[bughut]

Hope u understand it. My Brother sent it this morning n im still giggling
PS no offence meant to the English...Honest



A Wee Scottish Tale....




A man is cupping his hand to scoop water from a Highland burn.

A Gamekeeper shouts, 'Dinnae drink tha waater! It's foo ae coo's
shite an pish!'

The man replies,
'My Good fellow, I'm from England. Could you repeat that in English for me.'

The keeper replies,
'I said, use two hands - you spill less that way!!!

[KYHeirloomer]

You're in trouble now, Bughut---I had a mouthful of coffe while reading that, and it's now all over the monitor and keyboard.

[bughut]

Really hits ur giggly-pin eh? You still cleaning your computer?...Sorry bout that

[Gunnar]

thats a good joke mate....I worked renaissance fair's for years and totally get it.

here's an old one that i still love to tell.....



A Frenchman, an Englishman and a Scotsman are all drinking in a pub. The Frenchman looks down and sees a fly in his wine. He then tosses it out saying "Meh. We French have so much wine that i do not care about this little bit."

Soon the Englishman notices he has a fly in his ale. He tosses it aside saying "We English have so much ale I can afford to waste this little bit"

some time passes among the three when the Scotsman suddenly notices a fly in his Scotch.

He immediately reaches into his drink and grabs the fly saying " Och! SPIT IT OUT YA THIEVING BA**ARD!!

[bughut]

Old ones are the best eh Gunnar?


Now, you wouldnt be impying any meanness towards a Scots hospitality would you?

Theres a pint waiting for you next time your near Dundee.

[Gunnar]

Wouldn't dare imply that a Sot's hospitality was less then perfect. The joke merely implies the importance of the nectar of life, the only thing as good as a shot of single malt is the pint sitting next to it. cheers.

[PeteMcCracken]

Ah then, perhaps you KNOW why a Scotsman can never enjoy his pipe?

[bughut]

Do tell.

[PeteMcCracken]

Well, if he's smoking his own tobacco, he's worried about the cost so he packs it light and it burns too hot.

And if he's smoking somone else's tobacco, he packs it so tight that it won't draw!

(Disclaimer: Told to me by my paternal Grandmother, who was a "Gordon" married to a MacCracken)

[crimsonmist308]

okay .... let's not get too uptight about ethnic jokes
not intended to be mean ... okay??

that said, why do the scots wear kilts?


answer: sheep can hear a zipper from a mile away!

[izbnso]

Q: What do you call a Scot that wears a kilt that comes to his mid thigh?
A: A laddie.

Q: What do you call a Scot that wears a kilt that comes to his knee?
A: A Laird

Q: What do you call a Scot that wears a kilt that comes to his mid calf?
A: A liar


CREAG AN TUIRC!!!!

[bughut]

CREAG AN TUIRC!!!!

Hey Izbnso

So you're one of the Alabama Maclarens are you?

[izbnso]

Bughut,

Yes I am. My people left Scotland in the colonial days and settled in Virginia. When Alabama opened to settlement my direct line came down here, settling in the central part of the state in the early 19th century. Our line has always spelled it McLaurine (my maiden name) and a few off shoots spell it McLaurin. (We are somehow related to Colin the mathematician, a bitter sweet connection. On the one hand there is the family pride of being kin to such a brilliant mind and on the other is the fact that he fortified Edinburgh AGAINST the Jacobites…the shame I tell you, the shame.) .

My father (Now in Tennessee) has in the last few years decided to take up attending highland games as his new hobby. He and my step mother (a Patterson, one of our sept names) go to four or five a year. In the last year or two Clan MacLaren was the featured clan at the Grandfather Mountain games and they got the opportunity to meet our Clan Chief. Dad had much praise for our charismatic chief.(He sent me a few pictures of them together.) He is only the third Chief we have had over the last several centuries. His grandfather and father being the other two. Apparently we weren’t a recognized clan for a very long time, something about no one being willing to sign some British document to get the title, imagine that.


And so the Southern genealogist in me has to ask if you too have a connection to the Boar’s Rock.

[bughut]

No. but we live about an hour away , and enjoy weekends on the Trossachs when we can.

We named our third son after Gregor Mcgregor, Rob Roys clan chief. I was reading the Rob Roy trilogy while i was pregnant and my husband went along with my romantic notion.
Even though, in reality Their shameful history ( especially the virtual wiping out of the clan Mclaren) was nothing to be romantic about.

We have a pub up the road from us called the Boars rock. Rough as all get-out.

Have you ever been to Scotland?
Are you enjoying your research?
Number 2 son is showing his freinds from New york around the highlands in October. Dont know whos more excited, him or them. Its easy to be passionate about such an amazing place.

[Koukouvagia]

I've always wanted to go to Scotland and stay at a castle that's been converted into a bed & breakfast. Haven't heard too many good things about the food though.