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Thong thief

September 9, 2006

Interesting bit of news on the Morgunblaðið website this week: a panty thief was apprehended in the west end of the city, in the laundry room of an apartment building. The news item saw also stated that this wasn’t the first time the thief had been caught in that particular building. I haven’t contacted any [...]

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Grope a ram, win a prize!

August 22, 2006

AAH and friends Originally uploaded by Alda Kalda. You’ll be happy to know that the annual ram groping contest will be held on Strandir [northeast Iceland] this coming weekend. Ram groping, apparently, is a recognized sport up there. The contest is divided into two categories, one for experienced and another for inexperienced gropers. It is [...]

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Newsflash: Laurel & Hardy work for Iceland Telecom

June 14, 2006

You wouldn’t believe the farce that played itself out chez YT yesterday. It all started last weekend when the telephone lines started acting funky. There was this ghoulish buzzing on them, as though some ancient poltergeist was striving to communicate with YT and her kin, sometimes accompanied by a dialtone and sometimes not. Similarly the [...]

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Lost in direct translation?

May 31, 2006

Icelandic has a lot of funny sayings that people use in day-to-day discourse, which become even better when translated into English. It lies in the eyes upstairs Það liggur í augum uppi [i.e. It's obvious] The raisin at the end of the hot dog Rúsínan í pylsuendanum [i.e. when something happens that tops something that's [...]

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YT and EPI have an ephiphany

May 7, 2006

At the breakfast table: YT: [engrossed in Fréttablaðið] … Crikey, Simon Cowell makes 400,000 pounds an hour. EPI: … Yeah, and the guy’s in a perpetual bad mood. There is silence as both ponder the significance of this. [...] [...] YT: Are we doing something wrong? YEAH, SO WHO THE HELL NEEDS MALLORCA ANYWAY? With [...]

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Today we have a guest blogger…

April 18, 2006

Dear friend, I have to thank God this moment for his direction as regards this mission. God wants me to complete this mission hence, I got your contact, but I know you may be wondering how I got your contact email. Actually you were introduced to me by a trusted contact in U.K. I was [...]

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Penis mall exposed!

January 10, 2006

Those of you who have been reading awhile will remember YT’s occasional references to shopping excursions at Penis mall. You may also recall that some readers have been mystified by this reference. YT has made a noble effort at clarifying; however, as we all know, sometimes words just cannot capture the essence of what a [...]

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Hahaha…!!

January 9, 2006

HI MY NAME IS MELVIN WATT FROM CHAPER HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. I WAS IN ICELAND OVER NEW YEARS AND I HAVE THIS TO SAY TO YOU ICELANDIC WOMEN: I DON’T THINK YOU’RE PROMISCUOUS AT ALL… just totally goddamn boring. [This from today's Blaðið, one of two free daily papers delivered to our door. They have [...]

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If it makes you want to puke, is it art?

May 16, 2005

The Reykjavík Arts Festival kicked off this weekend. This year it focuses on “contemporary art”. EPI and YT checked out some of it. First stop, the Dieter Roth exhibition at the Reykjavík Art Museum, where the late Mr Roth’s floorboards are hung on the walls, along with a bunch of his doodle papers and such. [...]

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