# GTFO Iceland! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215 "2010-04-15T14:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/21 "2010-04-16T13:38:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m trying to figure out how one fights a Cod War. Do you slap each other with fish? [Bill Bryson] Put down those whitefish or we might just shoot across your bow! [/BB] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/22 "2010-04-16T16:34:27Z")
If only they had listened. We warned them not to build their country on top of that old Indian burial ground. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/23 "2010-04-16T16:50:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If only they had listened. We warned them not to build their country on top of that old Indian burial ground. And we would have gotten away with it, if it weren’t for you meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/24 "2010-04-16T16:57:49Z")
> [@mack](#): > > Looks like Iceland farted in your general direction. With a 50% chance of pestilence and ash coming out of the Northeast at twelve miles per hour. 🙂 Iceland is in the Northwest of England, but the ash cloud is reported to turn around the east of Scotland and go over England from the Northeast. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/25 "2010-04-16T18:40:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m trying to figure out how one fights a Cod War. Do you slap each other with fish? No, trout is the traditional fish used for slapping or hand to hand combat. I believe one pelts an enemy with cod, they’re more of a distance weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/26 "2010-04-16T19:08:03Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Iceland is in the Northwest of England, but the ash cloud is reported to turn around the east of Scotland and go over England from the Northeast. A flanking maneuver!! Sneaky bastards, those Vikings. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/27 "2010-04-17T08:46:27Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > No, trout is the traditional fish used for slapping or hand to hand combat. I believe one pelts an enemy with cod, they’re more of a distance weapon. And just because it was a Cod War, it didn’t mean you couldn’t use a pike for close quarters battle. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/28 "2010-04-17T11:07:25Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …are you this guy? > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc) > 😃 I love the almost apologetic second statement. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/29 "2010-04-17T11:43:41Z")
I think he meant Iceland the frozen food chainstore. He’s probably been caught shoplifting there several times. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/30 "2010-04-17T15:24:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m trying to figure out how one fights a Cod War. Do you slap each other with fish? [Yes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SSOWORzw4). The key to victory is having the bigger fish. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/31 "2010-04-17T15:56:23Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > …is… Obviously an anagram for **We Woosh Druids** ---
**Author:** ![Jastar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jastar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jastar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/32 "2010-04-17T21:27:37Z")
Does anybody think poor sods! “Bankers screw them and let them burn now the tectonic plates burn them as well” ---
**Author:** ![Jastar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jastar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jastar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/33 "2010-04-17T21:29:06Z")
If you don@t give us our money back its locusts next then frogs then ??? ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/34 "2010-04-18T01:17:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If only they had listened. We warned them not to build their country on top of that old Indian burial ground. > [@Lemur866](#): > > And we would have gotten away with it, if it weren’t for you meddling kids! This was exactly the laugh I needed today. Well done, you two. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/35 "2010-04-18T06:29:54Z")
Reports that three “little people” were seen wrestling over a piece of jewelry near a volcanic vent shortly before the eruption are, as yet, unconfirmed. My preciousssss… ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/36 "2010-04-19T08:21:21Z")
Not only did we have a long and cold winter to freeze the balls off, now they say that the volcano is going to make for a cold and rotten summer as well. And perhaps for years to come. We’ve been working on this global warming plan for decades and then they have to go and spoil it all. The volcano also gave my daughter asthma. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/37 "2010-04-19T15:18:11Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > The volcano also gave my daughter asthma. You think she’s got it bad now; just wait till the volcano wants it back. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/38 "2010-04-20T09:34:44Z")
You know, perhaps we should try something different. I propose a regular schedule of sacrifices to the volcano gods. Vacuous celebreties would be best, since even if it didn’t do any good it would at least cheer everyone up a bit! Madonna’s ours now isn’t she? Might be a bit grissly but the red hot magma should soften her up for the Icelandic Pele. Katie Price, aka Jordan, aka Giant Titted Freak-Show Bint would also be an ideal choice. She could even make a reality program about it. ‘Katie Price Immolates’ or something. We might not have enough of our own to satisfy the rapacous appetite of such a mighty power. Can we borrow Sarah Palin for a bit? (note: may not be returned in same condition). That should buy us some time. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/39 "2010-04-20T11:11:21Z")
> [@Jastar](#): > > If you don@t give us our money back its locusts next > then frogs > then ??? Profit 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215/40 "2010-04-20T17:29:00Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m trying to figure out how one fights a Cod War. Do you slap each other with fish? Nope, it’s the Middle English meaning of the word “cod”, from whence came “codpiece”. Oh yes. Hey, guys ! Dick joke ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gtfo-iceland/536215.md?page=3)