Would You Like Fries With That Singed Sheep Head?

The three McDonald's restaurants in Iceland are all closing this weekend, thanks to rising costs that meant they'd need to increase the price of a Big Mac by 20 percent, which would have made it the world's most expensive, costing a whopper—I mean, whopping—780 krona, or $6.36. The franchisees plan to reopen the stores under the name Metro. Maybe they should stick to traditional Icelandic favorites like cured shark, singed sheep heads, and laufabrauð (deep-fried bread). With special sauce, of course.