Iceland Teen Prank Calls President Bush

ABC News:

When Vífill Atlason, a 16-year-old high school student from Iceland, decided to call the White House, he could not imagine the kind of publicity it would bring.

Introducing himself as Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the actual president of Iceland, Atlason found President George W. Bush's allegedly secret telephone number and phoned, requesting a private meeting with him.

Read the whole story: ABC News

Comments

[sandhi]

"He's very resourceful you know," she (the boy's mother) said. "He has become a bit of a hero in Iceland. Bush is very unpopular here."

We're with you on that one, Mom, he's very unpopular here too.

(I was involved with a German foreign exchange- high school students - and was pleasantly surprised to learn how unpopular Bush is in Germany as well. )

[Galvestonians for Dr. Ron Paul]

Hmmmmmmm..­..

Last week

Ellen and Jenna called Duh-bya...
This week Iceland calls Duh-bya...

Same phone number for years?
They took him away?

Are they trying to keep us entertained?

[zendem1]

Bush: Hello(taking into the wrong end, he turns it over)
Bush: Hello?
Kid: Um, yes Mr President. This is the Leader of iceland.
Bush: Who? Ice what?
Kid: Iceland..I­t's a country.
Bush: Hang on a second..(c­overs mouthpiece of phone) Dick..Is Iceland one of ours?
( garble)
Bush:Ok, I'm back..wher­e were we?
Kid: I'm calling to see if you can come over.
Bush: Come over where? Iceland? Where's that, in Minnesota or somewheres?(covers phone:Dick­..where's Iceland?
(garble)
Bush: Hell, man Dick sez ya'll are way the hell off somewhere else..Ya'l­l aint even in this country.
kid: Do you have Old Crow in the bottle? Is your referigerator running?
Bush: Huh? Yea, runs fine why?

[johnfoirdfw]

He would have taken the call immediately but his team needed to coach him on the proper pronunciation of "Iceland".­...

[VivaZapata]

those icelandic tricksters­... always pulling pranks and going fishing. What would the little fish have said to the big fish?

[Jellybelly]

Waterboard him until he tells us where he got the number.

[Nova16]

And the dumb blond award goes to---. Perino doesn't know the landscape from the geography is usually somewhere between lost and found when making comments about items that appear to be common knowledge to most people. She would make a great Secretary of State.

[TitaniumAvatar]

Teen Prankster or enemy combatant?

W decides.

[loki]

Ok, what I want to know is how can the US "order" Icelands police to do anything???

[999theantiantichrist]

I read on another site a response that just cracked me up.
Someone said the kid had a lot in common with bush
because "they were both impersonating a president"
buwhahahahhahahah!

[TitaniumAvatar]

Prankster teen or enemy combatant?

W decides.

[bmermaid]

Where, oh where is the Daily Show when we need them. Fantastic fodder for them is going to waste.

[eastearll]

OMG! A prank call, now can we finally IMPEACH him?

[seniorsguidetocomputers]

I wouldn't call George Bush "normal".

[VivaZapata]

Hell o,
This is John calling to remind you to activate your platinum discover card!

Bob Dylan: "sometimes even the president of the United States must have to stand naked." or "you see you're just like me/I hope you're satisfied.­"