Oooo! sounds exciting.
I fancy Iceland but it's very expensive.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:40, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

No it's not
Even Kerry Katona shops there.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:40, Reply)

Obvious joke is obvious.

( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:41, Reply)

Yes
But it had to be made.

I fancy Scandinavia too. I've never made it to any part of the Nordic region yet. I've been to Estonia, which is as close as I've come to it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:43, Reply)

I'm a quarter Dutch.

( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:45, Reply)

Hence your tallness?

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:47, Reply)

That and my dad was over 6ft but he was from Lancashire.

( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:49, Reply)

You have good tall genes then!
The Dutch are the tallest nation in the world, I believe. Your average Dutchman is a good three inches taller than your average Brit. Even the women are all about as tall as the British male.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:53, Reply)

this is true, my cousin Jaco is a good head and a half taller then I am.
I'm half dutch but got my grandma's short genes.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:05, Reply)

*sniggers at 'good head' phrase*
Are you a bit of a short arse then? I somehow imagined you to be tall and thin. Don't know why.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:10, Reply)

I'm 5'4, which isn't that short I suppose,
but I'm the smallest in my family in height and stature.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:13, Reply)

It's about average in the UK for a woman
You'll blend in!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:21, Reply)

it's upsetting that the average is that short

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Oh the little people,
how you pity them.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I lived in Wales for 4 years
it was like munchkin country.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Is it?
God, now I feel huge.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I dated a Dutch girl briefly...
...I'm a smidge over 5' 11" and I was the shortarse when we went out with her mates.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:38, Reply)

I've been to Poland and Latvia
I think you fly in a weird way and go over Scandinavia to get to both places.
This might be a lie.
*google maps*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:53, Reply)

We flew over Denmark and the bottom end of Sweden to get to Estonia
I could see the Øresund bridge out of the window.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:55, Reply)

Yay, we're going on that bridge!!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:59, Reply)

I'd like to do that
and also the Millau viaduct in France.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:01, Reply)

I've been on it
it's alright

probably better to see it from the air to be honest.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

in your fighter jet?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:49, Reply)

yeah
want to see a picture of my dog?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:52, Reply)

s/he is a labrador/jack russell/japanese akita

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:53, Reply)

labrador
called Maisie (technically parent's dog)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Oh man yes I do

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:59, Reply)

I played guitar
for indie also-rans Revolver in Bergen, Norway once.

'Alcoholocaust' would be a fair assessment - no mean feat in a country where beer was £4.50 a pint at a time when it was about half that over here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:29, Reply)

*weeps*
That's positively inhuman.

Mind you, the Finns - who've no unltra-stringent taxation on alcohol seem to have booze problems that would shame us Brits.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Not good, combined with the massive amounts of firearms they have

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:51, Reply)

The icelandic penny or whatever
is dirt cheap at the moment.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:41, Reply)

It's because they tried to set fire to the island earlier this year
All that bloody smoke and ash.

*tuts*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Nana said her friend told her that someone paid £6 for a Mars Bar in Copenhagen
*sadface*
Uncle said "Buy a load in Home Bargains and take them over to sell."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:42, Reply)

Will your family adopt me?
Mine are never that funny. They just think they are.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:44, Reply)

Oh hear this one...
My auntie's married to a greek (We'll call him Yosif). His brother (Stavros!) had come to stay, and HER brother (my uncle Nicky) comes for drinks, gets pissed and stays also.
Next morning, there's MURDER because my uncle, pissed and naked, gets into bed with greek's brother and leaves him sickened and mortally offended.
The argue continues past breakfast time, where Yosif roars "Seriously, what the fuck is your brother doing getting into bed with MY brother like that. Is he a pousti (gay)???"
Whereby my uncle goes "You're calling me gay? I just wanted some kip. Your brother's the one with white shoes mate..."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 8:50, Reply)

Hahahaha!
You should write a book about them.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Bit rich
Considering the Greeks practically invented bumderism.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

That may be a lie...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

The caveat was with "practically"...
...which implies they merely perfected the art of shirterdom.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:44, Reply)

^Brilliant
There's a QOTW winner in there.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

It's not nearly as bad as you think
since their economy went tits up in 2008. I went for 3 days at the start of this year and it was breathtaking - and I managed to do it for £320 including spending money. (ok so I was pretty frugal but it can be done)
(berk, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:59, Reply)