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 Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 24 Jan 18 3.04pm |
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It is very boring and processional. (yawns,....) Scottish stuff is shlte, just remember "Old lang Seine", or whatever the fck the words are that no-one can remember, . . .
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mrmojorising  croydon 24 Jan 18 3.24pm |
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The Haggis gets piped in by bagpipes,then someone address the haggis with a traditional poem,not sure how the poem goes thiugh
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| Spiderman Horsham 24 Jan 18 4.19pm |
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Originally posted by mrmojorising
The Haggis gets piped in by bagpipes,then someone address the haggis with a traditional poem,not sure how the poem goes thiugh Is that Scottish?
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| Spiderman Horsham 24 Jan 18 4.25pm |
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Originally posted by becky
The traditional recitation of Burn's Ode to the Haggis will be declaimed after it has been piped in and before consumption - you probably won't understand a word, but if you nod a lot and smile sagely you might get away with them thinking you do..... Had to endure one of these nights whilst working abroad. Agree about the poem but just make sure you have copious amount of drink beforehand and it is tolerable (just)
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| Stuk Top half 24 Jan 18 5.05pm |
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It's a load of old madam, but it's alright. Take some Irn-Bru for the host before they change the recipe. Scotland are losing their s*** about that.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 24 Jan 18 5.20pm |
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The weather is permanently sh1t in Scotland, they don't particularly like us and they celebrate our losses and failures in sport, albeit some are alright. No thanks.
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| Stuk Top half 24 Jan 18 5.27pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
The weather is permanently sh1t in Scotland, they don't particularly like us and they celebrate our losses and failures in sport, albeit some are alright. No thanks. Yeah but by the morning you could potentially have the pleasure of telling them that Andy Murray is no longer Britain's number 1 tennis player!
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chateauferret  24 Jan 18 6.51pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
It is very boring and processional. (yawns,....) Scottish stuff is shlte, just remember "Old lang Seine", or whatever the fck the words are that no-one can remember, . . .
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| chateauferret 24 Jan 18 6.52pm |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Is that Scottish?
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| Spiderman Horsham 24 Jan 18 7.22pm |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Thanks Chateau. After all these years of sleepless nights trying to work out what was said, I now know. I will sleep easy tonight thanks to you my friend. Lang mae yer rum reek (or something like that)
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 24 Jan 18 8.40pm |
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I believe Haggis is banned in the USA (something to with the sheep's stomach apparently) although I do remember a few years ago when they were promoting The annual Tartan Day Parade here in NYC & there was a small stand set up by the Ed Sullivan Theater giving away a Haggis made with an artificial (non sheep stomach alternative) that parade at its peakof popularity would get a healthy 30K participating Its now down to 5K or so
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 becky over the moon 24 Jan 18 9.01pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
I believe Haggis is banned in the USA (something to with the sheep's stomach apparently) although I do remember a few years ago when they were promoting The annual Tartan Day Parade here in NYC & there was a small stand set up by the Ed Sullivan Theater giving away a Haggis made with an artificial (non sheep stomach alternative) that parade at its peakof popularity would get a healthy 30K participating Its now down to 5K or so ....which just goes to prove how unhealthy artificial substitutes for a real sheep's stomach are if it's killed off that many people
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