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'I Hate Iceland' Video: The Frustrated Scottish Man (VIDEO)
"I Hate Iceland" Video
The "I Hate Iceland" video captures the deep emotional stress travelers experience caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. The "I Hate Iceland" video quickly became a popular video on YouTube and was widely shared on Twitter, as well as other social media platforms.
Sky News was reporting in Edinburgh about the flight cancellations due to the Icelandic volcano eruption, which began on Wednesday April 14. The reporter was interviewing two travelers who just learned that their flight were canceled.
In the middle of the interview, a man, apparently Scottish, walked into the scene and shouted, "I hate Iceland! I hate Iceland!"
The man wore a sweat shirt with "HOOTER" in red letters. He walked off looking slightly embarrassed after the second chant. Beside him was another young man who appeared to be his friend, looking quite entertained by his friend's vocal act.
The reporter quickly ended the interview and walked the other way as though nothing happened.
On Twitter, some called it "I Like Turtles" version 2.0, referencing a popular video interview in 2007.
According to Viral Video Chart, the "I Hate Iceland" video has generated more than 336,000 views, 37 blog posts, 267 tweets , 938 comments, and over 8,000 Facebook shares.
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at 18:17 on April 23rd, 2010
whoever wrote this article is retarded:the "friend" next to the scottish guy is obviously not his friend but a by standing security guard, hence the neon vest, and the sweatshirt the guy is wearing says "hooters", not "hooter". wow.stellar observations by Mr. Wu
at 08:22 on April 27th, 2010
Look up celtic football club, it's a glasgow "soccer" team, they have neon football kit's. Dumb yank!