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Overlord
12-30-2003, 06:50 AM
WHA’S LIKE US
DAMN FEW AND THEY’RE A’ DEID


The average Englishman in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume- a shabby raincoat- patented by Charles Mackintosh from Glasgow Scotland. On route to his office he strides along the country lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.

He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland

At the office he receives mail bearing stamps invented by James Chalmers of Dundee,
Scotland.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell , born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle, invented by Kiripatrock Macmillan, blacksmith of Dumfries, Scotland.

He watches the news on T.V. an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh Scotland. And hears an item about the U.S. navy, founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible-, only to find that the first man mentioned in good book is a Scot-King James V1- who authorised its translation

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world.

He could take a rifle and end it all, but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours in Scotland.

If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland. And given an anaesthetic, discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.

Out of the anaesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank of England, founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland. Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask-


WHA’S LIKE US
DAMN FEW AND THEY’RE A’ DEID

AnticorRifling
12-30-2003, 06:57 AM
Is this what you tell yourself because you were under English rule so long or is it just something that makes you sleep better at night?

I dub thee Groundskeeper Willie.

12-30-2003, 08:20 AM
Nemo me impune lacessit

Overlord
12-30-2003, 09:07 AM
No I simply state these things because for some unknown reason the english believe themselves superior *shrug*

Besides its a history lesson!!

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 09:14 AM
Genealogy ain't my bag, man - but nowadays, aren't the English and the Scottish essentially the same people?

I know, Hadrian's Wall and all, but that was quite a while ago.

Overlord
12-30-2003, 09:16 AM
The same people..... thats like saying "Oh americans and canadians are all the same people right" just on a hell of a lot larger scale. How did you come to this conclusion by the way?

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 09:18 AM
Small country, widespread inter-marriage over a long period of time...

Am I that out of line?

Czeska
12-30-2003, 09:23 AM
I still say Scotish accents are sexier than English. Pardon my superficiality, but yum.

Overlord
12-30-2003, 09:23 AM
Its not that small a country and we got immigrants too...
Although you can fit 4 scotlands in california....scary... and theres only like 4 million people there....

Its my homeland, I love it.

Weedmage Princess
12-30-2003, 09:26 AM
I like Overlord's hair. So the Scottish get brownie points for that. ::nods::

Betheny
12-30-2003, 11:54 AM
My family's from Scotland. ;)

They're nothing like the English.

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 11:55 AM
I maintain, with amateur conviction, that the difference is all cultural!

Overlord
12-30-2003, 11:57 AM
Thats great... different countries... different cultures...Astute observation there fella

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 12:00 PM
You're claiming that all the aforementioned inventions are a creation of the Scottish culture, which I admit is unique to Scotland (derr...)

Or are you saying that it's a creation of the Scottish people, whom I think are extremely similar to English people, genetically.

Overlord
12-30-2003, 03:00 PM
To sum up all of the people foretold in that first post.... They are all scottish but they were not all residing in scotland at said time... Therefor Scottish People....who coincidentally are extremely similar to every human being on the planet... genetically

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 03:12 PM
You'd be surprised.

There are groups of humans who cannot technically be classified as being in the same species. Zulus and Pygmies for example, do not produce viable offspring.

Warriorbird
12-30-2003, 03:16 PM
:eye roll:

Moist Happenings
12-30-2003, 03:17 PM
::puts one hand on hip::

::snaps repeatedly::

Uh uhhh...you di'int just go there.

MrThorbizzle
12-30-2003, 03:20 PM
did something get misinterpreted again?

Latrinsorm
12-30-2003, 06:54 PM
Scotland = Awesome

Overlord
12-30-2003, 09:15 PM
*Roars and raises his pint*
I miss home....

Betheny
12-30-2003, 09:54 PM
Originally posted by Overlord
*Roars and raises his pint*
I miss home....

So.. do you have a hot accent?

Czeska
12-30-2003, 10:05 PM
Gotta teach my boyfriend to talk like a Scot...

Back
12-30-2003, 10:12 PM
The average Englishman in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume- a shabby raincoat- patented by Charles Mackintosh from Glasgow Scotland.

Mackintosh also made some great furniture.