Iceland has spent months fighting with Britain and the Netherlands over debts incurred after its tops banks went under in 2008.
It owes the two countries some $5 billion as a result of its failed “Icesave” accounts, but many Icelanders fiercely oppose a repayment and say taxpayers should not have to pay for a mess left by private banks under the watch of other regulators.
“Icelandic taxpayer to Britons and Dutch: forget Icesave, kiss my ash!” one Twitter feed read.
In parts of the world, husbands regard their sacrificial virgins as property that apparently can be offered into a volcano at will.
People who live on volcanic islands are frequently living on a ticking timebomb. When that volcano blows its stack, you never know if you’re going to get a gentle, easily-avoidable stream of lava, or an apocalyptic explosion. With such explosive power on their doorstep, the natives of many of these islands figure that the volcano is home to a FIRE GOD, who can be kept safely dormant through proper care and feeding.
The volcano god’s favorite food? Virgins, of course.
Unfortunately, Â thanks to Tiger Woods and Jesse James, no virgin can be found to throw into the Icelandic volcano.
The Icelandic volcanic eruption is costing airlines $200 Million a day from delays and cancellations. In other words, if you want a blanket or bottled water on a future flight, be prepared to shell out $50.
What did one Volcano say to the other Volcano?
I lava you!
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Not just blowing smoke!
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Latest joke about the Icelandic banking crisis:
“You’ve heard about Gordon Brown? When he heard about Iceland he wanted cash, but there’s no ‘c’ in the Icelandic language, so we gave him ash.”
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The last wish of the Icelandic Economy was to have its ashes spread over Europe.
A man is shopping in a Tesco store in Iceland. When he gets to the till and pays for his shopping the girl behind the till says, “Do you want any ash back?”
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“All this ash cloud talk is going over my head”
What did the Icelandic Volcano say to the earthquake? “It’s not my fault.”
Fly with “Eyjafjallajökull†airlines! Why there’s still no song, cartoon, no souvenir? Such a great name – Mr. Eyjafjallajökull. And his wife Mirdal’sjekjudl’, who is still asleep.
What do you call a cute volcano?
Lavable! (lovable!)
“It’s too early to make jokes about the Icelandic ash cloud… we need to let the dust settle first”
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I see that America has declared war on Iceland. Apparently they are accusing them of harboring a “weapon of mass disruptionâ€â€¦  (contributed by a reader- Thanks)
Iceland only joke!
Q: What do you do if you get lost in an Icelandic forest?
[Pause for dramatic effect]
A: Stand up!
[Ed: Icelandic forests have extremely low trees.]
Europe to Iceland:
Why did you send us volcanic ash ? Our airspace has shut down.
Iceland: What ? That’s what you asked for isn’t it ?
Europe: NO! We said cash! CASH!
Iceland: Woooops…
There is no C in the Icelandic alphabet, so when you ask for Cash, all you get is …
Glasgow airport has been closed after a massive cloud of dust drifted into UK airspace? The cleaner of the Celtic trophy cabinet has now been arrested!
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Watch the pieces come together as they are sent up from Earth. This is the International Space Station (ISS) Assembly diagram, piece by piece, with the dates each section was added.
I had no idea the Space Station had grown to this size. This is really cool.
What a piece of engineering!!
http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm
Just an incredible picture!
Evokes a number of responses: cute, scary, how it got there, etc.
The sun sets over the river Liffey in Dublin
The sunset over Edinburgh last night
House of Parliament London
The empty airport control tower at Newcastle airport last night, with the red volcanic ash sky in the background
