Yes! Blame the promiscuous Women for the Earthquakes

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Laz116

Ha ha ha,thanks TGS, EA consider yourself proven wrong.

Nah, the proof is too weak, I'm afraid. You have to do one better.

Edit: Impress me!

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by Ea

Nah, the proof is too weak, I'm afraid. You have to do one better.

Edit: Impress me!

Well, as a, somewhat good, scientist, I must decline. I'll never be willing to bear the burden of proof, when I have to prove that something doesn't exist. That is not the domain of a true scientist.

Maybe we should get back on topic.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Laz116

Maybe we should get back on topic.

But you were so easily distracted m'boy

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by Ea

But you were so easily distracted m'boy

Yes I have the attention span of a five year old, I admit.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Ea

A beautiful and amazing country. They have good taste!

Oh yeah, well come Icelander (on another forum) just posted this:

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Laz116

Yes I have the attention span of a five year old, I admit.

Well, I can only assume it's because you have not had the opportunity for proper field studies (assuming you're the kind of scientist who'd actually do field studies)

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by Ea

Well, I can only assume it's because you have not had the opportunity for proper field studies (assuming you're the kind of scientist who'd actually do field studies)

I'd actually rather avoid them if I can. Unless they do involve beautiful women of course. So perhaps I should have taken that summer course on Iceland my study offered me back in the days.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Oh yeah, well come Icelander (on another forum) just posted this:

That vid is a wonderfully hilarious and very insigthful look at the Danish spoken language from a Norwegian perspective. Even as an "insider" I can say I don't blame them one iota - Danish is a difficult language, even for my fellow Scandinavians. And as for the opinion of an Icelander; they learn Danish in school but also have to live with the fact that Iceland belonged to the Kingdom of Denmark from ca. 1300 to 1944. They don't like us very much I think. I can't blame them - it's just the way things turned out to be.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Laz116

I'd actually rather avoid them if I can. Unless they do involve beautiful women of course. So perhaps I should have taken that summer course on Iceland my study offered me back in the days.

Perhaps you should have In any case it's a very beautiful and amazing country. I also found myself surprised by how much and how often it reminded me of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien must have misunderstood and Iceland is Middle-Earth for certain. It's a landscape of extremes, but still small in size. I have seen nothing like it anywhere else.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Ea

- however, remember that the Christians never forbad making images of the god(s)

I think that one came from Judaism, something about “Graven Images” in response to one Golden Calf whilst Moses was communing with a burning bush.

Islam picked up on it and banned graven images to include drawings on paper. Christianity did not, as can be seen in any Catholic church today.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Laz116

Isn't there a saying: In Iceland there's a beautiful woman behind every tree?

I though that was Greenland.

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by wodin

I though that was Greenland.

that may be more plausible.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Ea

But how can that make up for women in low-cut shirts doing science experiments??

(I'll certainly do my best myself on the 26th)

PS: Lasse; great images, I think I may remember the second from some school book(?) - however, remember that the Christians never forbad making images of the god(s)

Early Protestants took the Commandment to "make no graven image" seriously—to the point of smashing countless works of priceless art in Catholic churches.

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by Ea

Perhaps you should have In any case it's a very beautiful and amazing country. I also found myself surprised by how much and how often it reminded me of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien must have misunderstood and Iceland is Middle-Earth for certain. It's a landscape of extremes, but still small in size. I have seen nothing like it anywhere else.

And they have really small horses.

Just kidding. I am actually quite fond of Iceland and icelandic culture. Especially the saga's.

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Early Protestants took the Commandment to "make no graven image" seriously—to the point of smashing countless works of priceless art in Catholic churches.

Priceless and priceless. After all most catholic art was derived from vitruvian principles, which really wasn't that exciting.

But of course you shouldn't smash art.