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Iceland is Weird

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cpu939
Blueprint Haus
Blades of Grass
#41 - 2014-06-28 14:29:03 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
Iceland is perfectly normal.


apart from some of the street names, ie lighthouse road with lighthouse bar at the top of the road, that has never had a lighthouse

or the fact you can't drink and drive but for some reason you can drink and ride a horse.

then there is some of the food you eat over there.
Varathius
Enlightened Industries
Goonswarm Federation
#42 - 2014-06-28 14:37:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Varathius
you guys know what is weird? Mom and Dad can sign you up to go kill people for mega corporation's interests erm I mean the government with 17 years of age, or you can sign up yourself with 18 years of age , but you can only enjoy a refreshing beer legally once you are 21 years old. Now , that is weird.
Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#43 - 2014-06-28 14:40:43 UTC
Looks like I won't be going to Iceland anytime soon. My name is weird by American standards, over there I might get arrested for being a cultural terrorist.

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IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#44 - 2014-06-28 14:52:16 UTC
Meiyang Lee
Game Instrument Applications
#45 - 2014-06-28 16:16:10 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
"Fá af tölvunni og fara að breyta olíu í bílnum mínum!"


This translates as "Get off the computer and go change the oil in my car!", that shouldn't turn anyone on. Pirate
Fairren
HellrisCorp
#46 - 2014-06-28 17:11:15 UTC
cpu939 wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
Iceland is perfectly normal.


apart from some of the street names, ie lighthouse road with lighthouse bar at the top of the road, that has never had a lighthouse

or the fact you can't drink and drive but for some reason you can drink and ride a horse.

then there is some of the food you eat over there.

Can the horse drink, too or just the rider?
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#47 - 2014-06-28 17:45:09 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Matilda Cecilia Fock wrote:
So that makes sense... At least to the part of my (romance language speaking) mind that hasn't been blown by the idea of conjugating names.Shocked


Are you calling Icelandic a 'romance language'?!?!!

I swear, if my wife sauntered up to me in some skimpy outfit and leaned over and whispered "Fá af tölvunni og fara að breyta olíu í bílnum mínum!" I wouldn't be turned on at all.. id more than likely tie her up and dowse her with holy water.

Heh.

Romance language just means that it is derived from the language of the Romans, i.e. Latin. Which Icelandic most certainly is not.

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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#48 - 2014-06-28 18:02:45 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
Iceland is perfectly normal.
When compared to what? Mordor?
One does not simply walk into Iceland..
Indeed...

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Chirjo Durruti
Doomheim
#49 - 2014-06-28 18:34:37 UTC
cpu939 wrote:

or the fact you can't drink and drive but for some reason you can drink and ride a horse.

Vikings did it, so it must be OK.

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#50 - 2014-06-28 19:02:18 UTC
To save kids from names like 'moon unit', I don't think it's a bad restriction.

(The Icelandic people I've met have, in general, been nice folks. A little prone to speaking to me in Icelandic, but I can't really complain about that.)

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Haedonism Bot
People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#51 - 2014-06-28 19:16:05 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
Iceland is perfectly normal.
When compared to what? Mordor?


Your posts are typically of a high quality, Jonah, but you have outdone yourself with this one.Big smile

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#52 - 2014-06-28 19:25:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Haedonism Bot
CCP Ytterbium wrote:
Seriously, it's like speaking Klingon family names, but without the nice perks (no bladed weapons, no cool uniforms or cloaking device)


Viking paraphernalia is at least as cool as Klingon - swords, axes, dragon boats, horned helmets, mead. They eat boiled sheep heads, and whales. They have volcanoes so active that you can poke them with a stick and shut down all of the airspace over Europe, if only you can find a stick. Icelandic people give Klingons a run for their money any day.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#53 - 2014-06-28 20:50:55 UTC
Haedonism Bot wrote:
Viking paraphernalia is at least as cool as Klingon - swords, axes, dragon boats, horned helmets, mead. They eat boiled sheep heads, and whales. They have volcanoes so active that you can poke them with a stick and shut down all of the airspace over Europe, if only you can find a stick. Icelandic people give Klingons a run for their money any day.

There you go.
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#54 - 2014-06-28 20:57:44 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Haedonism Bot wrote:
Viking paraphernalia is at least as cool as Klingon - swords, axes, dragon boats, horned helmets, mead. They eat boiled sheep heads, and whales. They have volcanoes so active that you can poke them with a stick and shut down all of the airspace over Europe, if only you can find a stick. Icelandic people give Klingons a run for their money any day.

There you go.


That myth is especially irritating.

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Haedonism Bot
People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#55 - 2014-06-28 21:18:55 UTC
Val'Dore wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Haedonism Bot wrote:
Viking paraphernalia is at least as cool as Klingon - swords, axes, dragon boats, horned helmets, mead. They eat boiled sheep heads, and whales. They have volcanoes so active that you can poke them with a stick and shut down all of the airspace over Europe, if only you can find a stick. Icelandic people give Klingons a run for their money any day.

There you go.


That myth is especially irritating.


You should embrace it. Horned helmets may be historically inaccurate, but they are indisputably badass.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#56 - 2014-06-28 21:22:52 UTC
Haedonism Bot wrote:
You should embrace it. Horned helmets may be historically inaccurate, but they are indisputably badass.

Only if you like Wagner, and Wagner is for sissies.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#57 - 2014-06-28 21:34:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Eurydia Vespasian
you know who actually wore horned helmets and get absolutely no credit for it? samurai

and example.

aaaand....another.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#58 - 2014-06-28 21:35:16 UTC
wow...lol
Haedonism Bot
People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#59 - 2014-06-28 22:21:01 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
you know who actually wore horned helmets and get absolutely no credit for it? samurai

and example.

aaaand....another.


Those are antlers, not horns. And to be honest, I think samurai are almost as badass as vikings. Probably better fighters, but less fun to share a horn of mead with.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#60 - 2014-06-28 23:05:01 UTC
Haedonism Bot wrote:
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
you know who actually wore horned helmets and get absolutely no credit for it? samurai

and example.

aaaand....another.


Those are antlers, not horns. And to be honest, I think samurai are almost as badass as vikings. Probably better fighters, but less fun to share a horn of mead with.


fine!!