If It’s Nae Scots, It’s Crap. Especially Today.
By Mitch Berg
While Scots in America don’t have a national holiday that enshrines mass public drunkenness and projectile vomiting, we do have – for the last nine years, anyway – Tartan Day.
According to Wikipedia…:
…took root in the United States and since 1998, the date of April 6 has been officially recognised by the United States Senate as a celebration of the contribution made by generations of Scots-Americans to the foundation and prosperity of modern America.
The date is significant as it commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, the first known formal Declaration of independence. Not only was the United States Declaration of Independence modelled on that document, but almost half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent and the Governors in 9 of the original 13 States were of Scottish ancestry.
So tack a “Mac-” onto the front of your name, quaff a couple shots of Laphroaig, paint your face blue and moon your boss today – he can take your job, be he canna take your freedom!
Play bagpipe music, or at least Big Country, Simple Minds and the Proclaimers, in your cube.
Talk like Sean Connery. Eat a burrito, but call it haggis just to see the reactions you get.
Save a nickel, rather than spending it.
It’s Tartan Day. You deserve it.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:24 am
And don’t forget to wear the official State of Minnesota Tartan !!
http://www.electricscotland.com/tartans/minnesota.htm
April 6th, 2007 at 7:53 am
So not knowing what Laphraoig is, I Googled it.
It is telling that the results come back to this blog.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:12 am
It is telling that the results come back to this blog.
Which in turn is “telling” that I am among the most-linked-to sites on the ‘net that misspells “Laphroaig” as “Laphraoig”.
I’ve had the stuff maybe three times in my life. While I’m not a big scotch drinker, I had a bottle of 30-year-old Laphroaig that was so smooth it practically drank itself.
Someday.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Yes, that was part of the appeal..
$400 a bottle. I hope you enjoyed it.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Well, it’s wasn’t my bottle, per se. It belonged to a friend who’d gotten it at outlet. Yes, scots scotch distilleries have outlets.
And I’ve seen it as low as $180 a bottle, retail.
I’m thinking it might be my present to myself when my son graduates from college.
April 9th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Celebrating a country full of dudes in dresses, eh? You go girl!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:05 am
My idea of SCOTS is Southern Culture On The Skids!
http://www.scots.com
Coming to the 400 Bar at the end of the month. A show worth seeing!
April 21st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Hi, fun page.
I found it when I was notified you were linking to a photo on my page,
and I want to give credit for that photo (though the aspect is a bit off)
to the guy who did the photograph – John Campbell, the bro’ of a good
friend of mine. I’ve always liked that photo too. Glad you do!
It’s the one taken in Scotland. just below the flag.