Has Anyone Been To Reykjavik?

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Am thinking of going in February for 3 or 4 nights, anyone got any advice about hotels, places to visit etc? Have had a virtual drive-round on google maps and it looks like a giant suburb.

superflyweight wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:No, super.  No they're not.

I have done a bit of research and it appears you're right.

Spoiler:

They come under McVities's 'Our biscuits' section so we can put this one to bed.

I do know a lot about biscuits.  Any chance that there will be a round in the Culture Cup, anytime?  

Corrected that for you

Tomorrow. I was waiting for one poster to re-submit their choice but they are protesting so I am just going ahead with it anyway.

Only two rounds left.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Tomorrow.  I was waiting for one poster to re-submit their choice but they are protesting so I am just going ahead with it anyway.

Only two rounds left.

Is one of the last 2 rounds a special Valentines Day round?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Tomorrow.  I was waiting for one poster to re-submit their choice but they are protesting so I am just going ahead with it anyway.

Only two rounds left.

Name and shame them, Tina. I want blood.

superflyweight wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Tomorrow.  I was waiting for one poster to re-submit their choice but they are protesting so I am just going ahead with it anyway.

Only two rounds left.

Name and shame them, Tina.  I want blood.  

You'll work it out when I wrap up the next round in the round after which is also the last round.  Follow?

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:Along with green tea and camomile tea it's one of my three favourite types of tea.  Get all different types at work for free which is handy for tea experimentation and tea thievery.

I don't recommend the lemongrass, ginger and citrus flavour, it's sh*t.

Mrs Womble once gave me a green tea. I nearly threw up. Tasted like cat wee. Never ever again. Tea should be Yorkshire Gold, with milk and 2 sweetners.

Green tea doesn't require a certain amount of skill, the bag should only be left in the cup for a minute or two (depending if it's Chinese or Japanese tea) and then discarded otherwise the taste can be quite bitter. I take it with a sweetener. Milk in tea is just wrong.

Galted wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:Along with green tea and camomile tea it's one of my three favourite types of tea.  Get all different types at work for free which is handy for tea experimentation and tea thievery.

I don't recommend the lemongrass, ginger and citrus flavour, it's sh*t.

Mrs Womble once gave me a green tea. I nearly threw up. Tasted like cat wee. Never ever again. Tea should be Yorkshire Gold, with milk and 2 sweetners.

Green tea doesn't require a certain amount of skill, the bag should only be left in the cup for a minute or two (depending if it's Chinese or Japanese tea) and then discarded otherwise the taste can be quite bitter.  I take it with a sweetener.  Milk in tea is just wrong.

Is Wyngrove also partial to a bit of Tea Bagging?

I went on a school trip to Rekjavik it was pretty boring but then again I couldnt drink so maybe that was why lol

I think that says more about you, or maybe the school trip, than either Reykjavik or Iceland.

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:Along with green tea and camomile tea it's one of my three favourite types of tea.  Get all different types at work for free which is handy for tea experimentation and tea thievery.

I don't recommend the lemongrass, ginger and citrus flavour, it's sh*t.

Mrs Womble once gave me a green tea. I nearly threw up. Tasted like cat wee. Never ever again. Tea should be Yorkshire Gold, with milk and 2 sweetners.

Green tea doesn't require a certain amount of skill, the bag should only be left in the cup for a minute or two (depending if it's Chinese or Japanese tea) and then discarded otherwise the taste can be quite bitter.  I take it with a sweetener.  Milk in tea is just wrong.

Is Wyngrove also partial to a bit of Tea Bagging?

He's surprisingly ok with at as he likes a snack.

what is tea bagging

Seriously?

Are you 12?

Mike Power wrote:what is tea bagging

The art of brewing the perfect cuppa.

Galted wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:Along with green tea and camomile tea it's one of my three favourite types of tea.  Get all different types at work for free which is handy for tea experimentation and tea thievery.

I don't recommend the lemongrass, ginger and citrus flavour, it's sh*t.

Mrs Womble once gave me a green tea. I nearly threw up. Tasted like cat wee. Never ever again. Tea should be Yorkshire Gold, with milk and 2 sweetners.

Green tea doesn't require a certain amount of skill, the bag should only be left in the cup for a minute or two (depending if it's Chinese or Japanese tea) and then discarded otherwise the taste can be quite bitter.  I take it with a sweetener.  Milk in tea is just wrong.

Mrs Womble was taught to leave the tea bag in for ages. She doesn't put milk in it. That is wrong. You must like milk in normal tea? Don't tell us you drink black tea as well? I had that once, vile!

I'm almost certain his little finger is sticking out when he drinks his peppermint tea.

That isn't his finger

 

 

I like Yorkshire tea left to brew for a while, zero sugar and a tad of full fat milk. Should be a brown / gold colour and piping hot.

Never been in to tea, or coffee for that matter.

Much prefer a glass of sugar free vimto.

seanmichaels wrote:I like Yorkshire tea left to brew for a while, zero sugar and a tad of full fat milk. Should be a brown / gold colour and piping hot.

That is the first sensible thing you've said in months, michaels.  That is exactly what a cup of tea should be like.

None of this peppermint or camomile sh*t.

Prefer coffee myself. With a touch of milk so it looks like mud and 2 sweeteners.

I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

The Womble wrote:Prefer coffee myself. With a touch of milk so it looks like mud and 2 sweeteners.

I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

Black coffee with no sugar through most of the day for me. Cup of tea in the evening and then a syringe full of smack just before I go to bed.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:Prefer coffee myself. With a touch of milk so it looks like mud and 2 sweeteners.

I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

Black coffee with no sugar through most of the day for me.  Cup of tea in the evening and then a syringe full of smack just before I go to bed.

I prefer to pour absinthe into my eyes. It's a good replacement for Optrex.

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:Prefer coffee myself. With a touch of milk so it looks like mud and 2 sweeteners.

I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

Black coffee with no sugar through most of the day for me.  Cup of tea in the evening and then a syringe full of smack just before I go to bed.

I prefer to pour absinthe into my eyes. It's a good replacement for Optrex.

I find it dries my pupils out so I stick to setting it on fire and drinking it.

Smack is more readily available and miles cheaper.

seanmichaels wrote:I like Yorkshire tea left to brew for a while, zero sugar and a tad of full fat milk. Should be a brown / gold colour and piping hot.

Yorkshire tea is definitely the best out there. Work only has the horrendous PG Tips, may as well drink urine.

TopHat24/7 wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I like Yorkshire tea left to brew for a while, zero sugar and a tad of full fat milk. Should be a brown / gold colour and piping hot.

Yorkshire tea is definitely the best out there.  Work only has the horrendous PG Tips, may as well drink urine.

PG Tips is awful. You need to have Yorkshire Tea Gold. Its even better than normal Yorkshire tea.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:Prefer coffee myself. With a touch of milk so it looks like mud and 2 sweeteners.

I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

Black coffee with no sugar through most of the day for me.  Cup of tea in the evening and then a syringe full of smack just before I go to bed.

I prefer to pour absinthe into my eyes. It's a good replacement for Optrex.

I find it dries my pupils out so I stick to setting it on fire and drinking it.

Smack is more readily available and miles cheaper.

Might have to change to smack, need to look after the pennies.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

I think you've been rather unkind to Galted today. I hope you see it fit to apologise to him tomorrow.

Just as we thought Michaels had finally got the hang of the quote function.......

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Black coffee with no sugar through most of the day for me.  

Good call Tina, you are climbing back up the all important Rowley's favourite poster on here list.

Sure he'd climb to the top if he'd sort out the bloody Cup competition.....!!!

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
I'll leave fruit tea's and stuff like that to Galted.

I think you've been rather unkind to Galted today. I hope you see it fit to apologise to him tomorrow.

 
 
Thanks, michaels, but a few snotty comments aren't going to put me off my work rehabilitating these northern types.  The joy on their little faces when they've learned how to catch a bus, or not get fleeced by the magic bean sellers, or poo sitting down, or order an expensive bottle of imported lager, or construct an entire sentence in English makes it all worth it.

Tina is not Northern. He openly admitted he had been to the theatre the other day. The only time a real northern would ever go to the theatre is to see the snooker at the Crucible.

I've had my doubts about him as well: the way he surrenders his computer to his kids at half-term instead of thrashing them with one of the smaller kids, his fascination with arthropods instead of whippets and livestock and his preference for sandwiches over spleen-and-ale pies.

Rowley wrote:Tina is not Northern. He openly admitted he had been to the theatre the other day. The only time a real northern would ever go to the theatre is to see the snooker at the Crucible.

One is just trying to broaden ones horizons, Jeffrey.

Galted, at least I am trying to move away from any northern stereotypes you might carry around which is more than can be said for you. You are doing your level best to reinforce the image I have of southerners being big blouses. You drink peppermint tea for Christs sake. And worse than that, you wear waterproof clothing to protect you from the rain. That is what your skin is for. I don't even get my coat out until the temperature starts with a minus.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I'm almost certain his little finger is sticking out when he drinks his peppermint tea.

Was going to reply last night but decided to check this morning to remove any doubt.  I drink it from a polystyrene cup, holding the cup with my thumb and index, middle and ring fingers in the following positions: thumb, halfway down/up the cup on the side nearest to me, index finger 4/5 of the way up the cup on the side opposite to me, middle finger 1/4 of the way up the cup on the side opposite to me, ring finger at the bottom of the cup on the side opposite to me providing stability.  This leaves no space for my little finger which, while not in contact, certainly does not stick out, instead bending towards the palm so that, looking down at the cup, it is visible on the side nearest to me.

I can deduce from your comment that you drink your tea from a cup or a mug which automatically causes erectness of the little finger due to a lack of space on the handle .

Galted wrote:

I can deduce from your comment that you drink your tea from a cup or a mug which automatically causes erectness of the little finger due to a lack of space on the handle .

I drink it direct from the kettle. 2.48 seconds after boiling point.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

I can deduce from your comment that you drink your tea from a cup or a mug which automatically causes erectness of the little finger due to a lack of space on the handle .

I drink it direct from the kettle.  2.48 seconds after boiling point.

 

With regards to the waterproof clothing, it's not so much to keep me dry as to keep my wallet, iPod, coins, passport, USB stick and theatre, gallery and museum tickets dry.

Do you carry your passport around with you as proof of nationality, if required by a prospective East European date?

Partly because I'm less likely to lose it if it's attached to me, partly as a seduction tool for East European husband hunters. Hasn't really worked as a seduction tool though, a bit like my technique of pretending to care about what the target gash is rabbiting on about in the hope it makes me seem worldy and thoughtful.

Galted wrote:pretending to care about what the target gash is rabbiting on about

I can't believe you haven't found a women yet, Galted.

Complete mystery to me, Tino.

Incidentally, it's a woman, not a women.  That's just the kind of sexist disrespect that could get a forum such as this into trouble.

Galted wrote:Complete mystery to me, Tino.

Incidentally, it's a woman, not a women.  That's just the kind of sexist disrespect that could get a forum such as this into trouble.

I'm from the North West. We talk about them in the plural.

Is the North West a Mormon stronghold?

It is actually.  We don't like to advertise the fact but it's true.

The reality is, I am that good looking it would be criminal to limit myself to one wife.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It is actually.  We don't like to advertise the fact but it's true.

The reality is, I am that good looking it would be criminal to limit myself to one wife.

That the line you led with when failing spectacularly with that Ukrainian bird at work...??

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It is actually.  We don't like to advertise the fact but it's true.

The reality is, I am that good looking it would be criminal to limit myself to one wife.

That the line you led with when failing spectacularly with that Ukrainian bird at work...??

I've decided she is a lesbian.

There is no other answer.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It is actually.  We don't like to advertise the fact but it's true.

The reality is, I am that good looking it would be criminal to limit myself to one wife.

That the line you led with when failing spectacularly with that Ukrainian bird at work...??

I've decided she is a lesbian.

There is no other answer.

I think she's bi, she's always trying to sneak into the sleeping bag with Weisz and I.

You've never met Rachel Weisz.