Reykjavík Grapevine - aug. 2023, Síða 39

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WORDS Catherine Magnúsdóttir
IMAGE Art Bicnick
HAS THE COUNTRY SOLVED
ITS PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
SHORTAGE OR DO TOUR-
ISTS STILL HAVE TO FIND
LARGE ROCKS TO PEE
BEHIND?
Have to? I mean, no, I suppose you
don’t have to, now that I think about
it. Well, damn, I guess I could have
saved myself from that bladder in-
fection last winter. Should have just
checked out the official city build-
ings and asked nicely at the local
cafés.
ARE THERE MORE AUTHEN-
TIC ICELANDIC DINING EX-
PERIENCES IN REYKJAVIK
THAN ÞRÍR FRAKKAR? IS
ÞRÍR FRAKKAR EVEN AU-
THENTIC?
Goodness, look who’s got their
marketing strategy all figured out!
Good for you, Þrír Frakkar! They sure
have traditional Icelandic food on
the menu and just the right amount
of cozy-fancy, but if we’re talking
about authentic Icelandic dining
I think your best bet is heading to
Ikea. Those meatballs seem to have
a hold on us.
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE
THAT THE INFLUX OF PEO-
PLE FROM THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA HAS
BEEN THE REASON FOR
THE INCREASE IN VIO-
LENT ATTACKS RESULTING
IN DEATH? AS SOMEONE
FROM AMERICA, I SEE
THIS ALL THE TIME AND IT
BREAKS MY HEART AND
SUDDENLY IT’S HAPPENED
MORE OVER THERE AND
I’M WORRIED SOME OF THE
PEOPLE FROM HERE ARE
BRINGING THEIR VIOLENT
TENDENCIES WITH THEM.
I think it’s those gosh darn video
games!
That seems more likely than one
nation being the flagship of mor-
al standards and behaviours, both
good and bad, and assuming that
a comparatively mid to low number
of people moving to Iceland from
there are responsible or really able
to shake the foundations of society
with their big bad curropting influ-
ence on those poor innocent sheep-
herders and fishing folk.
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