Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Elves Haven't Left The Building

TheEye always enjoys beating The Croydonian to the drop with a decent survey result, and so is grinning at this one.

A ridiculous number of the denizens of Iceland believe in elves.

A University of Iceland poll found that, while few people will confess that they really believe in elves, 54 percent of the Icelandic population will not deny that they exist. Originally done in 2007 but only just published online.

Entertainingly "…Alcoa, Iceland’s largest aluminium company had to "defer to a government expert" in 2004 while scouring a potential site for a smelting plant to "certify that no elves were on or under it."

You couldn't make it up.

Posted by All Seeing Eye at 9:46 PM
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it's either banned or compulsory April 16, 2009 1:19 AM  

Charming sentiments in the comments.

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