Posted on 02/13/2009 2:57:35 PM PST by knighthawk
Just so lang as there is a Scotland to defend her.
Scotland is the greatest country on the Earth. Best education system, best public services, greatest inventors, greatest innovators, best place to visit (apart from the midges), lowest taxes, best hospitals and the finest libraries.
Because England pays for it all.
Keep that up and you’ll have to eat 4 plates of Haggis. LOL
What little is known about the historical St. George suggests that he was born a Palestinian Christian.
Very simple: St. George is associated with the Crusades.
American Voice (gently) It was a day like any other and Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample were a perfectly ordinary couple, leading perfectly ordinary lives - the sort of people to whom nothing extraordinary ever happened, and not the kind of people to be the centre of one of the most astounding incidents in the history of mankind ... So let’s forget about them and follow instead the destiny of this man ... (camera pans off them; they both look disappointed; camera picks up instead a smart little business man, in bowler, briefcase and pinstripes) ... Harold Potter, gardener, and tax official, first victim of Creatures from another Planet.
Newsvendor’s Voice Read all abaht it! Read all abaht it! Man turns into Scotsman!
Inspector Mrs Potter - you knew Harold Potter quite well I believe?
Wife Oh yes quite well.
Inspector Yes.
Wife He was my husband.
Inspector Yes. And, er, he never showed any inclination towards being a Scotsman before this happened?
Wife (shocked) No, no, not at all. He was not that sort of person...
Inspector He didn’t wear a kilt or play the bagpipes?
Wife No, no.
Inspector He never got drunk at night or bought home black puddings?
Wife No, no. Not at all.
Inspector He didn’t have an inadequate brain capacity?
Wife No, no, not at all.
Inspector I see. So by your account Harold Potter was a perfectly ordinary Englishman without any tendency towards being a Scotsman whatsoever?
Wife Absolutely, yes. (suddenly remembering) Mind you he did always watch Dr Finlay on television.
Inspector Ah-hah! ... Well that’s it, you see. That’s how it starts.
Wife I beg your pardon?
Inspector Well you see Scottishness starts with little things like that, and works up. You see, people don’t just turn into a Scotsman for no reason at all... (goes rigid: with Scots accent:) No further questions!
I always thought he was supposed to have been born in Cappodicia, now part of Turkey.
That holds on fears! I LIKE eating sheeps stomach stuffed full of oatmeal, mustard and offal...
I mean, wouldn’t anyone?
LOL ...very good!
It's been a while since I dabbled in the history/iconography of the Saints, but IIRC, his father was a Legionaire from Cappadocia posted to Palestine where he met George's mother, a Christian Palestinian. George is frequently referred to as "St. George of Lydda".
After all, St. George slaying an endangered dragon was very bad form and set a bad example for British yutes.
Leni
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