Thursday, October 30, 2008

!!!...This is the Solution to all of Iceland's Problems...!!!



I am a 20 year old guy from Hólmavík Iceland. I´m in school in Reykjavík, renting an apartment downtown Reykjavík with my younger brother and a friend of mine. The falling of the Icelandic currency hasn't really hit me YET, but I think it's a matter of months now. I'm running low on money, I just got a job though, working in a bar every other weekend, which is okay, but I would like to work some more because I am seriously going to need that extra cash.

But that is besides the point. I've been thinking seriously about leaving the country this spring, and staying somewhere in Britain perhaps, and working for the summer, maybe even longer if I have to. 
But I'm not worried about my own status in this situation. My parents are taking a HUGE hit in these times of crisis. My dad is working all the overtime he can, my mom actually has three jobs. She takes out the mail in Hólmavík (a place of 400 people) and starts at 7:30 in the morning, she works in the bank from about 10:30 to 16:30 or until it closes. And then after that, she heads off to the prawn factory, where she cleans one of three sections there. And she isn't done until at least 20:00 in the evening. And that's about the time my dad gets home too, and he leaves the house at 8:00 in the morning. I have one brother and one sister, and we all live in Reykjavík and we are all in school. 
So my parents are only trying to work themselves out of the debts that they're in. 


And these politicians, I don't even want to start with that, I think that will only get me in trouble, using bad words and swearing at them. But I'm going to say one thing: they better pull up their act. It's not that I think I could do any better, not at all, we'd probably be screwed if I was to run the government in any way, BUT, we elect these people because they say they are going to make everything good, because they seem trustworthy, because, last but not least, they criticize the last government for screwing up and they say they can do much better. But then it turns out that they can't or maybe they just won't do any better. I don't know what other people think, but I think these guys are just full of it. Every single one, and then what, are we going to pick the ones that don't lie as much as the others? No, I say, we have to go back a few tens of years and start over from there.
 Maybe we could get Denmark to put us back under their wing of protection. Yeah, I think that's the right thing to do. Or maybe an another nation, since we've had the Danish before, perhaps Britain, or maybe just the United States. 
And on that bombshell my suggestion for a solution of Iceland's problem is out in the open. 
Think about this dear people, how can these things damage the nation more than it already is? 


Gordon Brown, can you please take us under your protection and keep us safe?

Jón Gústi

2 comments:

Jean-Pierre said...

I am not a UK citizen but those I encountered don't seem to really appreciate their life in UK.
Most of them think about to go to a sunnier and less crowded place.
Perhaps Denmark, Germany or Netherlands would be a more comfortable choice than UK.

But whatever place you must know that you will live in a urban and crowded place with respect to Iceland.

Anonymous said...

Gordon Brown can't even keep the UK safe so I wouldn't count on him to help you much. Remember he's the person who decided to freeze all Icelandic banking assets using terrorist legislation!

That's said, if Iceland really wanted to join the United Kingdom (currently: England, Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales and some smaller islands) then I think the British people would be happy to have you.

Mark