# curiousity has gotten the best of me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312 "2000-06-14T05:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/1 "2000-06-14T05:26:45Z")
Mullinator:“Modesty forbids, but methinks there is a certain Dutchman who likes a certain Icelander.” Okay, now I am morbidly curious to know: how many Icelanders could there be on this board? I myself am half Icelandic[close enough, isn’t it?], and at the moment i am a little too tired to wonder who the above statement was hinting at. I’d like to know for more useless information to stor inside my head. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/2 "2000-06-14T05:32:53Z")
The only Icelander that comes to mind is bj0rn. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/3 "2000-06-14T05:43:13Z")
yeah, but considering what i’m thinking, that wouldn’t make sense. but then again, my reasoning could be way out of whack right now. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/4 "2000-06-14T08:43:05Z")
He means bj0rn, and I think he is joking. But who the hell could that Dutchman be? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/5 "2000-06-14T11:53:02Z")
Man, I think I wrote that line about 2 months ago. I just might have meant bj0rn and Coldfire and I just might have been joking based on the severe dislike the two of them have for each other. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/6 "2000-06-14T12:25:00Z")
That’s not true, Mully. bj0rn thinks of me as his big, wise brother. I think of him as a xenophobic islander who foams from the mouth 😃 Well, sometimes. The kid has shown some improvement lately (although mostly by posting less). He can still be completely unintelligable. Thank God. Some things shouldn’t change. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/7 "2000-06-14T17:11:30Z")
maybe i should just stop asking questions if i get results like this. whatever. anyway, question is answered. I got it now. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/8 "2000-06-14T17:14:20Z")
Huh? What’s the matter ssskuggiii? You got your answer, right? I’m the Dutchman, bj0rn’s the Íslander (sp?). FWIW, I seem to recall another poster from Iceland, but I can;t recall his name right now. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/9 "2000-06-14T17:21:43Z")
Wasn’t the orignal icelander’s name throrlefur, or something like that? He begat bj0rn. And here we are. pat ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/10 "2000-06-14T17:23:45Z")
thorleifur, I think, yeah! But there was another one… a friend of bj0rn IRL, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/11 "2000-06-14T17:57:39Z")
Coldfire The only thing I can think of regarding ssskuggiii’s response is that he also sent an email to me. Maybe my answer was confusing or something. I get this crazy feeling that my humor may get lost in the translation sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/12 "2000-06-14T18:02:23Z")
Hey, mullinator. I’m a she, not a he. but whatever. I was curious, and now just lost all curiousity in the subject. whatever. but that’s okay, thanks for the information. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/13 "2000-06-14T18:26:02Z")
ssskuggiii - One thing I’ve noticed about this board is that the best way to get people to post to your thread is to tell them not to post anymore! Contrary people, ain’t we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curiousity-has-gotten-the-best-of-me/22312/14 "2000-06-14T18:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I get this crazy feeling that my humor may get lost in the translation sometimes. Huh, and here I was thinking your humor got lost in the _typing_.