Where would the world be without the Scots!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 08:41

We wouldn't have

The telephone.................. Alexander Graham Bell



Antisepsis..............................Joseph Lister



Anaeshetics...........................James Simpson.



Tarmacadam roads.....................John Loudon MacAdam



Penicillin....................................Sir Alexander Fleming



Television..................................John Logie Baird



The list is endless.

I could add the current PM but not a good idea me thinks.



Oh and Whisky which the Cypriots love.



Chris

p.s. And me

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 08:47

Chris

Whisky is English.



http://redrosewhisky.web.officelive.com/default.aspx



The Scotts robbed the idea.



Chegwin

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 08:50

Sorry Chegs the English didn't start making whisky until the early to mid 19th century. The water south of the haggis line is just not suitable for making proper whisky.



Chris

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 08:54

Ok.

We can run it passed Greg. He was around then so he'll know.

Chegs

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:00

Well done on highlighting the prowess of the Scots.

There is a lovely T Towel that extols the virtues of the 'Chosen Land' and finishes of by admitting there is one thing wrong.................. thats our neighbours haha!!

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:06

Can you imagine a life without the Ian and Janette Tough too.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:10

ang1706



We could add more to the list like



Lord Kelvin (William Thompson)..............kelvin temperature scale



Dunlop.................................................Pneumatic tyres





Logarithms...........................................John Napier



George Cleghorn...................................Quinine.



James Watt..........................................Steam engine.



And many many more.



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:11

message 6.



Fan dabbie Dozey

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:23

msg 6



My maiden name was "Tough"....my dad being a scot.

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:29

Fan dabber dozie indeed, and what about a life without Craig and Charlie

nikegirl


Joined: 19/02/2010
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:30

love it!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:32

I certainly wouldn't walk 100miles to see Craig and Charlie much as I don't mind the song Cyprusjoker.



Chris



message 8 please tell me you are not one of the 'Krankies'



Chris

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:38

Chris



I think you mean msg 9?



Although my hubby might think I'm a bit 'Cranky'......I am not one of the 'Krankies'!!!!!!

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:48

Call yourself a scot chris, its 500miles. lol

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:53

Cyprusjoker



I knew that, it was a test to see if you knew! ha ha



Chris

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:57

The Irish have the oldest whiskEy disstillery in the the world,also its better than the scotch pee,and in answer to your question we could not have a laugh at the so called football you try to play Rangers and Celtic could probably hold their own in a Sunday morning pub league.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:57

As we can see every European or World Cup - the Scots didn't invent football...

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 09:59

The telephone.................. Alexander Graham Bell



Wrong! he nicked the idea from loads of other people and patented it... being first to steal it and patent it is not the same as inventing it.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone#Chronology_of_Meucci.27s_invention



History rewards thieves... the bigger the theft the large the reward history bestows. That's how cattle rustlers ended up owning large parts of the UK.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:06

Top ten and Hans,



Behave I did not mention football did I??



Groucho

Yeh your are right history rewards thieves! That's why the English own large parts of Scotland Wales and Ireland, or cattle rustlers as you put it.



As to the telephone he was obviously smarter than the others then wasn't he!



Chris

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:15

Thomas Alva Edison was the same... he was in cahoots with the US patent office.. if anyone came in with a good idea he got the nod and got his patent application in and approved ahead of anyone else... utter corruption that history now celebrates.



OK his workshops and laboratories did develop many good ideas but stole just as many too.

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:25

Its true the scottish are great inventors.However a chap from Gloster invented something a bit usefull,The Jet engine.And a chap from the Forest of Dean invented the machine that puts the strip of metal into bank notes.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHOeRK91IE



http://www.youtube.com/watch=DN87mVzL28s&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch=cIij7zWdNO&feature=related

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:54

What would the world be without Scots:- peaceful, less self praise,duller we would have nobody to laugh at

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 11:12

Haha wll done for showing that we Scots are an amazing race.

We work, play, drink and fight hard but also know how to enjoy life and can enjoy a joke or two at our own expense- as our sports teams are regailing in now. But theres one thing that NO OTHER COUNTRY will match us SCOTS for and thats our PASSION for our country.

As the song goes"You'll find a heart heilander no matter where you go!!

Very true, in Beirut the Ambassador is Scots and she organizes the ST Andrews and Burns Nights at her Residence- does the English/irish Ambassador to Cyprus do anything special for their folk - I DINNAE THINK SO!!

So those who enjoy taking a snipe remember it was'nt the English that put down the Jacobites- but other Scots haha commanded by a Dutchman!!



So in Stanley Baxter PARLIAMO those who make empty criticisms- AWAYEGOYEMUGYE

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 12:21

Guess i would not be here if it were not for my wee old dear mum..Idinnyken,what,the fusssaboot..





eye Angus tiss geedta seeya.xx )))





Spider,X

wattys


Joined: 07/10/2008
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 13:24

A lot better of.



Not being robbed by the bastards in power.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 13:29

Language please wattys!



The people in power have been robbing people in every country since time began not just the present UK government!!!



And as a Scot ruled from Westminster by dare I say the English for most of my life well...........................



Chris

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 13:31

Some mair Baxter Parliamo!!



hudyerweesht. gityerhonaffamebum, ezzraamarraoanrabarraclarra

Marvo


Joined: 30/04/2007
Posts: 194

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 13:31

Yes and don't forget the 2 great ambassadors for Scotland, Sean Connery and Billy Connelly who couldn't leave the bloody place quick enough. It's not the great heather covered hills it's made out to be, but most of the central belt towns are litter infested holes. and the litter is dropped by the locals.

MotoMoto


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 13:33

You forgot to mention the British Empire - I believe most of that was built by Scots engineers and administered thereafter...



However, its the English who are canny for getting so many of you 'sweaties' to take the high road on our behalf!

jimmy


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 251

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 14:47

Great things to come out of Scotland........................



A1 & A74/M6

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 14:51

Lukus icecream high street Musselburgh..Great.





Sider.X

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 15:14

Nardinis Ice Cream in Largs best in the world.

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 15:16

Marvo

And you have NO litter in the rest of UK!!!

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 15:25

ang1706, if you had checked the profile you would see Marvo is a wegian and is probably spekin fae thon hert o his.

ahm a chuchter masel n ken fine ma hame toon is drooch as heell maest o the year, its afa bonnie fan e sun peeket throo though.



Paul

Marvo


Joined: 30/04/2007
Posts: 194

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 15:34

Yes ang1706, there's litter in the rest of the UK, but this thread is about how wonderful Scotland is.

laptagal


Joined: 28/05/2008
Posts: 549

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 16:03

A world without the Scots would be a duller place, IMHO.

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 16:11

lets not forget

- Tony Blair

- Gordon Brown

Why can't they be transferred out to the Scottish Parliament

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 18:43

'Where would the world be without the Scots'



Well, we wouldn't have:



Highest obesity rates in EU

Highest alcohol abuse rates.

Highest Heart attack rates.

Highest level of smokers in EU.



We also wouldn't have :



Deep fried Mars Bars

Awful/offal Haggis.

Midges, they've been spreading south for centuries.

Andy Stewart.

Songs like 'Donald where's your troosers'.

People putting lumps of coal through your letterbox.

Unintelligible English language.

Hate of the English.

Love of the French.



Things that aren't Scottish:



Kilts.

Tartan.

Bagpipes.

Golf.

Curling.

Oatcakes. (urrrgh!)

Porridge.



That's just for starters!



We also wouldn't have a region who think they can rule themselves and 'balance the books'!







Apart from all that,.... I quite like Scotland!



Rob

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:10

Well Done Nurseawful good to have some banter .

amazing though what other people think, all entitled to their own Opinion.

Yes Gordon Brown is ours but please please please Tony Blair was educated in Scotland but first saw the light of day in Buckinghamshire as he told the voters at Beaconsfield in 1983 and guess what they saw what a two faced git he was and never voted him in!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:13

The world would be... a lot less ginger...

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:24

Groucho



'the world would be a lot less ginger' explain please.!



For weegies................a bottle of ginger is a bottle of pop!

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:31

Who nearly bankrupt the country?

2 Scottish bankers Fred the Shred and Peter Pratt Cummings "I want 20% growth on 20% growth year on year for the next five years "our lending is bigger than Italy's borrowing " both Peter Cummings former governor of BoS

Both quotations are accurate and true of PC

I'm off for a curry @ Rafters many thousands of miles from Scotland

lol

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:35

Message 39.

I won't debate all your points BUT according to the Daily Mail today



England have the highest obesity records in Europe and more Women die there from Alcoholic Liver disease.



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:38

oops forgot to add the French smoke more per head than anywhere else in Europe.



xx

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:40

Chris



"Scottish obesity 'just behind US'



Obese people in Scotland are 18% more likely to be hospitalised

Obesity levels in Scotland are the second highest in the developed world behind the USA, new statistics have revealed. "



From BBC News.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:42

Love may you live, I love Scotland and the people from there. Now you all forgot to mention Charlir Barlies black pud and his famous haggis, Charlie Macswenney from stornaway, which we sell xxxxxxxxxxxx Long live scotland and all its people xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:42

Just for Rob,

from Daily mail 27-jan -England has been exposed as the sick man of Europe, with the highest rates of obesity.

More women die of alcoholic liver disease and cancer here than in almost any other country.

Heart attack and smoking rates were among the highest, and infant mortality was among the worst on the continent - despite billions of pounds pumped into the NHS.

The damning survey, the Health Profile of England 2008, was published by the Government. It compares the nation's health with the 15 western European countries which were part of the EU before 2004 - the 'EU-15'.





I may be scottish, obese, smoke and an alcoholic but I can read

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:44

Well Rob just goes to show you can't believe everything you read or hear in the UK media with the Daily Mail saying one thing and the BBC saying another.



At least it's got some of you doing some homework!!!!!!!!!!



One last question Rob where and why do people put coal though letterbox's?? Honestly never seen or heard that one before but it did make me laugh.



Chris

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:47

'ERE what's this about Scots inventing WhiskEy ?...

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:52

mmmm's



Notice I did not say 'whiskey'



I said Whisky pay attention or you will be next in the naughty corner!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:57

Special request for my new friend Rob



http://www.youtube.com/watch=pDJflQfNUE8



Chrisxx

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 20:05

chris



First footing, I remember as a child Scots neighbours dropping a lump of coal through the letterbox if you didn't answer the door quickly!

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 20:13

Kenneth McKellar

Rab C Nesbitt

Moira Anderson

Ony Rangers fitballers

George (I will swear 500 times per roond) Offord

Sir (tax exile) Sean Connery

Alex Salmond

Fergie

Haggis-bleuchh!

Deep fried pizzas, mars bars, and the last time I looked Nardini was an eytie name.

Love of the French?

All their world class golfers

Mc Broon, Darling, RBS, Bank of Scotland, Douglas Home, Bliar, John Reid, Souness, Mel Gibson.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 21:51

And finally we all forgot



'the broons'

and

'oor wullie'

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 22:32

The coal people took for first footing is to bring you good fortune and that you may always have heat in your

home. Lang may yer lum reek.

If you take blackbun it is to bring good fortune and that you may always have food.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 23:54

The Broons!



Jings, help ma boab!

cypgab


Joined: 09/01/2010
Posts: 338

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 00:23

Most Scots have deserted their country and live all over the world. So you can see where the world would be without Scots. It would be a replica of Scotland. A subsidised nation and a lot of drunken people.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 00:51

The scots invented copper wire....two of them were fighting over a penny!

jimmy


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 251

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 01:05

When a Scotsman drops a coin it always hit's him on the back of the neck

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 06:38

Message 58.



'Lager louts' I am sure the term was coined after a certain breed of English youths / me!!

And England do have the biggest death rate from alcoholic liver disease amongst women.!



Chris

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 06:54

Isn't it funny how scots are often asked "why do the scots hate the english so much?" normally by an english person, yet some of the comments on hear which was heading in a humourous direction are blatent attacks against the scottish race.



Yes, we drink but that doesn't make us alcoholics and I love the fact that after the english parlaiment decreed that all north sea resources are british we are still considered to be subsidised.



And as for scots living overseas, ask yourself why we do. It has nothing to do with not liking scotland and more to do with the amount we have to pay the government for the privelage of living there but are at the back of the queue when it comes to compensation and at the front of the queue when it comes to trialing new taxation systems.



Let's face it without the scots you would have the same life but fair less entertainment and no happiness.

We are so used to being in the crap we find a way to make a party out of it, and yes there is drinking !!

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 08:37

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Buckie39s-making-big-bucks-down.6141046.jp

Jokes apart a new can of worms are about to be unleashed in England...!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 09:08

Jock1



When I was a kid Buckfast was a tonic wine sold in chemists and Granny had it by the tablespoon. Surely the monks must take some blame in this as they changed the recipe so it was more alcoholic and therefore more appealing to the yobs!



Chris

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 10:49

Chris, This debate has been going on for years back home, you can see by the profits they are making which makes it harder to fight against.

trooper


Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 211

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 11:47

to paraphrase ann robinson 'what are the scots for?'

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 12:11

Aye, if it wisney for yir wellies were would ye be.....

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 17:42

and they didnt ivent bricklayers to keep u out ha ha lol

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 17:44

what happens when we brits stop the money into scotland

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 17:44

What's the difference between, "Bing Crosby" and "Walt Disney" ?

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 18:40

loulou

You tread a fine line there "what happens when we 'brits' stop the money into Scotland'.



Are not the Scots British??



Chris

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 18:45

Chris



Not when any International Sports Event is on!



Rob

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 18:49

Rob

I may be Scottish but I am first and foremost British and proud of it unless it is a Scotland England match (which most times we invariably loose) then I support Scotland.



But if England Wales or Northern Ireland are playing, for instance Iceland, I certainly would not support Iceland.(and not because they owe lots of money to the NHS).



Chris

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 02:09

Well.....Bing sings.....but Walt disney!!!!!!!!

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 06:08

Is that a bun or a meringue?



No, yere right enuf its a bun !!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 06:31

Chris,



I was brought up to support Scotland Vs the English and got into my far share of stooshies as the only Scotland supporter at school.. 1973 I jumped up when Scotland scored! Hooray! only to be bundled...



"Ill-will can mak a stooshie, but love can settle a stramash."



Ginger - ah! My wife's mum used to run her own shop in Glasgow and as you say all bottles of pop are 'ginger'. I was on course referring to the hair colour... without the Scot's Scandinavian blood-lines the world would be a lot less ginger...



Tiggy,



A bing is a slag heap in Scotland... they don't sing!

cypgab


Joined: 09/01/2010
Posts: 338

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 13:59

Message 62



Lighten up Jock, you're missing the humour.

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 22:42

msg 67



You'd be in the hospital or infirmary !!

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 23:48

Thankfullly if you are asked for a poke in Scotland all the poor innocent is asking for is a paper bag for the goods purchased.



Friend on a footie outing left his bag behind the bar in the English town they were in when he asked for his holdall he received a slap round the chops as the young lady behind the bar thought he was asking for his - well I will leave you to work it out. This is a true story and my husband can verify it as he was there and I checked his cheeks for slap marks which thankfully were not there.



For innocents here is a hint - doll - hole. and not necessarily in that order. At the end of the day we are all Jock Tamson's bairns, now there was a man with stamina.

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 01:31

The Scots are to the English ---

what the Turks are to the Greeks.



Oh what a wonderfull world we all live in !

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 07:10

And nobody has mentioned the bard so far, great poet and lover (allegedly)



Rabbie Burns.

loulou



Joined: 14/05/2008
Posts: 785

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 08:19

re mg 71 not according to the scots

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 08:23

K5c



It's worse than that! The Scots are to Scots what the Turks are to the Greeks.



At times their own worst enemy... when pointing fingers south of the border to lay blame for all their perceived woes they take their eye off the ball and score own goals a plenty.



Instead of celebrating what is good about Scotland they seemed obsessed with the denigration of others.



This sweeping generalisation brought to you by one who has a foot in both camps and has lived ans worked in both for large parts of life as we know it.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 08:33

Just out of curiosity, what does everyone think sassenach means and don't web search it, I would just like to know what people believe and I am talking about the scottish term not the equivelant irish term.



Paul

Sid447


Joined: 15/05/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 09:20

Without Scotland,



The world would still be pretty much as it is.

No one country can lay claim for the way the world is unfolding, no particular race of people are at the top of any pyramid with the key to having superior knowledge. Evolution will happen regardless.

If one thing wasn't invented in a particular country it would have been invented or discovered in another and at pretty much the same time. Most inventions were being worked on by more than person at the time, maybe it was a case of who made the most noise about it.



If generalizations are valid, then when speaking of the Scots, English, Welsh and Irish.... I'd take the Irish any day. They are pleasant, humorous and very down-to-earth people with a great enthusiasm for life. They'd probably say who cares about most material inventions; that isn't a valid measure of a good life!

They also don't always come with a compulsory chip on their shoulder.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 09:34

Message 83,



Are not the English now pointing their fingers North of the border and blaming it for all their woes???



Chris

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 10:14

This was well planned Nurseawful and love it!!



Just you wait and see all the changes in banter from the English after we have sent them hame again tae think again from Murrayfield !!!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 10:22

"Are not the English now pointing their fingers North of the border and blaming it for all their woes??? "



Yep some are.... I don't think they have a case but some people are foolish beyond reason.



I have no time for them. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it think....

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 10:24

Nursie;



Things to hate about the Scots; McBroon, Bliar, Salmond, Fred the Shred, anyone else to do with Scots banks, Graeme Souness, haggis, whisky, anything deep fried in chippies except fish. Flower of Scotland, Braveheart, Scottish parliament, the Barnett formula, the Lothian question.



Things to treasure; My ain ancestors, Irn Bru, fresh baps, Scottish square, mutton pies, snowballs, St Andrews, Celtic Park, Jock Stein, Jimmy Johnstone, Dave Mackay, Hadrians wall, A74 south, Forth Rail Bridge, yersel' and hissel' Rab C Nesbitt, Taggart, Para Handy.

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 12:13

Brilliant Newscoop, but like I pleaded before BLAIR was educated at Fettes but is not Scots!!

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 12:20

Verse 6 from the National Anthem still reads:



6. Lord grant that Marshal Wade

May by thy mighty aid

Victory bring

May he sedition hush

And like a torrent rush

Rebellious Scots to crush

God save the King





Rob

Checkmate


Joined: 31/08/2008
Posts: 140

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 13:34

Oh we love the Glesgae Banter:



Fitba latest:



That ''once'' so famous fiba team from the ''piggery'' in the east end of the city have just signed Ronnie O'Sullivan......they are that far behun they need snookers tae catch Scotland and Britains best!!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 13:58

Newscoop message 89



Well done agree with most except the dreaded 'Celtic Park'.



Well said checkmate. xx



Chris

Checkmate


Joined: 31/08/2008
Posts: 140

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 14:19

A message from the Scotland, UK and world website, Follow Follow:



All Bears are urged to download ''Tina Turners, Simply the Best'' from Itunes from April 16th. This is in order to put ''Simply the Best'' to the UK number 1 slot. This would mark a fine tribute to what has been achieved during this campaign, in what have been far from ideal conditions.



We r the People!!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 14:22

Checkmate,



I will see that the Lapta Rangers Supporters (Bears) do this on the 16th April.



Come and meet them the next time you are over at JK's in Lapta actually they are all there now to watch the game except me so I better get a move on.



Chris

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 16:13

All I can say is thank the lord, wonderful catholic that he is that I don't have a UK credit card and can't download music from itunes.



Paul (1888 a year to proud of)

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 16:41

newscoop



Mutton Pies! Dangerous as hell when sold on the way to the terraces of Scottish footie grounds... they bite a hole in the bottom crust and let the fat pour out to congeal on the concrete... then what happens? Yep some poor sod freezing their but off, treads on the fatty patch, goes arse over tit and breaks a limb....



Should be banned, so they should.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 18:03

Scotch pies on sale at Bells frozen foods. Wonderful, we actually have to try to get there before our English neighbours!!! Fact.................pour neighbour Angie went down last week and asked for Haggis as she loves it, and she's a Brummie.



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 18:19

Checkmate



Re. Message 95



Another blonde moment the Gers are not playing today but tomorrow! And the beggars won.



Chris

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 18:36

Groucho;

Mutton pies are only dangerous when they're deep fried.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 18:45

Ang1706



I think you'll find Bliar was born in Edinburgh



Last time I looked auld reekie was in Scotland.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 18:49

Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland[9] on 6 May 1953,[10] the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair, the illegitimate[11] son of two English actors, had been adopted as a baby by Glasgow shipyard worker James Blair and his wife, Mary. Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden, a butcher and Orangeman who moved to Glasgow in 1916 but returned to (and later died in) Ballyshannon in 1923, where his wife, Sarah Margaret (née Lipsett), gave birth to Blair's mother, Hazel, above her family's grocery shop.[12][13] George Corscadden was from a family of Protestant farmers in County Donegal, Ireland,[14] who descended from Ulster-Scots settlers who took their family name from Garscadden, now part of Glasgow.



Might have been born in scotland but if you can follow that heritage your a better man than me !!

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 19:01

He's a jock!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 19:17

And to think this thread all started with Alexander Graham Bell!!!!!!!!!!!



What can I say



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 20:06

Now the Irish and the Essex mob are trying to get in on the action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 23:38

Hawick balls mm yummy



Chris

islandgirl


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 23:49

If Scotland is so great how come so many live elsewhere???



Oh and thanks for the Proclaimers! NOT

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 23:54

islandgirl,



If we had weather in Scotland like we get here we probably would still live there. But it rains almost constantly and believe me day after day of rain really gets you down.



But if you have never been go try it for yourself.



Chris

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 09:52

msg 108



Got to agree

Agnes


Joined: 11/04/2009
Posts: 81

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 10:13

I am Scottish through and through married to an English man



Love most things Scottish except the weather, haggis and a few other things.



As for mutton pies never heard of them please tell me Scotch pies are not the same thing.



Have got to agree to the fact North and South !! Scotland and England same thing bar the fighting !!!

Agnes


Joined: 11/04/2009
Posts: 81

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 10:29

msg 91

Get it right when last did Britain have a King, not in my lifetime !!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 12:35

Agnes



Yes you have it correct mutton pies = Scotch pies!



Chris

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 14:58

Mutton pies yes.but the steak pies are the very best..We used to bring them both home from all our summer visits..





Spider,X

cyberhiker


Joined: 23/03/2009
Posts: 57

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 20:43

Nice mountains, shame about the rest!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 06:39

First the Irish, then the Essex mob tried to start a thread the same now the English are at it.!!!! But I suppose they did give us the wonderful Margaret Thatcher.



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 07:54

We even gave the Irish St Patrick!!!!!!



Chris

cyberhiker


Joined: 23/03/2009
Posts: 57

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 22:13

Shouldn't this thread be closed, after all it's not serving any purpose!

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
18/03/2010 00:33

msg 117

It appears to have served way over 100 purposes !!!!!!!!

cyberhiker


Joined: 23/03/2009
Posts: 57

Message Posted:
18/03/2010 08:29

Hasn't stopped other threads being closed!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
18/03/2010 08:35

And your point is cyberhiker??????????



It's a bit of fun, as it was intended to be so get over it.



Chris

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
18/03/2010 08:50

A man walks into a Glasgow library and asks the prim librarian



" Dae ye have ony books on suicide hen?"



To which she replies over the top of her glasses



"F..k" of ye'll nae bring it back"