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No room for Steven Hawking

September 6, 2010

This just in from the Baggalútur news service: Apparently a wheelchair ramp in a wing intended for ridiculously intelligent physicists in Heaven was not constructed due to an unfortunate bout of forgetfulness. Consequently the physicist and ueber-cutiepie Stephen Hawking has no access to the next level of existence. According to a spokesman for God Almighty, [...]

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Get your penis-shaped shopping mall here!

April 28, 2010

As I wrote back in February, Penis Mall is being put up for sale — and the bidding starts today! Baggalútur featured it prominently on their Official News Page. The State Real Estate Agency has sent out the following press release: For private sale, beautiful two-story detached home, centrally located in Kópavogur. The property is [...]

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Sveinbjörnsson receives Golden Eraser!

February 11, 2010

This just in from the Baggalútur* news service: Finnur Sveinbjörnsson, Director of Arion Bank, today received the Golden Eraser, one of the banking sector’s most coveted awards. Finnur received the award for his “unique achievements in writing off loans and his admirable patience and goodwill towards excessively indebted companies and individuals,” the panel of judges [...]

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Iceland: the land of opportunity

November 26, 2009

This just in from the Baggalútur news service: The world-famous Ukrainian investor Boris Molotov is currently in Iceland with plans to invest “like a motherf*cker”. In Boris’s view, the main business opportunities are in the following: The manuscripts, Bæjarins Beztu hot dogs, and Megas. He intends to purchase a controlling share in those three in [...]

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Newsflash: hidden people to be taxed

November 19, 2009

So the guvn’ment has been bizzy bizzy these past couple of days introducing us to all the various new taxes and tax brackets we’ll be subjected to in the near future. It seems they’ve found a way to tax everything, from heavy industry to biscuits, and anything in between. Predictably the media is all-abuzz with [...]

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