ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn) (12/16/85)
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
bill@sigma.UUCP (Bill Swan) (12/18/85)
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 --
ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn) (12/23/85)
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