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Old 01-22-2014, 01:55 PM   #1
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A UK newspaper, The Independent, had in its edition for Monday, 23rd December 2013, the following article with the headline, 'Road project in Iceland delayed to protect 'hidden' elves':

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-9021768.html

The Supreme Court of Iceland has been asked by a group to rule on the road's cultural and environmental impact, including the plight of the elves.
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Andri Snaer Magnason, an environmentalist, told the Associated Press that his major concern was that the road would cut a lava field in two and destroy animal nesting sites.

“Some feel that the elf thing is a bit annoying,” said Magnason, adding that personally he was not sure they existed.
Is his real name Sandyman? Seems a bit smug and elf-satisfied to me.
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A UK newspaper, The Independent, had in its edition for Monday, 23rd December 2013, the following article with the headline, 'Road project in Iceland delayed to protect 'hidden' elves':

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...s-9021768.html

The Supreme Court of Iceland has been asked by a group to rule on the road's cultural and environmental impact, including the plight of the elves.
First global warming, then climate change, and now...deelvestation.
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First global warming, then climate change, and now...deelvestation.
As documented in Annatar Gorbag's well-known Moria Award winning film, An Inconvenient Elf.
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I wonder - if you manage to take a photo of an elf, is it called an "elfie"? And do elves take photos of themselves - elfie selfies?
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I wonder - if you manage to take a photo of an elf, is it called an "elfie"? And do elves take photos of themselves - elfie selfies?
And if they don't include other of their kin in their pictures, are they being rude and 'elfish'?
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