In 2009 some seniors in the UK were rather bemused to find they were being offered handknit sweaters by concerned Icelanders, who had read about old people suffering from cold indoors in the UK, and figured they simply needed more layers... http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Icelandic-donation-jumpers-given-East-Yorkshire-s-elderly/story-11952371-detail/story.html
The English aren't used to being treated like a needy underdeveloped country - particularly from Iceland.
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Date: 2011-12-16 02:02 pm (UTC)http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Icelandic-donation-jumpers-given-East-Yorkshire-s-elderly/story-11952371-detail/story.html
The English aren't used to being treated like a needy underdeveloped country - particularly from Iceland.