Hands Off Iceland
Gallant little Iceland may be under attack by a conspiracy of hedge funds.
Krugman sounds the alarm.
I went on holiday to Iceland once, and found it full of natural beauty and charming, civilized people. I rode in a dog sled!
If any directors of predatory hedge funds are reading this blog, may I suggest destroying the economies of Cyprus or Côte d’Ivoire instead? Rather too sunny for my taste. I regard them as fair game.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Doesn’t gallant little iceland have a smaller GDP than Brighton and hundreds of billions of dollars of bank debt following ruthless international expansion over the last few years?
I think their economy’s problems are at least in part their own work.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:59 am
well, yes, that seems to be right, if you want to get technical about it
but they’re very nice
April 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Those hedge funders better be careful; it’s not wise to make Icelanders angry. They practice a very dangerous martial art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%ADma
April 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I like:
The opponents are supposed to look across each other’s shoulders as much as possible because it is considered proper to wrestle by touch and feel rather than sight.
also, because if you start making eye contact as you tug at each other’s belts you might start to feel kind of gay
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 am
Especially if stepping clockwise round each other as if you’re waltzing.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:22 am
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