Do the Scots celebrate William Wordsworth
Who lived not far from their border?
Do they eulogise John Keats or Lord Byron?
If not, then let's call them to order!
Why should we bother with Burns Night
Who are as Scottish as spaghetti bolognese?
Spare us the haggis and the drone of those pipes
And hangovers that linger for days!
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CBT haggis from a can??? And I thought you were such a cultured lady.
Well done on the edit MCN, I've called off the Tartan Jihadis.
My question was about Burns Night - not Burns, tho' with hindsight I am minded to replace the harder "tolerate" with "bother with", not that it will be enough to placate the ire of those readily offended at the impertinence of my poetical presumption.
But I have at hand the following from you know who:
"Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash;
Some rhyme (vain thought) for needfu' cash;
Some rhyme to court the countra clash,
An' raise a din;
For me, an aim I never fash:
I rhyme for fun."
Cheers.
What a lark! We celebrated 'Burns Night' with my first ever haggis (from a can) with mashed swede and potatoes, and a generous dopple of Scotch. Edible, very spicy, and definitely helped along with the booze (good quality stuff too.) I blush to admit I didn't actually get out my volume of Burns' poetry which I really meant to do, but time got away on me - although I do pull it from the shelf quite often - there are a lot of poems of great variety!
We shudder to think what 'lamb's lobes' might be. After we ate heartily, we looked it up, and found only 'hanging bits', at which point my husband turned almost green. But I reminded him of the Far East diets, and that it might just be the 'hanging parts of the liver' etc. etc. which even then seems a bit gross. 'Offal' is a really mixed bag, so to speak.
How dare you MC
"Why should we tolerate Burns Night"
That's how it starts! Je suis Rabbie
"Meanness of spirit" = the effects of whisky on muddled minds.
:-)
As a celebration of the great man's work, "Burns' Night" is an abomination. Forgotten is the very stuff of his driven beliefs. But your meanness of spirit is typical, with a show of generosity such work would be improved. Tommy
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Cynthia Buell Thomas
Tue 27th Jan 2015 10:48
Graham, it was a 'tongue-in-cheek' gift, to see if I would put my money where my mouth is. I am a sucker for a challenge, especially a dare. Actually, I checked out the 'fresh stuff' and figured we'd never eat it all in a month - like - I wasn't having a PARTY.
As for 'cultured', the in-joke among my friends and family is: 'You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl.' And it is only too true!