With tongue in cheek

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3 total messages Started by Raymond D. Dunn Mon, 16 Dec 1985 19:55

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Author: Raymond D. Dunn
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 19:55

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It is difficult to decide the correct newsgroup for this quote, but I
hope you find it amusing.  It complements the current USA/Brit wars
going on in various categories:

"The British Isles, it is said, are inhabited by four nations.
 The Scots, who keep the Sabbath, and everything else they can lay
 their hands on.
 The Welsh, who pray upon their knees and upon their neighbours. 
 The Irish, who don't know what they want, but are willing to die for
 it.
 And the English, who, considering themselves a race of self-made men,
 thereby relieve the Almighty of a dreadful responsibility".

Author unknown.

Ray Dunn (who should keep the Sabbath..)
..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray

Re: With tongue in cheek

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Author: Bill Swan
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1985 17:25

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In article <746@othervax.UUCP> ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn) writes:
>"The British Isles, it is said, are inhabited by four nations.
> The Scots, who keep the Sabbath, and everything else they can lay
> their hands on.
> The Welsh, who pray upon their knees and upon their neighbours. 
> The Irish, who don't know what they want, but are willing to die for it.
> And the English, who, considering themselves a race of self-made men,
> thereby relieve the Almighty of a dreadful responsibility".
>Ray Dunn (who should keep the Sabbath..) ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray

..and a story told by Roy Gullane (of the Tannahill Weavers) about discerning
the differences in the different nationalities:

"..Just imagine there's been a plane wreck on a desert island. There are only
   eight survivors: two Scots, two Irish, two Welsh, and two English.

   By the end of the first day, the Scots have built a whiskey distillery.

   By the end of the second, the Irish have drunk it.

   By the end of the third, the Welsh have formed a choir,

   but after 16 weeks the two English are still waiting to be introduced to
   each other!"

Bill Swan (who'll keep the rest!)  ..!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!bill
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Re: With tongue in cheek

#18

Author: Raymond D. Dunn
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1985 19:13

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In article <566@sigma.UUCP> bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) writes:
>
>   By the end of the first day, the Scots have built a whiskey distillery.
>

Shame on you Bill!  Never!!  A *whisky* distillery perhaps, but......

May all the malt in your life be in milk!

A guid hogmany tae a' oor Scotish readers,  and lang may your lum reek!

[What would the net equivalent of a "first-foot" be?]

Ray Dunn.   ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray

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