Such a bizarre story, Pastor Bathfire, as are all stories which originate in the frozen wastelands. This is particularly interesting:
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The island is an important nesting site for puffins and eider ducks, [Edit Both worshiped as gods in Iceland] and is also home to Iceland's only windmill - a protected monument that dates back to the 1860s, that was in operation until 1917.
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Do the Icelandish
really think it's a good idea to combine bold young puffins and fluffy baby eider ducks, perhaps making their first tentative flights, with a windmill? We have wind farms offshore in Britain, and in gale force winds my boys often take the children of uninvited guests out in the boat, to see what happens when a flock of seagulls meets a working turbine. It's carnage, obviously, and if they get too close they come home showered with feathers and gore. But the experience provides a useful introduction to the concept of Hell.
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Originally Posted by Basilissa
Do I assume correctly, that BBC divides all news in two broad categories:
1. News from the U.S. (that is, the stuff that really matters).
2. News from elsewhere (that is, the stuff that does not really matter).
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Sadly not, Sister. The Bringlish Broadcasting Cooperative divides its news as follows:
1. UK - i.e. London and Greater London (i.e. England).
2. World - everywhere else the English have heard of, but mostly the U.S.
3. Elsewhere - places you couldn't find on a map, even if you had the misfortune to live there.