Erlendur \u00ed Unuh\u00fasi var okkar teingili\u00f0ur, en eftir a\u00f0 hann d\u00f3 og Unuh\u00fasi var loka\u00f0 bar fundum okkar \u00de\u00f3rbergs ekki saman nema me\u00f0 h\u00f6ppum og gl\u00f6ppum, einna helst \u00ed gestabo\u00f0um \u00fear sem ekki er kostur a\u00f0 blanda ge\u00f0i vi\u00f0 menn. \u00c9g s\u00e1 hann seinast sitja einmana og yfirgefinn \u00e1 bekk \u00ed mannt\u00f3mum g\u00e1ngi \u00e1 V\u00edfilsta\u00f0ah\u00e6li undir kv\u00f6ld seint \u00ed sumar lei\u00f0. Hann sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r a\u00f0 b\u00fai\u00f0 v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 \u201etaka af s\u00e9r\u201c penna og pennaskaft, blekbyttu og bla\u00f0, hva\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 hann hef\u00f0i b\u00f3k af nokkru tagi a\u00f0 l\u00edta \u00ed. M\u00e9r fanst \u00feetta m\u00e6tti ekki svo til g\u00e1nga og reif bla\u00f0 \u00far vasab\u00f3kinni minni og skrifa\u00f0i \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 eina v\u00edsu eftir Hannes stutta, \u201eBr\u00fa\u00f0kaupsdagur Dags kom \u00fe\u00e1, d\u00fa\u00f0i fagur skr\u00fa\u00f0i\u201c osfrv, og f\u00e9kk honum. Hann stakk br\u00e9fsnuddunni on\u00ed gleraugnah\u00fasin s\u00edn, horf\u00f0i h\u00fdrlega \u00e1 mig, en brosti me\u00f0 samanbitnum v\u00f6rum.<\/p>\n
Fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum t\u00f3k hann mig \u00fat\u00ed horn \u00ed kokkteilbo\u00f0i og segir m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e1 \u00feessi t\u00ed\u00f0indi: \u201eN\u00fa eru \u00feeir farnir a\u00f0 rekast \u00e1 menn \u00e1 g\u00e1ngi h\u00e9r upp\u00ed b\u00e6 me\u00f0 eina n\u00f6s og ekkert mi\u00f0snesi.\u201c<\/p>\n
\u00deetta mun hafa veri\u00f0 um \u00fe\u00e6r mundir sem ormurinn haf\u00f0i n\u00fds\u00e9st \u00ed Lagarflj\u00f3ti, en \u00de\u00f3rbergur veri\u00f0 ger\u00f0ur hei\u00f0ursf\u00e9lagi \u00ed monstr\u00f3l\u00f3g\u00edska f\u00e9laginu breska sem stendur undir \u00e6gishj\u00e1lmi og hl\u00edfiskildi bretakon\u00fangs. \u00c9g st\u00edng n\u00fa upp\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 \u00de\u00f3rberg hvort ekki muni vera m\u00e1l til komi\u00f0 a\u00f0 safna undirskriftum um \u00e1skorun til r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rnarinnar a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta flytja Lagarflj\u00f3tsorminn h\u00ednga\u00f0 su\u00f0ur og setja hann h\u00e9r \u00ed Tj\u00f6rnina. Ekki haf\u00f0i \u00de\u00f3rbergur tr\u00fa \u00e1 sl\u00edku fyrirt\u00e6ki; dularfull fyrirbrig\u00f0i var ekki h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 skipuleggja, allra s\u00edst undir \u00feessari r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rn, heldur ur\u00f0u \u00feau a\u00f0 koma af sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r, a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hann taldi.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 h\u00e9ldum \u00e1fram a\u00f0 vera vinir \u00ed fjarska eftir fall Unuh\u00fass, og \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 vin\u00e1ttu br\u00e1 ekki skugga \u00fe\u00f3 hann v\u00e6ri s\u00e1 ma\u00f0ur sem m\u00e9r hefur fundist einna \u00f3skiljanlegast saman settur allra sem \u00e9g hef kynst; og honum \u00e1rei\u00f0anlega s\u00fdnst hi\u00f0 sama um mig. \u00de\u00f3rbergur var \u00ed m\u00ednum augum ekki a\u00f0eins tveir e\u00f0a \u00fer\u00edr menn, heldur tv\u00e6r e\u00f0a \u00ferj\u00e1r \u00f3l\u00edkar heimsmenn\u00edngar a\u00f0 g\u00e1skafullum leik \u00ed einni pers\u00f3nu sem \u00fe\u00f3 aldrei klofna\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
\u00datlend\u00edngar t\u00f6ldu hann vera eina manninn \u00ed heiminum sem \u00ed senn v\u00e6ri marxisti og andatr\u00faarma\u00f0ur. \u00deeir s\u00f3ttu fast eftir a\u00f0 kynnast sl\u00edkum manni og r\u00e6ddu \u00feetta dularfulla fyrirbrig\u00f0i oft vi\u00f0 \u00edslend\u00ednga, \u00fear\u00e1me\u00f0al undirrita\u00f0an, og vildu f\u00e1 sk\u00fdr\u00edngu \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed. \u00c9g sag\u00f0ist ekki \u00feekkja hann \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi en \u00feann rith\u00f6fund sem \u00fev\u00ed st\u00e6\u00f0i n\u00e6stur af n\u00e1tt\u00farunni a\u00f0 skrifa \u00f3bundi\u00f0 m\u00e1l l\u00edkt \u00edslensku gullaldarm\u00e1li 13du aldar, ef hann vildi. Sl\u00edk sv\u00f6r f\u00f3ru fyrir ofan gar\u00f0 og ne\u00f0an hj\u00e1 \u00fatlend\u00edngum.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r ver\u00f0ur \u00f3gleymanlegur fundur \u00fear sem \u00e9g var n\u00e6rstaddur me\u00f0 \u00de\u00f3rbergi og p\u00f3lskum pr\u00f3fessor sem h\u00e9r var \u00e1 fer\u00f0, og reyndar hefur skrifa\u00f0 b\u00f3k um landi\u00f0. \u00deessi pr\u00f3fessor var feiknarlegur marxisti, einsog margir p\u00f3lverjar segjast vera n\u00fa \u00e1 d\u00f6gum, og hann var sta\u00f0r\u00e1\u00f0inn \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 komast til botns \u00ed \u00feessum fur\u00f0ulega manni h\u00e9r \u00fat\u00e1 \u00cdslandi sem \u00ed senn var marxisti, haf\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 var vi\u00f0 draugag\u00e1ng og tr\u00fa\u00f0i \u00e1 lj\u00f3s \u00ed klettum.<\/p>\n
Nokkrum d\u00f6gum s\u00ed\u00f0ar h\u00f6f\u00f0u p\u00f3lverjar kokkteil fyrir \u00feennan mann \u00ed sendir\u00e1\u00f0i s\u00ednu h\u00e9r \u00ed b\u00e6num. \u00de\u00e1 bar svo vel \u00ed vei\u00f0i a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00de\u00f3rbergur vorum \u00fear b\u00e1\u00f0ir me\u00f0al gesta, svo \u00e9g s\u00e1 m\u00e9r leik \u00e1 bor\u00f0i a\u00f0 kynna hann hinum p\u00f3lska hei\u00f0ursgesti.<\/p>\n
P\u00f3lverjinn hneig\u00f0i sig on\u00ed g\u00f3lf og sag\u00f0i: Loks er upprunnin s\u00fa l\u00e1ng\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0a stund fyrir m\u00e9r, a\u00f0 heilsa \u00de\u00f3rbergi \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0arsyni. Getur \u00fea\u00f0 veri\u00f0 satt a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r s\u00e9u\u00f0 \u00ed senn andatr\u00faarma\u00f0ur og marxisti?<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00f3rbergur beit l\u00edti\u00f0 eitt \u00e1 v\u00f6rina \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 brosa, leit fast \u00e1 manninn og svara\u00f0i: \u00c9g er skr\u00fdmslafr\u00e6\u00f0ingur hennar h\u00e1tignar bretadrotn\u00edngar.<\/p>\n
– Halld\u00f3r Laxness, Seiseij\u00fa, mikil \u00f3sk\u00f6p, bls. 55-8<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Erlendur \u00ed Unuh\u00fasi var okkar teingili\u00f0ur, en eftir a\u00f0 hann d\u00f3 og Unuh\u00fasi var loka\u00f0 bar fundum okkar \u00de\u00f3rbergs ekki saman nema me\u00f0 h\u00f6ppum og gl\u00f6ppum, einna helst \u00ed gestabo\u00f0um \u00fear sem ekki er kostur a\u00f0 blanda ge\u00f0i vi\u00f0 menn. \u00c9g s\u00e1 hann seinast sitja einmana og yfirgefinn \u00e1 bekk \u00ed mannt\u00f3mum g\u00e1ngi \u00e1 V\u00edfilsta\u00f0ah\u00e6li … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Vi\u00f0 \u00de\u00f3rbergur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bkur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13675,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/13675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}