Christmas in Iceland - 15.12.1940, Side 20

Clerihew’s Guide to Iceland
THE OCCUPATION
They welcomed us with open arms,
And we fell for the stulka’s charms.
That’s what the papers say
Anyway.
THE GERMANS
The German Consul took a nice trip
on a ship.
The Marines ashed him to dine —
He couldn’t decline.
The German colony
Talked a lot of bolony
But that didn’t alter the fact
That they were offgepacked.
THE ICELANDERS
I wish
They wouldn’t dry their fish
All over the street.
It isn’t neat.
THE LIQUOR
I do not think
I like the Icelandic drink.
I once tried Black Death —
It tasted like bad breath.
THE BEER
As a drink „Bjor“
Is very poor.
It’s ^doubtless well-meant
But-Js only two per cent.
THE POLICE
The Icelandic police
Frown on the shooting of geese,
But they wink an eye
If you do it on the sly.
The C. M. P.’s
would look funny on skis —
But so would you or I,
lust try.
If you get in a jam
Don’t blame Major Shaw-Ham.
He’s only there
To see that fair’s fair.
THE NURSES
Live holds no curse,
Like an „N“ General Hospital nurse.
They treat everything from lumbago
to mumps,
With stomach pumps.
THE LADES
The „stulkas“ are girls
With blue eyes and blonde curls.
If you go too far
They say „Ha?“
THE PRESS
I couldn’t read „Pjodviljinn“,
If you paid me a million.
I find it easier
To read „Yisir“.
There’s lots of good, clean fun
In the „Midnight Sun“.
Canon Hood
Thinks it’s pretty good.
THE PUBS
The Borg
Is rather like a morgue.
If you want a high-class cafe
Try the NAAFI.
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CHRISTMAS IN ICELAND