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Unread 05-04-2008, 14:11
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Re: pic: FRC1918 Trackball-Globe

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Originally Posted by Leav View Post
I think the parent post was referring to global warming as the reason why Greenland would need to be painted green....

but yes they messed things up on purpose so that people wouldn't come to Iceland which is really green and nice, so that they would have it all to themselves... (or at least that's what I was told...)

-Leav

-Leav
This is going to be slightly off-topic, but it's spring-break and I've been away from history class too long.

If you're willing to believe Wiki about the history of Iceland:

"The first Scandinavian who deliberately sailed to Garðarshólmi was Flóki Vilgerðarson, also known as Hrafna-Flóki (Raven-Flóki). Flóki settled for one winter at Barðaströnd. It was a cold winter, and when he spotted some drift ice in the fjords he gave the island its current name, Ísland (Iceland)."

Slightly less exciting than the aforementioned explanation, but hey, you never know.

-Greg P.
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