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Alcoa, the biggest aluminum company in the country, encountered two problems peculiar to Iceland when, in 2004, it set about erecting its giant smelting plant. The first was the so-called “hidden people”—or, to put it more plainly, elves—in whom some large number of Icelanders, steeped long and thoroughly in their rich folkloric culture, sincerely believe. Before Alcoa could build its smelter it had to defer to a government expert to scour the enclosed plant site and certify that no elves were on or under it. It was a delicate corporate situation, an Alcoa spokesman told me, because they had to pay hard cash to declare the site elf-free but, as he put it, “we couldn’t as a company be in a position of acknowledging the existence of hidden people.”
Fricking elves. I left a bowl of milk out last night, but nobody polished my fricking shoes! Lazy little bastards.
Fricking elves. I left a bowl of milk out last night, but nobody polished my fricking shoes! Lazy little bastards.
First off, that hormone/drug-ladled cesspool you call 2% milk, isn't. Secondly, when I went to buff your shoes that mangeball of a cat of yours took after me as if I were a Frisky Vittles meal. We told you before - BELL THE CAT. Finally, that plant is stinky and they squished half my family under the west foundation.
Bah!
...and similarly I have heard of Western companies running into problems in China because they have ignored the principles of Feng Shui in their offices and factories...
...defer to a government expert to scour the enclosed plant site and certify that no elves were on or under it.I think the real story there is more that the government of Iceland has an expert who will certify such a thing.
I could have done it for them for half the price.
Well, when 80% of the population claims to have actually seen an elf, it seems like a valid concern. Personally I only see elves when I go to cons.
Well, duh. You live in Utah. What self-respecting elf would live there? Do you people even HAVE trees in that state?
Now Dwarves, those I can see. Utah would be kickin' dwarf country. I know I wanna go rockhunting out there ...