Best known in this regard is the reaction of Ignatius Reilly in "Confederacy of Dunces, " who takes the Greyhound bus from New Orleans to Baton Rouge once and has such a horrific experience he will never repeat it, nor would anyone else reading the book unless forced by circumstances.

NPR: Light Rail Would Connect More than Point A and B

To repeat, the differences between Greece and Iceland are many and various, but reading the report there was one other phrase that leapt out at me.

BBC: Icelandic lessons for the eurozone