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When I was a child, around 5-6, I went with my mother to Scotland to visit a Scottish friend of hers. He tried to convince me that haggis came from sheep that lived high up on the mountains. And because they always walked around the mountain in the same direction, the front and back legs on one side were longer than on the other side.
Surely, he didn't lie to me?!?!?
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Only a little[^] - they aren't related to sheep.
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What's wrong with haggis? You philistine you!
modified 14-Mar-15 9:23am.
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Everyone complains about haggis*, but no-one recognises that there are great chefs in Scotland.
I mean, where do you think stovies came from?
* But not nearly enough.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I mean, where do you think stovies came from?
I didn't know what that was, so I had to look it up, and I mean WOW, that actually looks... eh... terrible... Kind of like the lobescoves my mother used to serve me when I was a youngun...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Properly made stovies is the food of the gods........especially when eaten with oatcakes and butter.
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I've been to the Edinburgh Tattoo once (and I've seen some other stuff along the way), so yeah I'm quite an authority when it comes to Scotland. And I totally agree
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you'll be fine mate - great pics though - had one of the best days ever in the National Museum of Scotland, way back when they had the Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra exhibit
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On the other hand, I just got back from a week in L.A. and Las Vegas so Scotland is looking like a better bet.
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"There's no sport either" ... pah! B***dy good game today. Given the relative populations of the countries involved (and therefore the pool of players to pick from) ye's showed us roses up a wee bit... actually more than a wee bit. Well played guys.
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So you missing Scotland - after what, a month?
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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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No, I'm NOT missing it yet.........give it time, only been two weeks!
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Assuming you had a terrible accident, how happy would you be with someone else's replacement part?
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This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
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I honestly don't know, but I would hopefully stick to the scientific view that it is now "my part". The recipient in this case is reportedly quite happy.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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It's like the farmer who "lost it" in a freak combine-harvester accident.
Being out in the sticks, they couldn't find a spare, so they sewed a turkey neck on, instead.
He says his sex life is bootiful*.
* If you've never heard of Bernard Matthews, then just move on; nothing to see, here.
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Does your signature have a particular meaning, given the context of your message? Are you trying to say something?
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That would have been cool, if only my sig hadn't been around so long.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Hang on, a movie based on the stage musical, based on a non musical movie based on a book?
What a disaster. The black and white French film is very watchable.
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JMK-NI wrote: Worth a watch?
Nope.
The movie may have had it's faults (most do) but my other half loved it and that helps.
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pwasser wrote: JMK-NI wrote: Worth a watch? Nope. Agreed.
I've foolishly followed links to a couple of those "movie critique" things, and been hugely disappointed by them each time.
It looks like a "mom's basement" kid or two, using free video-editing kit on illegally downloaded movie files, and overdubbing a snarky, nonsense... I'm not going to call it a critique, because it's just snarky nonsense.
The world is not made a better place for the existence of this cr@p.
Oh, and I hated the Les Mis movie.
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I actually liked the movie.
Maybe it helped that I never read the book, or saw any other films or theater presentations.
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I remember way back, to somewhere around 1982, when I was still in primary school, our teacher took our class on a major big outing right into the big city, by train and on foot, to go and see the 1978 movie. Even at that age, around 12, it had this otherwise restless little kid quite enthralled, and it stuck in my mind for months afterward. I think I tried once, in fairly recent years to watch a more contemporary version, but was distracted, and not moved nearly as much by it as by my first viewing. I can still sort of remember scenes from that one some, say 33, years ago.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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