Posted on 08/22/2011 11:50:05 AM PDT by the scotsman
'Scots men have been named the manliest in the world in a survey, with our English neighbours trailing badly in third place.
Voters were impressed by Scotland's rugged landscape and its status as the birthplace of Rob Roy and William Wallace, as well as modern-day macho men such as Sean Connery, Gordon Ramsay and Gerard Butler.
We topped the poll with 26 per cent of the vote, followed by Australia (16), England (15), Russia (14) and Finland (seven).'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyrecord.co.uk ...
A friend and I were staying in North Yorkshire and decided to drive up to the border of Scotland for a day . Once there , we stopped in to a pub for a beer . We were sitting at the bar and 4 young dudes were playing pool . Next thing we knew billiard balls began being shot in our direction . Guess they didn’t like our looks and/or the fact we were Yanks . We finished our beers and took our time driving back to England .
I’ve only been to Scotland once. We were staying in a hotel in Edinburgh. I was having a few pints of Wm. Younger’s Tartan Bitter and the locals were playing darts. As the clock ticked neared 2230, they got friendlier and friendlier. They even bought their Yank visitor a couple of pints. It turns out that as long as there is a guest of the hotel in the bar, they have to keep the bar open. I stayed there until I was legless and then they had to leave.
I’ll drink to that !
Dont take Scotland by those idiots.
We are famously friendly and we like Americans (as long as you patronise us about being ‘quaint’).
“We wear kilts and sporrans.
“Concepts such as advanced vocabulary...
Calling a skirt a kilt and a purse a sporran isn’t advanced vocab. - playing with words to avoid the truth.
If you want to wear a skirt, heels, a small purse to hold lipstick, etc... who am I to tell you it’s wrong?
That is, unless it reflects some kind of transvestite thing... I assume your wife knows?
GroundsKeeper Willie is one of my all-time favorite characters.
From what I have read, between 1690 and 1776 those prisoners and convicts from England were sent here to the states. A lot of Scottish Jacobites (catholics) were exiled to America as prisoners. It was our American revolution that forced the English to take their prisoners to Australia. So in essence, the American revolution set the stage for the formation of the modern Australian state. Yet another benefit of our revolution.
Best I can tell my ancestor came freely before the Jacobite rebellion. We were one of the early free Scots who came to the new world. Our entire ancient Scottish clan was later pretty much removed from Scotland by the English. They later made the tartan illegal to boot. Of course they eventually had a change of heart when they realized their mistake. Then they re-embraced the Scottish clans and celebrated their rich history. A lot of Scottish land and holdings were taken from our clan. There even was a modern move to compensate the old clans the English wronged, but it never went any where.
Know why a kilt is called a kilt?
‘Cause if ye called it a skeert, you’d get kilt.”
My post should read ‘dont patronise us’.....lol
Kinda funny to look at the current youts fashions. They wear shirts as big as dresses and shorts as long as skirts. They apparently are all attempting to be Scottish clan members. And the blue tattoo craze perhaps means they all may have some Pictish Scot in them also.
Remember this guy who thwarted an attack from Al Queda’s unfortunate Glasgow chapter?
http://seriouslulz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/1242885695307-570x733.jpg
Lipstick? In a sporran?
You need to quit projecting on Scots the things you carry in the pockets of your hemp jeans while on the way to Whole Foods.
Those are all girls. The blue kilt is the Texas kilt, I think. So the picture is probably from Texas.
“Scots living in Texas are the toughest!”
I have to agree. Scots make great Texans.
I own three kilts and all the trimmings. I once was asked if should be wearing a kilt because I am not Scottish.
My replay: “If ye can take it Laddie, ye can ‘ave it”. He said, looking at the broadsword,the dirk and Sgian Dubh...”Uh no...”
Sorry, a sporran is too small for a nice handgun, an axe or much more than one extra clip.
One must conclude it holds feminine accessories when you add in the skirt.
Or perhaps it’s a “European Organizer” for Scotts...
Five of my sporrans (black leather, arctic fox, badger, raccoon, lynx) are large enough for a Sig 229.
The sterling/fox? Won't hold the Sig. Just sayin'.
Now Scoutmaster, I like you in a man kind of way, but FIVE purses - I mean sporrans????
How many heels? I sense way too much accessorizing happening here...
IF you really want to know the truth, it's six in total.
Long ago in my Scouting career I was in a position of authority and presided over a banquet for large multi-Council BSA event. Just for laughs (and because everyone knew that much of my work at the time was in the area of international Scouting), I entered the state from the wings dressed from the waist up in my BSA field uniform, but starting from the waist down wearing a kilt belt, Clan buckle/kilt pin, a McLaren (there's a Scouting tie to McLaren) kilt and flashes, thick knit hose, gillie brogues, sgian dubh, and a simple black leather sporran.
I looked at the audience with confusion and made some stupid remark about think it was supposed to be a dress event.
Anyway, as a result of that event, I've received sporrans as presentation gifts on some major occasions since then - but we're talking Council, Region, or higher occasions. Scout leaders being Scout leaders, the presenters tend toward the animal sporrans, where the flap is the head of the animal (there's a little taxidermy involved).
Personally, I get more use out of neckerchiefs - I collect international Scouting neckerchiefs. I guess in your eyes I accessorize.
As for heels, I don't have any. It's too hard to backpack in heels.
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