Originally posted by sjegAND your women are prudes!
"Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?" -
"It's SH!TE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low, the scum of the f***ing earth, the most wretched, servile, miserable, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some people hate the English, I don't. They're just w@nkers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by w@nkers. We can't even pick a de ...[text shortened]...
...Welsh. 😉
Not too much going in auld Scotland's favour there, then. 😞
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Originally posted by Red Nightcan i add a few more
1. Yes it makes me proud to be Scottish.
2. Irvine Welsh is hardly Scotland's most famous novelist. Ever heard of Sir Walter Scott, doofus? Not to mention Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Aruthur Conan Doyle
3. The list of famous Scots is so long and impressive that it doesn't even need to be mentioned, but here are a couple:
Adam Smith
James nd John McAdam.
Final thought: The real James Bond, Sean Connery, was born in Edinburgh
David Livingston
Rod Stewart
Tony Blair
Billy Connoly
Arthur Conan Doyle
Bill Forsyth
MacBeth
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundActually, I already said Scott and Doyle.
can i add a few more
David Livingston
Rod Stewart
Tony Blair
Billy Connoly
Arthur Conan Doyle
Bill Forsyth
MacBeth
But, Livingston and the rest are worth mentioning.
Alexander Fleming
John Paul Jones
Cyrus McCormick
Lord Kelvin
Joseph Lister
Jonathan Witherspoon
JK Rowling
Alistar McLean
I wasn't even gonna post on the GDF forums tonight, I'm so P.O.ed. Then this little pissant came along with his tripe.
Originally posted by Red NightThen sir, as Someone who resides in the USA, this should cheer you up .
Actually, I already said Scott and Doyle.
But, Livingston and the rest are worth mentioning.
Alexander Fleming
John Paul Jones
Cyrus McCormick
Lord Kelvin
Joseph Lister
Jonathan Witherspoon
JK Rowling
Alistar McLean
I wasn't even gonna post on the GDF forums tonight, I'm so P.O.ed. Then this little pissant came along with his tripe.
Famous Scots
First Governors of USA
When the United States were first formed and the thirteen states selected their first governors, nine were of Scottish ancestry:
Archibald Bulloch (Georgia)
George Clinton (New York)
William Livingston (New Jersey)
John MacKinlay (Delaware)
Jonathan Trumbull (Connecticut)
Richard Caswell (North Carolina)
Patrick Henry (Virginia)
Thomas McKean (Pennsylvania)
John Rutledge (South Carolina)
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundI'd heard this but I never read the list. Thanks. 🙂
Then sir, as Someone who resides in the USA, this should cheer you up .
Famous Scots
First Governors of USA
When the United States were first formed and the thirteen states selected their first governors, nine were of Scottish ancestry:
Archibald Bulloch (Georgia)
George Clinton (New York)
William Livingston (New Jersey)
John MacK ...[text shortened]... lina)
Patrick Henry (Virginia)
Thomas McKean (Pennsylvania)
John Rutledge (South Carolina)
And, for you, one more name that I've always loved and one more so famous that he needs to be mentioned:
Eric Liddell
and
William Gladstone
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Well, I have nothing to contribute to the current discussion. However, being (partly) of Scottish descent, I had always wanted to try haggis. Unfortunately, due to government regulations, you can't buy it here in the U.S. Recently I found a place that sells canned haggis that's supposed to be pretty similar to the real thing (pretty much the same ingredients, without the nasty stuff like sheep lungs...etc.). I can't vouch for it in any way, since I've never had real haggis, but I did order some online and it was quite tasty. Anyway, for anyone who's interested, here's the site:
www.caledoniankitchen.com
Originally posted by sjegThey weren't disgusted with the country, the country was disgusted with them. We didn't want them anymore, bleedin' eejits.
You've got me there.
Indeed, Sinéad AND Bob Geldof both left Ireland as they were so disgusted with the country.
Which was nice.
So a point for us there, then.
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Originally posted by Red Night1) What makes you proud to be Scottish? Are you takinhg over in the dialogue?
1. Yes it makes me proud to be Scottish.
2. Irvine Welsh is hardly Scotland's most famous novelist. Ever heard of Sir Walter Scott, doofus? Not to mention Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Aruthur Conan Doyle
3. The list of famous Scots is so long and impressive that it doesn't even need to be mentioned, but here are a couple:
Adam Smith
James nd John McAdam.
Final thought: The real James Bond, Sean Connery, was born in Edinburgh
2) I meant contemporary novelist. Who sells more books than he, from Scotland?
Side point:
Actually, Arthur Conan DOYLE was of Irish extraction, doofus. Is doofus an example of your rich Caledonian lexicon, or just evidence that you are a fan of the O.C.?
3) So long and impressive that it doesn't even need to be mentioned? I knew you couldn't resist...
Isn't John McAdam the fellow who invented tarmac?
{Wipes tear from eye}
Wud tha eye cud also be Scawtish.
Originally posted by sjegIf you mean cat's eye then yes it is.
Wud tha eye cud also be Scawtish.
However, talking about nationalities is pretty meaningless really especially in our little corner of the continent. I mean the English are really French though actually really Norwegian. The Scots are really the English as are the Welsh. The Irish are from the same stable and we're all probably African.
Originally posted by WheelyMy goodness. Your history and anthropology is purely atrocious.
If you mean cat's eye then yes it is.
However, talking about nationalities is pretty meaningless really especially in our little corner of the continent. I mean the English are really French though actually really Norwegian. The Scots are really the English as are the Welsh. The Irish are from the same stable and we're all probably African.
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Originally posted by Wheely'Cat's eyes were invented in 1933 by Percy Shaw of Yorkshire in England'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye
If you mean cat's eye then yes it is.
However, talking about nationalities is pretty meaningless really especially in our little corner of the continent. I mean the English are really French though actually really Norwegian. The Scots are really the English as are the Welsh. The Irish are from the same stable and we're all probably African.
And Percy Shaw was by blood, Scotish? English?
Actually, he was Irish, as you might have guessed from the name.
Is anybody who has ever achieved anything actually Scotish? What a nation of failures! :'(
Actually, though it took you long enough, you ARE secretly running England now, so I'll give you that one. 😀
P.S. I'm only teasing you- I actually like you Scots in general, and look forward to visiting one day. Family connexions over there, and all-I just needed to slag HH for a while, as he was being cheeky about the football. And then Red Night joined in, so I kept it up for a while.
Hope we're still mates!
😉
Originally posted by sjegAmongst your long lists of famous Jocks, i'm surprised you failed to mention the following...
1) What makes you proud to be Scottish? Are you takinhg over in the dialogue?
2) I meant contemporary novelist. Who sells more books than he, from Scotland?
Side point:
Actually, Arthur Conan DOYLE was of Irish extraction, doofus. Is doofus an example of your rich Caledonian lexicon, or just evidence that you are a fan of the O.C.?
3) So long and imp ...[text shortened]... he fellow who invented tarmac?
{Wipes tear from eye}
Wud tha eye cud also be Scawtish.
Michelle McManus
Rab C Nesbitt
Marti Pellow
Scottish goalkeepers
When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory,
Just remember there are 2 sides to every story...
Originally posted by blade68I didn't mention all the kings of England that were Scotts either, before the Nigels took over.
Amongst your long lists of famous Jocks, i'm surprised you failed to mention the following...
Michelle McManus
Rab C Nesbitt
Marti Pellow
Scottish goalkeepers
When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory,
Just remember there are 2 sides to every story...