It's the way you tell em !!
Jan 29, 2019 08:47:18 #
Jan 29, 2019 09:28:21 #
johneccles wrote:
Excellent Rathyatra, although it may get lost on our US friends.
I am one eighth Scottish and it is totally lost on me. Then I've never been to Scotland either.
Jan 29, 2019 10:21:30 #
johneccles wrote:
Excellent Rathyatra, although it may get lost on our US friends.
No offense taken but just so you know, Americans now have access to the printed word since at least the 1600’s. Do some reading yourself and you might learn about James Fennimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe and Herman Melville. Come visit. It’s even fairly safe to travel now since the Indians have been contained.
Seriously, why would poetry/literature be lost on your US friends?
Dennis
Jan 29, 2019 10:22:51 #
Rathyatra wrote:
Cheers John - I think there will be many Scottish descendants in the US lol!
Yes there are. I am one from the Ogilvie clan. But does one have to be Scottish to enjoy Scottish literature?
Dennis
Jan 29, 2019 10:43:33 #
Jan 29, 2019 10:52:00 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I am one eighth Scottish and it is totally lost on me. Then I've never been to Scotland either.
Same here😂🤪
Jan 29, 2019 11:13:36 #
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Jan 29, 2019 12:16:25 #
Many years ago I was having a drink in a pub in Ullapool. I’d been in Scotland awhile so I thought I had grasped the language. An old gentlemen started talking directly to me in friendly tone. When he was done I realized I had not understood one word he said. Great trip. Still love GB.
Jan 29, 2019 12:36:35 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
I read it twice before it dawned on my puddin head about the reference to poet Robert Burns.
Jan 29, 2019 12:58:18 #
Jan 29, 2019 13:45:54 #
The way to tell the quality of a pun is to measure the time between the delivery of the punch line and the first reaction by the victim. I sat here for almost 10 seconds with my eyeballs spinning in my head. My first words were 'Oh, s..t"
Jan 29, 2019 14:27:56 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
The way to tell the quality of a pun is to measure... (show quote)
From a lot of the replies, the time delay will be measured in days for some people.
Jan 29, 2019 14:49:46 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Loved the pun even if I didn't understand the language. And I qualify as a member of Clan Donald because of a Great Grandmother whose maiden name was McDonald.
Jan 29, 2019 15:42:39 #
I'm quite surprised by the number of ?'s in these posts .its not that hard or obscure to understand is it ? I laughed out loud but then half of my family tree are Scottish and when I hear the pipes I want to march to them.
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