Hérna er framsaga sem ég flutti í áfanga um Íslands og seinni heimsstyrjöldina. Þetta er alls ekki tæmandi upplýsingar, vonandi koma skemtilegar umræður út frá þessu efni. Hér verður fjallað um samskipti Íslendinga og Breta á millistríðsárunum, en það er kannski við hæfi að líta aðeins aftur um nokkrar aldir og sjá hvernig þessi samskipti þróuðust. Í upphafi höfðu Íslendingar helst samskipti við Norðmenn. Á 15. öld fara að koma hinar ýmsu þjóðir til þess að veiða fisk við strendur landsins...

Hérna er sagan af nóa flóðinu frá Babylóníumönnum. Gilgamesh var konungur af úr sem súmeranir , babylónar og assýriar litu á sem hetju og guð. Í sögunni af gilgames fer hann og vinur hans Enkidu í leit af ódauðleikanum. Þeir gera það með því að leysa ótruleg afrek gegn ógurlegum fultrúum guðanna, sem eru staðráðnir í að stopa þá félaga. Félagi Gilgames deyr en Gilgames heldur ótrauður áfram og vill gilgames einnig komast að tilgangi lífsins. (Enkidu talar til vinar síns Gilgames) “ hlustaðu...

Saving a Bear A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another, and they decided to do a seven-day experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear and preach to it....

This lady approaches a priest and tells him, “Father, I have a problem. I have these two talking female parrots, but they only know how to say one thing.” “What do they say?” the priest asked. “They only know how to say, ‘Hi, we are prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?’” “That's terrible!” the priest exclaimed, “But I have a solution to your problem. Bring your two talking female parrots over to my house and I will put them with my two male talking parrots who I have taught to pray and...

Odd Rabbi Out These four rabbis had a series of theological arguments, and three were always in accord against the fourth. One day, the odd rabbi out, after the usual “3 to 1, majority rules” statement that signified that he had lost again, decided to appeal to a higher authority. “Oh, God!” he cried. “I know in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me a sign to prove it to them!” It was a beautiful, sunny day. As soon as the rabbi finished his prayer, a storm cloud moved...