Comments on: Comedy criminal rewarded by stupidity

By: Knowless

Knowless — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:54:21 +0000

The Police
“advise everybody else to stop laughing”

would not be out of place in a Monty Python sketch.

By: fishy

fishy — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:31:47 +0000

a lot of people probably would not know if they had a fake 2000 krona note as you very rarely see them.

By: w

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:33:03 +0000

The banknote is a piece from the final project of art student Ódinn Thór Kjartansson,he displayed two full bags of the fake banknotes at Kjarvalsstadir Art Museum last spring, some banknotes were taken by people who visited the art show as souvenir. i think the counterfeiter’s main intention is to criticize David Oddsson, that’s why he used the banknotes now but not last spring

By: RPH

RPH — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:08:23 +0000

Funny… from this angle the photo looks like John Belushi…

By: Radek, Czech Republic

Radek, Czech Republic — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:26:17 +0000

One more comment – I wish that counterfeiter would be found, caught and jailed (for sure just for a while). He/she would became very famous – as a first political prisoner on Iceland – and I am sure that after that there would be such political and medial storm (probably even international) that finally that “c–k” would resign.
SO – I DO PLEASE THAT COUNTERFITER – TRY TO PAY ONCE AGAIN WITH THAT BANKNOTE AND LET YOURSELF JAIL – YOU WILL HELP TO ICELAND MORE THAN ANY DEMONSTRATION!!!!

By: from SPAIN

from SPAIN — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:03:05 +0000

Excessive kindness of the workers in some stores can be stupidity. Everybody knows banknotes in their countries, even emigrants: those that more!

I think, it was a political activism, but with economic yield! Jail, and only euro 60? Is it a joke?

Perhaps, he would want to put in the streets which Central Bank did not do some years before: new banknote, and higher value!!

By: Radek, Czech Republic

Radek, Czech Republic — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:21:39 +0000

Koben – I agree – it would be better to use “Icelandic residents of foreign origin”.
I personally consider it like a good joke – first it was succesfully presented in newspapers (and it really shows who responsible for current situation and who has helped those speculators – and still is helping – dtto fix rate of ISK, 18% interest rate – but it is for another discussion). And second – I would expect that shop assistant (even foreign origin) at till is familiar with all Icelandic banknotes (and coins). It can take few minutes to check them (and memorise) on webpages of Sedlabanki Íslands. Here is the link for other possible “shop assitansts-victims of counterfeiting”.

http://www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=272

http://www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=273

Anyway – good luck to Iceland – I love this country and I would die for it – and it hurts me twice if such “c–k” is leading the Cental Bank. At least – they have got good web-pages with those banknotes and coins:-)

By: Koben

Koben — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:02:07 +0000

“all Icelandic citizens of foreign origin to reacquaint themselves with the appearance of banknotes to avoid being defrauded in the future.”

If you’re an Icelandic citizens (of foreign origin) you need to have lived 7 years in Iceland before acquiring the citizenship. Can you tell how on earth can’t you know how bank notes look like after 7 years?

By: Michalis, Greece

Michalis, Greece — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:42:17 +0000

OK, thanks then for the clarification. Maybe I had misunderstood your article.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:12:12 +0000

Hi again Michalis,

Our aim in posting the story was simply to highlight the issue and not to pass judgement on it – directly, or implied. If you got the impression that we were condemning the act, I can only apologise. In fact, my personal take on it is much the same as yours….

Thanks again for reading IceNews
Alëx