speak english there!!
    In college I had an assignment where I had to pick a city and come up with and engineering improvement. For reasons unknown, I chose Reykjavik ... mind you, this was in the dawn of the internet where you still had to rely on this guy to find anything out about Iceland ...

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    Not much info to be found on Iceland in the 90's! They have good geothermal and horses that run in a 5th gait ... and that's about all the info I could collect!

    I came up with some B.S. bullet train but considering making the report about building a very large boat to take everyone some place warm.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    Iceland became a better place when this happened:

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    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Official odds on which world leader will resign next:

    8/1 Mauricio Macri (Argentina)
    10/1 Nawaz Sharif (Pakistan)
    12/1 Petro Poroshenko (Ukraine)
    20/1 David Cameron (United Kingdom)
    33/1 Francois Hollande (France)
    33/1 Xi Jinping (China)
    33/1 Vladimir Putin (Russia)
    80/1 Justin Trudeau (Canada)
    66/1 Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
    66/1 Angela Merkel (Germany)
    66/1 Barack Obama (United States)
    66/1 Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
    100/1 Alexis Tsipras (Greece)
    100/1 Kim Jong-un (North Korea)
    100/1 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (United Arab Emirates)

    usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/06/panama-papers-who-next-world-leader-resign/82692670/
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    edited April 2016
    Some of the people in that list make no sense and shouldn't even be there, although that's assuming it was compiled solely in the context of the Panama papers.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    PJ_Soul said:

    Some of the people in that list make no sense and shouldn't even be there, although that's assuming it was compiled solely in the context of the Panama papers.

    Yeah, I'm guessing it's to entice people that some more names might pop up but I think new agencies have been looking at this for quite a while. Easy money for the Irish bookies. That's why Putin isn't 1,000,000 / 1
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    British Banker Funded North Korean Arms

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/panama-papers-british-banker-funded-north-korean-arms/ar-BBrqvVf
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