The Viking Team:

[CrONoS]

While reading the military spending of country, I read that Iceland had a military spending of 30$ millions(which is very low) Since they don't have any army, I wanted to know where they spend their money... and I have found!!

The Viking Team:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADkingasveitin

There were many reasons for comissioning the unit, including a hijacked airliner that landed at KeflavÃk International Airport in 1976, Eco-terrorists who sunk whaling ships in 1986 and a few occasions of criminals using firearms against unarmed policemen.

anyway, enough time wasted, I need to work...

[Herra Gautason]

Cool thread, people need to know these things about Iceland.

[Jon Miller]

I bet they are mostly all about the plunder.

JM

[CrONoS]

@Gautason
Welcome on OT! Herra, hope you'll like your ride!

[Straybow]

Go Steelers!

[Addled Platypus]

a new UU ?

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by Herra Gautason
Cool thread, people need to know these things about Iceland.

Say, is Herra an actual name in the land of ice, or is it, for whatever reason, the finnish word for "Mister"?

[MOBIUS]

Did you know that the chief of the Viking Team is Eidur Gudjohnsen 's Mother's business partner?

I only read that yesterday!

[duke o' york]

Well since they got rid of their star quarterback, they haven't looked as tight a unit as they did in the past couple of seasons.

[Herra Gautason]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun


Say, is Herra an actual name in the land of ice, or is it, for whatever reason, the finnish word for "Mister"?

No, it's the Icelandic word for mister.

[Gangerolf]

silly finn.
it's obviously like 50% of your vocabulary a loanword from the more civilized nations to your west

[Herra Gautason]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
silly finn.
it's obviously like 50% of your vocabulary a loanword from the more civilized nations to your west

I agree. Not sure about the bit saying we're more civilied though .

[Herra Gautason]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
Did you know that the chief of the Viking Team is Eidur Gudjohnsen 's Mother's business partner?

I only read that yesterday!

Everything in Iceland is like that. We're a big, (un)happy, barbaric, whale-killing family.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Well since they got rid of their star quarterback, they haven't looked as tight a unit as they did in the past couple of seasons.

Some star - you obviously haven't seen his performance for Miami since...

[Saras]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
it's obviously like 50% of your vocabulary a loanword from the more civilized nations to your west

Not all. We taught them PERKELE!