Shhhhh!
So, yesterday EPI and I headed into town to help set a Guinness World Record in the 'Telephone' whisper game. Sadly, only 600-odd people showed up [not bad in the space of an hour, though, I guess] whereas 1,100 were needed in order to break the world record. Here's EPI getting whispered at by a complete stranger, so very subtly:
The game was lots of fun, everybody in a jolly mood [the weather was excellent, as you can see] and, predictably, the original sentence bore little similarity to the last one.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE
"Við setjum heimsmet í Reykjavík" [We'll set a world record in Reykjavík]
THE SENTENCE WE GOT
"Við erum komin upp á dekk" [We're up on the deck]
THE SENTENCE THAT CAME OUT AT THE END
"Er þetta komið?" [Are we done yet?]
Unrecognizable. But then - that's just what you expect, right?
TODAY'S WEATHER
It was raining this morning, had stopped by around noon, and by mid-afternoon it was still cloudy. Nonetheless, as we headed out to Selfoss for a birthday party at EPI's brother and sister-in-law's I was optimistic enough to grab my sunglasses on the way out, and lo! it was sunny almost for the rest of the day. My in-laws have this supercool house that's brand new but has a turf roof like the old Icelandic farms did, and you can easily climb it. It's surprisingly comfortable up there, and we actually spent more than half an hour on the ridge, soaking up some rays and just talking. Pretty hilarious, when you think about it. Currently 11°C [52F], sunrise was at 5:30 am, sunset at 9:31 pm.
The game was lots of fun, everybody in a jolly mood [the weather was excellent, as you can see] and, predictably, the original sentence bore little similarity to the last one.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE
"Við setjum heimsmet í Reykjavík" [We'll set a world record in Reykjavík]
THE SENTENCE WE GOT
"Við erum komin upp á dekk" [We're up on the deck]
THE SENTENCE THAT CAME OUT AT THE END
"Er þetta komið?" [Are we done yet?]
Unrecognizable. But then - that's just what you expect, right?
TODAY'S WEATHER
It was raining this morning, had stopped by around noon, and by mid-afternoon it was still cloudy. Nonetheless, as we headed out to Selfoss for a birthday party at EPI's brother and sister-in-law's I was optimistic enough to grab my sunglasses on the way out, and lo! it was sunny almost for the rest of the day. My in-laws have this supercool house that's brand new but has a turf roof like the old Icelandic farms did, and you can easily climb it. It's surprisingly comfortable up there, and we actually spent more than half an hour on the ridge, soaking up some rays and just talking. Pretty hilarious, when you think about it. Currently 11°C [52F], sunrise was at 5:30 am, sunset at 9:31 pm.
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