March 22, 201016 yr comment_337370 I didn't like the second season that much imo. I thought the end of the first season was at it's best. Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337541 The Pacific Pt1 and Pt2. Great series but for some reason they think Iceland was occupied by Germany as seen on a map in the briefing room. While in reality US troops were stationed here (since we didn't ask them and were neutral, technically occupying us) a few months before Pearl Harbor. Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337570 just watched the Watchmen ultimate cut. makes it a different movie. In a good way? Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337575 not only that, Iceland had a big swastika according to that map. We were clearly a large part of the nazi warmachine. Damn Allied troops thwarting our dreams of world domination... Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337629 The Pacific Pt1 and Pt2. Great series but for some reason they think Iceland was occupied by Germany as seen on a map in the briefing room. While in reality US troops were stationed here (since we didn't ask them and were neutral, technically occupying us) a few months before Pearl Harbor. Maybe you should also tell them that Iceland isn't in the Pacific. Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337671 The polar bears just can't catch a break with us. Now that their work is done we shoot them on sight. Report
March 23, 201016 yr comment_337674 The polar bears just can't catch a break with us. Now that their work is done we shoot them on sight. I see how it is Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338094 it was in 1942. the history of the Icelandic People chronicles the long journey to the present location, powered primarily by polar bears and puffins straining at their harnesses. can you still eat puffin (<--not meant as a euphemism) in iceland?... Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338120 can you still eat puffin (<--not meant as a euphemism) in iceland?... Yup. There is a lot of them so why not? As for the ptarmigan, it has been hunted quite a bit in the last few decades (it's a popular food on Christmas here) so a few years ago all all hunting was banned. They quickly recovered and now some are shot each year but nothing like before. Contrary to popular belief, we do take great care of the wildlife here and would never hunt something to extermination. We are all too aware how dependent we are on our fishing which is why we spend a fortune each year making sure there is nothing amiss. We have gone crazy in the past and paid for it with near financial ruin (1967) so something like this will never be allowed to happen again. Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338152 ever since J. Clarkson mentioned it on Top Gear, i've wanted to eat one...it's never been on the menu during my travels... i thought i'd get lucky & find one in Ireland, but i was on the wrong side...their puffin population is to the south... Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338155 Here they are mostly found in the south too, especially the small cluster of islands off the south coast. Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338156 Hey, it's a bird. And lest Birgir think we're being chauvinist here, I should probably mention that the '70s edition of "The Joy Of Cooking" that we got from my wife's mother has squirrel, possum, porcupine, muskrat and raccoon recipes! Edited March 24, 201016 yr by Hopstretch Report
March 24, 201016 yr comment_338157 ever since J. Clarkson mentioned it on Top Gear, i've wanted to eat one...it's never been on the menu during my travels... i thought i'd get lucky & find one in Ireland, but i was on the wrong side...their puffin population is to the south... "The waiter asked if I wanted some grated puffin on my whale and how do you say no to something like that? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-09WHp4fGU Report
March 25, 201016 yr comment_338200 ... Contrary to popular belief, we do take great care of the wildlife here and would never hunt something to extermination. ... What about bankers? Report
March 25, 201016 yr comment_338263 Sadly there is still a lot of them around and they seem to be up to their old tricks again... Report
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