Iceland's secret? Belief in elves..

TimesOnline [UK] ^ | April 14, 2009 | Bess Twiston-Davies

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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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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.

[hoosierboy]

[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.)

[Slings and Arrows]

Quite true.

[GeronL]

Iceland is so joining the EUtopia

[theFIRMbss]

I've read businesses
that deal with Asia often
have to put up with

businessmen basing
multi-million dollar deals
on astrology.

[GL of Sector 2814]

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!

[GL of Sector 2814]

People believe in absurd things in every culture. Astrology, spirits, UFOs, socialism...

[grey_whiskers]

I believe in Icelandic Elves.

I do, I do!

Cheers!

[Slings and Arrows]

Oh yeah, I could really believe in her.

[grey_whiskers]

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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In this case, Googling "Sexy Icelandic elves".

I'm willing to bet that that search doesn't get run very often.

[The Cajun]

Well at least her puppies would divert your eyes from the ear thing..................
Unless you were Vulcan then hot damn the total package ;^)

[chevydude26]

yummy!!

[PLMerite]

Bump for later “artistic appreciation.”

Thanks!

[coconutt2000]

Yes, but people who hang out with hobbits are just weird.

[eclecticEel]

I believe in elves as well, in fact here's a picture of one:

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That’s a Dark Elf. Eeeeeevil!

[GOP Poet]

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