BS: I have a question for fun

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Mrr at work
Date: 08 Apr 14 - 08:53 AM

I asked this question to my elder son, and we had the following conversation.
-What word first comes to mind when you hear the word Iceland?
-Cold, although Greenland is cold and Iceland is warm.
-That's why I first think the word Propaganda.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 07 Apr 14 - 06:29 PM

Oddly enough I always think Scarpi, though we only met the once. Your CD still gets a hit on my player. The other thing I think is Brenavin and Shark meat !!

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 07 Apr 14 - 05:55 PM

My first thought is:-

Skarpi
C C C Cold!
Hot geysers!
Volcano
Bjork
Whale watching
(Alcohol Free zone? not sure if that is true)

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 07 Apr 14 - 04:21 PM

Skarpi (singing Elizabeth Cotten songs)
geothermal springs

Dani

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From: MMario
Date: 06 Apr 14 - 09:49 PM

my first thought when I here Iceland is:

"Skarpi"

closely followed by "wool"

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Lighter
Date: 06 Apr 14 - 08:24 PM

Not lava lamps though.

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From: Padre
Date: 06 Apr 14 - 08:13 PM

Denmark

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From: Penny S.
Date: 06 Apr 14 - 05:59 PM

Midges

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From: GUEST,Troubadour
Date: 06 Apr 14 - 10:29 AM

Off road vehicles!


Tyres (flash inflation with lighter fuel).

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: skarpi
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 06:26 PM

haha Micca ,,I forgot that one ...shhigh ...its mixed up lyric of Danish and Icelandic ...:)

de var Brennivín í flasken da vi kom ...

syngjum - jaja jibbíjíbbí jajaja ..singing ..

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: johncharles
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 04:57 PM

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Micca
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 04:02 PM

1 Skarpi ( singing "She'll be coming round the mountain" in Icelandiic
2 Vatnajökull (Glacier)
3 Hákarl (rotten Shark)

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: maeve
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 10:39 AM

I think of you, Skarpi, and the lovely Gunna...and of my friend Muff Worden who lived and died there and who loved the people, the music, and the land.

Then I think of how much I'd love to experience the people, music, land, and animals there.

I'd like to learn Icelandic. This site is fun:
http://www.everysinglewordinicelandic.com/

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 10:25 AM

I make it a practice never to think of Kerry Katona, not under any circumstances. I'm pretty sure she doesn't think of me either.

"Iceland"? The Gullfoss.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 10:06 AM

nice people


Yes

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From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 09:08 AM

odd place....

Fischer/Kasparov
dark for a lot of the year -not sure how they put up with that
nice people

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Stringsinger
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 09:02 AM

An enlightened democracy with educated people.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 05 Apr 14 - 06:22 AM

the only reason anyone thinks of Kerry Katona is becoz she endorses them.

I think that was the point wasn't it?

D.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 11:48 PM

Ice,

then

Land
Bjork,
Hot
Springs
Cod
Fishery

In that order.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 05:21 PM

No they don't, Musket: they think of the fro-food redi-meal supermkts... the only reason anyone thinks of Kerry Katona is becoz she endorses them.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 12:52 PM

Cod wars.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Musket
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 11:54 AM

Trust me, most people in The UK when you say Iceland think of Kerry Katona.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,.leeneia
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 11:30 AM

back to the OP: I've been to Iceland twice, and when I hear the word Iceland, I don't think of another word. Instead a beautiful landscape comes into my mind: a volcanic peak with green moss growing on the side and purple and gray scree running down, looking almost like flowing water.

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From: Dave Sutherland
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 03:12 AM

Mum's Gone to Iceland (Mum's been ripped off at Iceland)

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 03:02 AM

Kerry Katona was a member of the British singing group 'Atomic Kitten', and was born in Warrington, Cheshire.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: skarpi
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 02:41 AM

we have beer light and strong and all of kinds ..
no those law are no longer at life .
all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 01:34 AM

Akureyri!

My wife and I spent 2 great holidays wild-camping near the head of a valley about 12 miles outside Akureyri in about 1983-84.

We set our tent up on a flat area where a stream came down in a 20ft waterfall and then dropped another 20ft into the main river. Totally protected from the wind, fresh water 5 metres away in the stream and the occasional fish from the river.

For other supplies we had to walk into Akureyri (and back again)....a 24 mile round trip, so it took the whole day. We stayed 12 days the first time and went back the following year, we enjoyed it so much.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,ketchdana
Date: 04 Apr 14 - 01:16 AM

1. Surtsey -- (New (in the 1960's) volcanic island off the southern coast.)
2. Fljotsdalur -- (Youth hostel, while waiting for a cheap flight home.)
3. Skarpi -- (I spend way too much time here at mudcat.)

... Bob

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 10:14 PM

Skyr!

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From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 10:06 PM

Jötunheimr.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 09:55 PM

After "Skarpi," I recall that friends (from the US) talked most about "weak beer,"

Are those laws still in effect?

John

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Janie
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 09:24 PM

And a third for whom Skarpi is the first word that comes to mind.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 06:51 PM

First word that comes to mind when I hear the word Iceland?

Skarpi, of course!!!

Gnu and I think alike.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 06:33 PM

Spassky and Fischer.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: skarpi
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 06:26 PM

Kerry Katona ?? who is that ? .not Icelandic

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Stu in the ether
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 05:55 PM

A diverging plate boundary exposed above sea level. I'd really love to see that. Incredible.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 05:48 PM

Kerry Katona

( I think that's her name ? )

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From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 05:10 PM

huldufolk (small elf-like beings rather like the leprechauns of Ireland)

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 05:01 PM

Freezer food...

"Iceland" is the name of a chain of freezer-food shops in UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_%28supermarket%29

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 04:47 PM

Visit it and find out!

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Lighter
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 04:42 PM

Lava beds.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 04:42 PM

my lovely horse

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: gnu
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 04:31 PM

skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Ed T
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 04:09 PM

Word is singular,everones thoughts are not.
Why limit good thoughts, jeri?

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:58 PM

"Word" is singular.
I thought "cold"
Then, because of a friend, I thought "lovelysmallhorsesthattolt"

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:48 PM

Very cold winters (compared to UK?).

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:47 PM

Bejam.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Ed T
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:42 PM

Volcanos
Warm water pools
Vikings
Endless green grass and treeless horizons over rocky hills
Bearded men
Fish
Warm wool sweaters
Air Iceland signs at the Halifax Nova Scotia airport

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:40 PM

Ice!

I have a book by a friend about his solo trek across Iceland. He went there in search of the true Norse accent, that resulted in the northern English guttural sound, and ended up showing a Valkyrie how to make tea :-) Good book.

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: I have a question for fun
From: michaelr
Date: 03 Apr 14 - 03:25 PM

1. volcano
2. Bjork