QOTD

[Jonathan Lighter]

And if you can believe Book TV, he was a big success in office.

We were in Iceland during his tenure. The opinion we heard was that Gnarr
was just what the place needed after being bankrupted (they say) by the
self-styled "Investment Vikings."

Go figure. Anyway, his name is Jon.

JL


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Dave Wilton <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

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> Jon Gnarr was born J=F3n Gunnar Kristinsson. He legally changed his =
> middle
> name, but was not permitted by Icelandic law to officially drop the
> patronymic. He goes by Jon Gnarr.
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> He is a professional comedian and ran for office as part of the Best =
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> a satiric political party. He never expected to win, but anti-government
> sentiment in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis put him into office.=20
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> At 8/17/2014 08:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> >Jon Gnarr, former mayor of Reykjavik, on BookTV:
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> >"In our consciousness, humor is the closest to Free Will."
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> Can this be properly attributed?  His name doesn't end in -son.
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> Joel
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> >JL
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