Scotland?

[Fear 'n boozin]

I could live with that. We can provide the forum with updates as to how we progressing.

[Keef]

Hell Yeah! Whiskey, deep fried Mars Bars, and filthy, yet pretty girls. This sounds like the best holiday ever!!!!!!!

[Fear 'n boozin]

I have about 10 days leave left, but get more in October. Could take maybe three weeks off if I give enough notice - will that do. I can drive, but imagine I'd rather not!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Good book isn't it Jah? I only drank bourbon whiskeys before I read that

i did a 10 day road trip in Scotland a few years back - one of my favourite holidays that was - right through the midlands. By the time I got to Oban I felt I had reached Gotham City we had been so isolated

[mockney piers]

Count me in. Do we get some of the local mutton too?

[bigbadwolf]

Do you still get cannibals in Scotland?

[Ted Max]

Scotland says nay to the big bad wolf

[Jah Lush]

A very enjoyable read Sean. And I'd really like to do that kind of road trip. I've a couple of friends who lives on the Isle Of Skye that I've been meaning to visit for a while so would like to take that in as well. I've got a few weeks owing too so let's do it.

[RosieH]

Keef man, if you're going to Scotland, it's WHISKY - no e, that's fighting talk that is.

I'm torn about Scotland: it gave me pneumonia but it also gave me fine single malts, and it is kind of beautiful.

I'm very excited about this book though - Sean my dear, you got a copy going for a lend?

[Jah Lush]

Single malts on a cold windy night in front of an open fire....bliss. You can have my copy Rosie.

[bigbadwolf]

That's exactly the sort of shabby Jock tactic I've come to expect from a tarten turd such as yourself Ted. I find it disturbingly ironic that Holyrood see's it fit to release a terrorist but wont release a beautiful and majestic animal such as a wolf into it's remote wilderness.

It's a pity as I'd quite like to read about grouchy, inbred crofters being bitten by a Wolf.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I think I passed my copy on ages ago Rosie - soz. Looks like Jah has it covered tho...

It's not ALL whisky drinking with Banks - he manages to get a fair few curries down his neck as well

[RosieH]

Yeah, Jah's the man. Thanks though.

All the ingredients for a perfect evening - whisky, curry and Iain Banks. Actually, may change this evening's plans...

[bigbadwolf]

"He manages to get a fair few curries down his neck as well."

Well what do you bloody well expect Sean! They're all a bunch of uncouth, knuckle dragging barbarians! I bet Iain 'Menzies' Banks even shovels indian food into his toothless gob using his bare hands.

[bigbadwolf]

This is an all too distant relic of what we should've done when Thatcher was in charge. Lets build another modern one, that'll keep the macscoundrals out!!

 

[Fear 'n boozin]

surely more like this?

[louisiana]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I quote like the place. I say that as someone

> about as scottish as FnB.

>

> This thing is so ridiculous, reminds me of the

> freedom fries thing.

> Especially as a)the sort of American who buys

> scotch is unlikely to give ashit about calls for a

> boycott (same ones who have doubtless been

> enjoying their scotch with an illegal cuban cigar)

> and

> b)he probably didn't do it anyway, any longterm

> reader of Private Eye knows there are a lot of

> unanswered questions that compassionate release

> rather than an appeal was designed to avoid.

I'm with MP.

Americans are hysterical. As in disordered.

Their crazy take on a Cuban booking at a Scottish hotel not so long ago? An attempted boycott of Scottish firms.

More Islay malt and Talisker for us. Bring it on.

[Sunlover00]

Scots are comparable to women. When they are good, they are very very good. When they are pissed off, stay the ?$*$ away from them.

If you're a Scottish gal (like myself) then we're double lucky because we get away with twice as much. :o)

Otherwise we'll just give you a 'glasgae' kiss

[Sunlover00]

(*in a un-tuneful voice*) "..................And I would walk five 'undred miles and I..........."

[EDKiwi]

louisiana Wrote:

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> mockney piers Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I quote like the place. I say that as someone

> > about as scottish as FnB.

> >

> > This thing is so ridiculous, reminds me of the

> > freedom fries thing.

> > Especially as a)the sort of American who buys

> > scotch is unlikely to give ashit about calls for

> a

> > boycott (same ones who have doubtless been

> > enjoying their scotch with an illegal cuban

> cigar)

> > and

> > b)he probably didn't do it anyway, any longterm

> > reader of Private Eye knows there are a lot of

> > unanswered questions that compassionate release

> > rather than an appeal was designed to avoid.

>

> I'm with MP.

>

> Americans are hysterical. As in disordered.

>

> Their crazy take on a Cuban booking at a Scottish

> hotel not so long ago? An attempted boycott of

> Scottish firms.

>

> More Islay malt and Talisker for us. Bring it on.

Not to mention that their so called 'boycotts' are pretty lame, with the whole 'freedom fries' thing they didn't actually stop eating them, just renamed them. What did they seriously expect the French to do?

Say "sacre bleu, the Americans have stopped calling their fried chips 'French Fries', we don't actually make them in France or get any money for the name 'French Fry' but we better bow to their demands and fall to our knees to kiss their feet"

[Brendan]

I?m pretty sure America is just made up anyway.

[SimonM]

Perhaps someone with a longer memory can remind me what the Yanks' attitude was to the freeing of all the (non-cancer suffering) Irish "terrorists" under the Good Friday agreement?

Scotland has some great writers - shame about the politicians their public schools turn out....

[Keef]

Excellent point Simon.

[EDKiwi]

Brendan Wrote:

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> I?m pretty sure America is just made up anyway.

Yeah it all sounds pretty far fetched to me.

[EDKiwi]

SimonM Wrote:

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> Perhaps someone with a longer memory can remind me

> what the Yanks' attitude was to the freeing of all

> the (non-cancer suffering) Irish "terrorists"

> under the Good Friday agreement?

Didn't quite a bit of funding for the IRA come from the States, namely those who claim to be 'Irish Americans', or is that just an urban myth?