Icelander responds to housing and car loan crisis in classical style
for a berserker
and he did it on independence day.
I keep telling you, Iceland is just way ahead of everyone else!
ok, here it is in english from icenews
60 something, lost house and car to the bank, had the demolition professionally videotaped, when he faced eviction.
He had also apparently defrauded a family of 10 million ISK on a deal for a pre-fab house.
clearing away the debris,
estimated value was about 50 million ISK.
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