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Iceland's secret? Belief in elves..
TimesOnline [UK] ^
| April 14, 2009
| Bess Twiston-Davies
Posted on 07/18/2009 10:41:47 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Edited on 07/19/2009 2:42:58 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Bess writes: Surely Icelanders don't believe in Elves? It's a matter of earnest debate on the New York Mag where John Moody, who lives in Iceland responds to this Vanity Fair article on the country's financial meltdown. The debate centres on this VF claim that Alcoa, Iceland's largest aluminium company had to "defer to a government expert" in 2004 while scouring a potential site for a smelting plant to "certify that no elves were on or under it." The writer, Michael Lewis reports "It was a delicate corporate situation, an Alcoa spokesman told me, because they had to pay hard cash to declare the site elf-free but, as he put it,
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: elves; folklore; godsgravesglyphs; iceland; keebler; napl
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Barney Frank: "I don't believe in elves, but I do believe in fairies."
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Alcoa, Iceland's largest aluminium company had to "defer to a government expert" in 2004 while scouring a potential site for a smelting plant to "certify that no elves were on or under it."One of the new jobs to be created under the Porkulus bill, no doubt.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/18/2009 10:48:09 PM PDT
by
hoosierboy
(I am not a gun nut, I am a firearm enthusiast!!!)
To: Slings and Arrows
A belief in elves sounds ridiculous ... but in this country, a lot of people believe in ghosts or other spirit beings, which is probably just as ridiculous. (Or not.)
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posted on
07/18/2009 10:50:46 PM PDT
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(PETRAEUS IN 2012 .... Pass it on!)
To: Hetty_Fauxvert
To: Slings and Arrows
Iceland is so joining the EUtopia
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posted on
07/18/2009 10:59:17 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(UnitedCitizen.Blogspot.Com --------- United Citizens Nation! ------------- Join Today!)
To: Slings and Arrows
I've read businesses
that deal with Asia often
have to put up with
businessmen basing
multi-million dollar deals
on astrology.
To: Hetty_Fauxvert
A belief in elves sounds ridiculous ... but in this country, a lot of people believe in ghosts or other spirit beings, which is probably just as ridiculous. (Or not.) Oh, it's every bit as ridiculous, but elves have a distinct advantage over ghosts & spirits...some of them are babe-alicious!
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:14:08 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- R A Heinlein)
To: theFIRMbss
People believe in absurd things in every culture. Astrology, spirits, UFOs, socialism...
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:16:37 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- R A Heinlein)
To: Slings and Arrows
I believe in Icelandic Elves.
I do, I do!
Cheers!
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:21:26 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Oh yeah, I could really believe in her.
To: Slings and Arrows
Try clicking
here for more I couldn't share...
It's *astounding* what you find on the net when you're looking for something else. In this case, Googling "Sexy Icelandic elves".
Cheers!
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:32:39 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
In this case, Googling "Sexy Icelandic elves".I'm willing to bet that that search doesn't get run very often.
To: grey_whiskers
Well at least her puppies would divert your eyes from the ear thing..................
Unless you were Vulcan then hot damn the total package ;^)
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:42:00 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: grey_whiskers
To: grey_whiskers
Bump for later “artistic appreciation.”
Thanks!
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posted on
07/18/2009 11:52:07 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Speak Truth to Evil.)
To: GL of Sector 2814
Yes, but people who hang out with hobbits are just weird.
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posted on
07/19/2009 12:32:13 AM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Slings and Arrows
I believe in elves as well, in fact here's a picture of one:
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posted on
07/19/2009 1:09:59 AM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: eclecticEel
That’s a Dark Elf. Eeeeeevil!
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/19/2009 1:21:08 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
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