14.2.2010


Humorous Icelandic Tales 23






 

Stiffness in the Neck


http://www.netsaga.is/media/files/awakening.mp3


Once when Mr. Brynjolfur Thor Brynjolfsson was

director of the branch of the National Bank of

Iceland in Isafjordur, one of the female employees

was complaining about a stiff neck during a coffee

break and kept rubbing her neck. She then said:

"I can’t imagine what position I was sleeping

in last night to cause this stiffness."

This woman was married to a trawler fisherman.

Old Brynki asked her if her husband’s ship was in

port at the moment.

"Yes", she replied, "it came in yesterday."

Brynjolfur then muttered:

"Then it is pretty clear what position you were

in last night."

Brynjolfur Thor Brynjolfsson.