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Old 01-25-2005, 07:43 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Happy Burns Night

Happy Burns night to all my Jock friend out there (includoing my mum, bless her_
Haggis Neeps tatties all round

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Old 01-25-2005, 07:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Happy Burns night to all my Jock friend out there (includoing my mum, bless her_
Haggis Neeps tatties all round
Rare whisky cooked in haggis by publicity-seeking waster. Very expensive. Does not sound at all like proper haggis, it's got steak in it. Avoid.

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Old 01-25-2005, 08:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Ummmm.. okay.. I will ask being the semi - ignorant person .. what is Burns nite.. I know what haggis, neeps and tatties are..
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Old 01-25-2005, 08:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Acelebration of the life and works of Scotlands premier literary son Robbie (Rabbie colloq) Burns
www.rabbie-burns.com

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Ummmm.. okay.. I will ask being the semi - ignorant person .. what is Burns nite.. I know what haggis, neeps and tatties are..
Burns night is when a lot of Jocks get together to commemorate an obscure poet by the name of Robert Burns, who died a long time ago. He wrote an "Address to the Haggis", which thing you know about. A lot of extra bits and pieces have been bolted on to what was originally, AFAIR, a party held by a few friends of the poet in his memory after he pegged out, but it's still basically an excuse to dress up, get pissed, and pig out. See Wm. McGonagle, another inspiring Scotch poet. Oh, BTW, Mr. Burns also wrote some verse called... oh, what was it? Ah! Auld Lang Syne. Strangely, this is a drinking song, too!


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Old 01-25-2005, 09:33 AM   #6 (permalink)
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happy Burns night to you, Bothwell, and raise a pint for me! i think we need a pub here in the garden, and you're just the man to keep it!

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happy Burns night to you, Bothwell, and raise a pint for me!
A pint of Grouse? That's just over 24 single "shots" of whisky (pre-metric measures). He will know he's drunk it!

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ahhh.. then Happy Burns nite to you... eat, drink.. and make merry...
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A pint of Grouse? That's just over 24 single "shots" of whisky (pre-metric measures). He will know he's drunk it!
well, i was really thinking more in terms of a pint of Guinness

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It would have to be a pint of McEwans or 70/-

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