Elves no laughing matter in Iceland:-

[emad]

REYKJAVIK, Iceland | July 19, 2005 11:11:46 PM IST


The Icelandic tradition of believing in elves is so strong roads have been rerouted to avoid disturbing rocks where they might live, a report said.

Polls consistently show most residents of Iceland either believe in elves, or aren't willing to rule out their existence.

Retired museum director Hildur Hakonardottir, 67, told the New York Times she saw and elf once, one bigger than life and dressed like my grandmother, in a 1930s national costume.

Tourists at Hafnarfjordur, a port on the outskirts of Reykjavik, are invited to tour known elf locations, including a large rock whose reputation as an elf habitat led to plans for a nearby road being changed so as not to disturb its supernatural residents.
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[SmokingJacket]

1. So that's what happened to my kitchen scissors... nt

[Elidor]

2. It's no crazier than the Trinity

In fact, I could sooner believe in elves than the Immaculate Conception.

[WCGreen]

3. There are elves living under my lawn mower.......

They Will Not Let Me Cut The Grass...

I tell this to the neighbors, but they will not believe me.....

[soothsayer]

5. the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's birth, not Jesus'

interestingly enuff

I think you mean the virgin birth.

[Bassic]

7. Hrm. Where I come from the immaculate conception

is the conception (not the birth) of Jesus Christ, not the birth of Mary.

Immaculate becaue no one had to get down and dirty, according to the legend.

[Elidor]

9. It does? This is news to a heathen like me.

But they're fairly interchangeable for my purposes nonetheless.

[Throckmorton]

4. So thats where Elvis went,

Oh, Elves, never mind.

[seemunkee]

6. It's the underpants gnomes that really bug me

[elshiva]

8. I believe in elves and other little people, too.

[eyepaddle]

10. I just want to state how much I lllloooooovvvveeeeddddd

Iceland. Only got to spend a few days there, but it was great. I'll forgive them their quirks, for their other charms!