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Scottish independance?
#21
RE: Scottish independance?
he's not that great if truth be known!
But you think he is because he's Scottish???
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#22
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No. It's because he is a master chef.
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#23
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(September 10, 2014 at 6:06 pm)lifesagift Wrote:
(September 10, 2014 at 5:57 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Smaller government means a government better serving its population
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Like Greece?

(September 10, 2014 at 5:57 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Scotland certainly didn't vote for the current UK government.

Yeah, me neither !!!

It doesn't matter that the government is bad if it more accurately represents the population. The alternative is mega corporation control.

You didn't vote for it, but the majority of your countrymen did.
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#24
RE: Scottish independance?
Honestly, at this point, I think the biggest thing pushing me towards not supporting Scottish Independence is that if it happens, when I have another Weird Britain column, It'll be more difficult to find stories now that the Scots aren't part of the UK anymore.
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#25
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(September 10, 2014 at 6:49 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Honestly, at this point, I think the biggest thing pushing me towards not supporting Scottish Independence is that if it happens, when I have another Weird Britain column, It'll be more difficult to find stories now that the Scots aren't part of the UK anymore.

I think the crew in Buckingham palace will satisfy your readership's morbid curiosity for the foreseeable future.
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#26
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Quote:They have oil (for how long?) and not much else....?

No worries about the oil. As long as the Scots have comical accents to export, they'll be fine.

Boru
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#27
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Men in skirts blowing into leather bags to imitate the sound of torturing cats would always make Scotland a tourist destination.
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#28
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(September 10, 2014 at 5:14 pm)lifesagift Wrote: Good or bad?

Forget the football/rugby etc.. but it has to be bad for these islands doesn't it?

The scots all Mel Gibson and patriotic macho, remembering learnt historical stuff getting worked up over nowt these days

They have oil (for how long?) and not much else....?

I hope the long term isn't us sending billions of pounds of "aid" to Scotland like we do to India, when India has it's on space program !

If they want to be independent, let them be independent.

Lets weight it up

Pop Bands - Simple Minds v The Beatles (1-0 to England)
James Bond Actor - Sean Connery v Daniel Craig (2-0 to England)
Politicians - Gordon Brown v Tony Blair (no-score draw, still 2-0 to England)
Great Inventors - John Logie Baird v Tim Berners Lee (2-1 to England)
Resources - Oil v (err) Chalk? (2-2 draw)
Artists - Margaret Mellis v Damien Hirst (3-2 to England)
Philosophers - David Hume v John Locke (4-2 to England)
Writers - Irvine Welsh v J K Rowling (5-2 England)
Poets - Robert Burns v William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats (6-2 to England)
Playwrights - Lord Byron v Shakespeare (7-2 to England)
Scientist - Alexander Fleming v Stephen Hawking (7-3 to England)
Cuisine - Deep fried mars bar v Steak and Kidney Pudding (8-3 to England)
Alcoholic beverage - Scotch whiskey v Scrumpy (8-4 to England)
Biscuits - Shortbread v Chocolate Hobnobs (8-5 to England)
Smoked foods - Smoked Salmon v smoked bacon (9-5 to England)

We win.

Any more or anyone disagree with my (clearly) scientifically researched poll*.

MM

* I asked one person what they thought for this poll... well I spoke out loud in front of my dog, who thinks I'm mental anyway so no change there.
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#29
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Funny that, an Englishman thinking England is better than Scotland. Who'd have seen it coming?
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#30
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(September 10, 2014 at 7:46 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(September 10, 2014 at 6:49 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Honestly, at this point, I think the biggest thing pushing me towards not supporting Scottish Independence is that if it happens, when I have another Weird Britain column, It'll be more difficult to find stories now that the Scots aren't part of the UK anymore.

I think the crew in Buckingham palace will satisfy your readership's morbid curiosity for the foreseeable future.

Just for the record, here's a few stories from Scotland I've covered:
  • Island in the Hebrides suffers a drought due to the Ice Bucket Challenge
  • David MacGregor: Scotland's dumbest criminal.
  • Bus driver claims to have psychic powers.
  • Father attempts to kill son over Bacon Sandwich,
  • Wild West fan threatens heating repairman with a gun for no reason.
  • Father and Son build an Adam West-era Batmobile.
  • Blind man gets his dream car (just like Colin McRae's)... and gets into a car crash almost immediately.
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