| Author | Message | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 576 Registered: 9-2007 |
Shamelessly piggybacking on Nimue's concept, here's something I found interesting. A lot of people who visit Iceland have a scrund that they probably won't realise even after their visit. What is it? Early spoileuses please email :-) | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 28 Registered: 9-2008 |
Does it have to do with the name of the country? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 578 Registered: 9-2007 |
Does it have to do with the name of the country? No | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 468 Registered: 5-2008 |
Is it something to do with Iceland? its location? size? population? produce/exports? people? animals? traditions? history? belief systems? communities? a service? transpotation? Could people not visiting Iceland have this scrund? Do/could people living in Iceland have this scrund? Do/could people have this scrund regarding other countries/when visiting other countries? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 581 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is it something to do with Iceland? Yes its location? size? population? produce/exports? people? Yesish animals? traditions? Noish history? belief systems? communities? a service? Yesish transpotation? Could people not visiting Iceland have this scrund? Yes Do/could people living in Iceland have this scrund? Possibly but unlikely Do/could people have this scrund regarding other countries/when visiting other countries? Not that I know of. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1381 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does it have to do with Iceland being quite green and Greenland being covered with ice? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 584 Registered: 9-2007 |
Does it have to do with Iceland being quite green and Greenland being covered with ice? Good one but no | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 162 Registered: 12-2007 |
Anything to do with the fact that Iceland has a large number of geothermal hot springs? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 586 Registered: 9-2007 |
Anything to do with the fact that Iceland has a large number of geothermal hot springs? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1413 Registered: 1-2007 |
Doesn't Iceland have an unusual way of giving people surnames. I think that you take your father's christian name and add son to it so Icelandic men have a different surname than their father. IS this relevant? Of course the above could be a scrund in itself. Just for fun my surname would be Jamesson what would your's be? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 587 Registered: 9-2007 |
Doesn't Iceland have an unusual way of giving people surnames. I think that you take your father's christian name and add son to it so Icelandic men have a different surname than their father. IS this relevant? Interesting to know, but no Of course the above could be a scrund in itself. Just for fun my surname would be Jamesson what would your's be? Funnily enough, we South Indians have a strange practice of our own when it comes to surnames. One's conventional surname is in fact simply your father's first name, while your so-called family name would be more like a conventional middle name. My father's first name is Prasanna, which is why I'm Abhay Prasanna. So in Iceland I would have been Abhay Prasannason. However I'm pretty sure I don't want to name my kid _ _ _ _ Abhay :-S | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 34 Registered: 9-2008 |
Anything to do with chess? Bobby Fischer? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 588 Registered: 9-2007 |
Anything to do with chess? Bobby Fischer? No to both | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 367 Registered: 5-2003 |
To do with sports? Weather? History? Engineering? Vehicles? Roads? Animals? Attitudes? Beliefs? People? Places? Things? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1485 Registered: 3-2006 |
Here are the few things I think I know about Iceland. Which of these is relevant: That Iceland isn't in the EU? That Iceland and the UK competed over fish quotas? That Iceland have won/not won the Eurovision Song Contest? That the Cod Wars were not really wars? That the average temperatures in any month in Rejkyavik rarely fall below zero? That the clubbing scene is frighteningly expensive? That the Icelandic name for their own country ("Island") probably doesn't come from the word "Ice"? That Iceland had the first female PM in Europe? That Sigur Ros's music is somehow tolerable? That Bjork is talented in some way? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 590 Registered: 9-2007 |
To do with sports? Weather? History? Engineering? Vehicles? Roads? Animals? Attitudes? Yesish Beliefs? People? Yes Places? Things? Here are the few things I think I know about Iceland. Which of these is relevant: That Iceland isn't in the EU? That Iceland and the UK competed over fish quotas? That Iceland have won/not won the Eurovision Song Contest? That the Cod Wars were not really wars? That the average temperatures in any month in Rejkyavik rarely fall below zero? That the clubbing scene is frighteningly expensive? That the Icelandic name for their own country ("Island") probably doesn't come from the word "Ice"? That Iceland had the first female PM in Europe? That Sigur Ros's music is somehow tolerable? That Bjork is talented in some way? Very enlightening but IRR | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 37 Registered: 9-2008 |
Anything to do with the history of Iceland? The Vikings? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 598 Registered: 9-2007 |
Anything to do with the history of Iceland? The Vikings? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1418 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it to do with their attitude to their own identity? Do they not consider themselves European? Feelings of isolation ? Is there a native race of Islandics like aboringines in Australia? relevant? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 626 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is it to do with their attitude to their own identity? Do they not consider themselves European? Feelings of isolation ? No to all Is there a native race of Islandics like aboringines in Australia? relevant? IRR HINT: Focus on things that you would typically find out about a country before visiting it. For example, things that would be perfectly normal elsewhere, but unacceptable here... along those lines... | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 859 Registered: 9-2003 |
People: something about them physically? culturally? psychological makeup? sociological makeup? Rules they follow? Official Laws they follow? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 630 Registered: 9-2007 |
People: something about them physically? culturally? psychological makeup? sociological makeup? A combination of this... Rules they follow? ..and this Official Laws they follow? | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 874 Registered: 9-2003 |
Geothermal springs relevant? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 631 Registered: 9-2007 |
Geothermal springs relevant? No | ||
| Rcs (Rcs)
New member Username: Rcs Post Number: 42 Registered: 9-2008 |
Anything to do with the Icelandic language? Who speaks it, who doesn't speak it? How it relates to other European languages? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 632 Registered: 9-2007 |
Anything to do with the Icelandic language? Who speaks it, who doesn't speak it? How it relates to other European languages? No to all... This is about something that you do related to a service, and hint: payment | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 881 Registered: 9-2003 |
Banks relevant? Cheques? Currency? Credit cards? | ||
| Danielvs (Danielvs)
New member Username: Danielvs Post Number: 334 Registered: 9-2006 |
Shopping in general? Shopping in a specific place? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 633 Registered: 9-2007 |
Banks relevant? Cheques? Currency? Credit cards? No to all Shopping in general? No Shopping in a specific place? Yope, explore! | ||
| Bigpurple (Bigpurple)
New member Username: Bigpurple Post Number: 74 Registered: 8-2008 |
Does the place carry one specific type of good? Is the good or are the goods tangible? If so: electronics? home decor (like bed bath and beyond)? carpentry items? make-up for women? skin care? cellular phones? photography? | ||
| Danielvs (Danielvs)
New member Username: Danielvs Post Number: 343 Registered: 9-2006 |
A street market, like a fish market? A small/big indoors market selling food? | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 887 Registered: 9-2003 |
restaurants? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 635 Registered: 9-2007 |
Does the place carry one specific type of good? Yope Is the good or are the goods tangible? Yes If so: electronics? home decor (like bed bath and beyond)? carpentry items? make-up for women? skin care? cellular phones? photography? A street market, like a fish market? A small/big indoors market selling food? No to all restaurants? Yes! This is where the scrund is executed and unexplained. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1426 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does it have to do with Tipping? Paying the staff? Paying the cook? Do the Icelanders include all of that in the bill? Do they leave all of it off and expect their customers to know to tip generously? Does it have to do with taxed items? Some food is taxed and some isn't? Does it have to do with alcoholic beverages? All the food at the restaurant? Some of the food? Method of payment relevant? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 637 Registered: 9-2007 |
Does it have to do with Tipping? Yes! Finally :-DPaying the staff? Paying the cook? Do the Icelanders include all of that in the bill? Yeah they do, but... Do they leave all of it off and expect their customers to know to tip generously? Does it have to do with taxed items? Some food is taxed and some isn't? Does it have to do with alcoholic beverages? All the food at the restaurant? Some of the food? Method of payment relevant? This is enough for a ..... ***********SPOILER************* In Iceland, the service taxes account for the tip you would normally pay a waiter. People that visit Iceland are often told, "Whatever you do, don't tip a waiter; it's considered an insult." So they are paranoid about not tipping. However, if you ask a few Icelanders what they think about this, they'd hardly consider an extra tip as an 'insult'. They are all well aware of the concept, and though they may point out that you don't need to tip them, they'll happily pocket it if you insist. Thanks for playing along! |
