14.2.2010
Humorous Icelandic Tales4
http://www.netsaga.is/media/files/Svenni-%20Ibitus3.mp3
Islands, called Rich Einar, retired from managing
the fish freezing plant at Flateyri in 1960, Mr. Rafn
A. Petursson from Skagafjordur bought the plant’s
operations, fixtures and real estate. Rafn was
educated as a shipbuilder and he was somewhat
fond of the odd drink. When he drank he tended
to puff himself out and act as if he were an
important man.
At this time employers situated in the
countryside often had to go south to Reykjavik
in order to obtain loans from the banks there.
These trips were called touching expeditions.
During one such trip Rafn stayed at Hotel Borg.
After a successful trip to the bank he invited a
friend to accompany him back to the hotel, where
they raised countless glasses in celebration. As
the evening progressed the talk of those two
companions grew ever louder until a waiter
approached them and asked them to keep it down.
Rafn, who had plenty of money on him after
having gone to the bank that day, took great
offence at these words and demanded to see the
hotel manager, and when he arrived hissed at
him:
"I’ll buy the hotel and sack that damned
waiter."
Buying a Hotel
When Mr. Einar Sigurdsson of the Westman