Svenni Gu\u00f0mars skrifar \u00ed\u00ad fylgibla\u00f0 Moggans \u00ed\u00ad dag \u00feanka fr\u00e1 Edinborg. Hann hefur n\u00fa brennt sig \u00e1 breska bankakerfinu, sem er jafn skilvirkt n\u00fa og \u00e1 \u00e1tj\u00e1ndu \u00f6ld. \u00c9g dau\u00f0skammast m\u00ed\u00adn fyrir a\u00f0 hafa ekki vara\u00f0 hann vi\u00f0 \u00feessu helv\u00ed\u00adti, en h\u00e9lt einhvern veginn a\u00f0 Katie vissi allt um seinagang bankakerfisins. Vonandi hefur Svenni ekki fari\u00f0 a\u00f0 skipta vi\u00f0 The Royal Bank of Scotland, en \u00fea\u00f0 er versta stofnun \u00ed\u00ad heimi. \u00deeir g\u00e6tu meira a\u00f0 segja l\u00e6rt margt um lipur\u00f0 og \u00fej\u00f3nustulund hj\u00e1 \u00ed\u00adslenska tollinum og er \u00fe\u00e1 miki\u00f0 sagt.<\/p>\n
En grein Svenna ger\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum a\u00f0 \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 hugsa um Edinborg og \u00fe\u00e1 s\u00e9rstaklega betlarana, sem fer br\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a nokku\u00f0 kalt – \u00fe\u00f3tt okt\u00f3ber s\u00e9 \u00e1g\u00e6tis m\u00e1nu\u00f0ur \u00fearna su\u00f0ur fr\u00e1.<\/p>\n
Sk\u00f6mmu eftir a\u00f0 \u00e9g kom fyrst til Edinborgar flutti anna\u00f0 hvort Tony Blair e\u00f0a Jack Straw r\u00e6\u00f0u um a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00e6tti ekki a\u00f0 gefa betlurum peninga. \u00deess \u00ed\u00ad sta\u00f0 \u00e6tti \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 gefa opinberum hj\u00e1lparstofnunum f\u00e9\u00f0. Allir h\u00f6tu\u00f0u Straw og Blair og \u00ed\u00ad kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0 kepptust allir Skotar vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 gefa betlurum peninga. \u00dea\u00f0 var allt a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur \u00ed\u00adhuga\u00f0i a\u00f0 droppa \u00fat \u00far sk\u00f3la, skella s\u00e9r larfa og r\u00f6lta um me\u00f0 t\u00f3man kaffibolla a\u00f0 sn\u00ed\u00adkja.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 voru einkum tveir betlarar sem \u00e9g gaf peninga – af \u00e1kaflega misj\u00f6fnum \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0um \u00fe\u00f3. Annar \u00feeirra var vinalegur eldri ma\u00f0ur, sem \u00fe\u00f3ttist alltaf ver\u00f0a himinlifandi \u00feegar einhver gauka\u00f0i l\u00ed\u00adtilr\u00e6\u00f0i a\u00f0 honum. Standard \u00feakkarkve\u00f0jan hans var: „Thank you sir! You\u00c2\u00b4re a gentleman and a scholar!“ \u00dea\u00f0 hefur m\u00e9r upp fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad fundist \u00fea\u00f0 vinalegasta sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 segja vi\u00f0 nokkurn mann \u00e1 enskri tungu.<\/p>\n
Hinn upp\u00e1haldsbetlarinn minn var me\u00f0 nokku\u00f0 a\u00f0ra n\u00e1lgun. Hann var rytjulegur, um fertugt og auglj\u00f3slega s\u00farrandi ge\u00f0veikur e\u00f0a st\u00f6\u00f0ugt \u00e1 sp\u00ed\u00adtti. \u00deegar f\u00f3lk n\u00e1lga\u00f0ist byrja\u00f0i hann a\u00f0 kalla og l\u00e1ta vita af s\u00e9r – sag\u00f0ist vera f\u00e1t\u00e6kur, atvinnulaus, \u00e1 g\u00f6tunni og almennt gr\u00e1tt leikinn.<\/p>\n
Ef vi\u00f0komandi stoppa\u00f0i og gaf honum aur, umla\u00f0i hann einhver \u00feakkaror\u00f0 – \u00fe\u00f3 helst ekki ef um minna en pund var a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a. En vei \u00feeim sem strunsu\u00f0u fram hj\u00e1! \u00deeir fengu gusurnar af sv\u00ed\u00advir\u00f0ingum – einkum h\u00e1sk\u00f3last\u00fadentarnir: „Feiti pabbastr\u00e1kur, k\u00f3ka\u00ed\u00adnhaus, drullusokkur og aumingi sem \u00feykist hafinn yfir allt og alla! \u00c9g er viss um a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa l\u00e6tur taka \u00feig \u00ed\u00ad…“ – og vi\u00f0 stelpurnar: „R\u00ed\u00adka drusla sem f\u00e6r\u00f0 allt upp \u00ed\u00ad hendurnar og skilur ekki neitt um l\u00ed\u00adfi\u00f0 og l\u00e6tur hvern sem er … \u00fe\u00e9r – vonandi f\u00e6r\u00f0u s\u00fdfillis *%&%$ %&\/*? \u00fe\u00ed\u00adn!“<\/p>\n
Einhverra hluta vegna f\u00e9kk \u00feessi betlari ekki peninga fr\u00e1 m\u00f6rgum – en a\u00f0d\u00e1endah\u00f3purinn var \u00feeim mun tryggari…<\/p>\n
Jamm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Svenni Gu\u00f0mars skrifar \u00ed\u00ad fylgibla\u00f0 Moggans \u00ed\u00ad dag \u00feanka fr\u00e1 Edinborg. Hann hefur n\u00fa brennt sig \u00e1 breska bankakerfinu, sem er jafn skilvirkt n\u00fa og \u00e1 \u00e1tj\u00e1ndu \u00f6ld. \u00c9g dau\u00f0skammast m\u00ed\u00adn fyrir a\u00f0 hafa ekki vara\u00f0 hann vi\u00f0 \u00feessu helv\u00ed\u00adti, en h\u00e9lt einhvern veginn a\u00f0 Katie vissi allt um seinagang bankakerfisins. Vonandi hefur Svenni ekki … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Betlarar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}