gnasher16 30,213 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, waltjnr said: Well if you'd had the balls, would have sparked it out, but all talk and ........ kall action , Who is it you are talking to and what is it you are talking about ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackmag 6,101 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, waltjnr said: Well if you'd had the balls, would have sparked it out, but all talk and ........ kall action , Why when your sat having a meal .what's to be gained .I just don't get that post walt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,213 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, jukel123 said: It's a celebration of the jocks' national poet Robert ( Rabbie ) Burns. Takes place every January in the form of a dinner/ booze up. A haggis is piped in and a Burns poem is recited celebrating the haggis. Its all a bit jockilly anal. Do you remember " We're on the march wi Allys army"/ were all going to Argentine/And we'll really shake the up/ When we win the world cup ? We'll its a bit like that. The Scots have this image of themselves of sleeping world beaters, and on Burns night they get together in fancy dress and tell each other how wonderful they are. "Heres tae us/ whaes like us?" is a toast you hear over and over. Harmless enough but a bit tedious when you're not a jock and have to listen to their drunken master race rantings. A straight explanation at last thankyou sir.........he went through a few different numbers " Flower of Scotland " i recognised...." Long road to Tipperary " but " Auld Lang Sine " ( spelling ? )....i always thought was an English thing maybe im wrong....he also went off in some mad dialect that everyone was just looking around shrugging their shoulders at the Jocks never had their own language did they ...or did they ?......i smelled a rat when i saw " Haggis " was on the menu.....what made it even more uncanny was that after his little performance an Abba tribute act took to the stage ....what a peculiar evening ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,265 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, brambles said: Language Language Language !! dinnae want yi gettin oot o kilter wae yer missionary work, see a wee bit o homophobia creepin in noo asweel (mibi mare like bisexual than bilingual) I'll leave it there yi seem tae be gettin agitated Aye A wis a wee bitty Ower the top there auld pal. I'll mine on that a man's a man for all that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,265 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, gnasher16 said: A straight explanation at last thankyou sir.........he went through a few different numbers " Flower of Scotland " i recognised...." Long road to Tipperary " but " Auld Lang Sine " ( spelling ? )....i always thought was an English thing maybe im wrong....he also went off in some mad dialect that everyone was just looking around shrugging their shoulders at the Jocks never had their own language did they ...or did they ?......i smelled a rat when i saw " Haggis " was on the menu.....what made it even more uncanny was that after his little performance an Abba tribute act took to the stage ....what a peculiar evening ! Auld Lang Syne was written by Burns. To be fair he did write some cracking poems. He also did a lot shagging in his brief time. They did have their own language but we banned it as it was thought to encourage rebellion. Edited January 30, 2022 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brambles 3,261 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, jukel123 said: Aye A wis a wee bitty Ower the top there auld pal. I'll mine on that a man's a man for all that. Aye yer turnin in tae "a wee sleekit timerus coowerin beastie" bi the sounds o yi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,265 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, brambles said: Aye yer turnin in tae "a wee sleekit timerus coowerin beastie" bi the sounds o yi I dare be English for a that an a that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 6,838 Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just never got pipes ,strangleling a cat slowly, not an easy sound ,and not one to eat dinner to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,937 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 14 hours ago, gnasher16 said: A straight explanation at last thankyou sir.........he went through a few different numbers " Flower of Scotland " i recognised...." Long road to Tipperary " but " Auld Lang Sine " ( spelling ? )....i always thought was an English thing maybe im wrong....he also went off in some mad dialect that everyone was just looking around shrugging their shoulders at the Jocks never had their own language did they ...or did they ?......i smelled a rat when i saw " Haggis " was on the menu.....what made it even more uncanny was that after his little performance an Abba tribute act took to the stage ....what a peculiar evening ! anyway , with got them in 6 nations Rugger , England will woop them next sat deff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,215 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 30/01/2022 at 12:29, gnasher16 said: Sat in one of my most favourite restaurants last night and in bowls this madman blowing into a vacuum cleaner ....now im all for tradition and culture and dont want to sound ignorant but whats it all about ?....nobody around me seemed to know much and even google didnt make head nor tail of it.....anybody ? That’s a “pay me to f**k off” job ! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,568 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Love the pipes ,love Rab Burns ,love haggis not so keen on Abba or that would of been a great night for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neobliviscaris1776 1,998 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Old Robert Burns is just like irn bru or shortbread for Scotland. It's pretty lower end stuff. Just promoted by the usual suspects to give a little excitement during the winter months in the hope that it will give us a smile on our faces and 'will' us on till the end of the tax year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,482 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 “The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley” . A line from one of his poems which means the best laid plans of mice and men often go wrong. Exactly which mice was he referring to the man was off his trolley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,568 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 He wrote it after disturbing a mouse's nest with the plough ,it is in part an apology to the mouse and an acknoledgement that the same thing is true of mice and men, if it can go tits up ,it will . 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flacko 1,747 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Well put Astanley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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