(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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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
