XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.british, soc.culture.irish   
   XPost: soc.culture.australian   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:29:25 GMT, "Conway Caine"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"WhiteWolf @iol.ie>"  wrote in message   
   >news:5nf273p7qu7t1ri46jakvp3t14sf2pij11@4ax.com...   
   >> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:41:04 GMT, The Highlander  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>With those two words... You just what little credibility you might ever   
   >>>>have   
   >>>>had...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Ray   
   >>>   
   >>>That's wonderful, Ray - now there are two of you!   
   >>   
   >> I've booked my laugh at your poor attempt at a joke for next week tuesday   
   >> between the hours of 10am and 10.01 am...     
   >   
   >Remember, Ray, The Highlander is descended from that bunch you guys ran out   
   >of Ireland two thousand or more years ago.   
   >Can you wonder then at his bitterness, sitting as he does in the Frozen   
   >North of Alba, gazing back at the verdant shores of Ireland, and wishing he   
   >could come home?   
   >   
   Ran us out?   
      
   Large numbers of Ulster natives are Scots by descent. I haven't   
   noticed any tendency on their part to leave, despite the best the IRA   
   could throw at them.   
   The Highlander   
   Tilgibh smucaid air do làmhan,   
   togaibh a' bhratach dhubh agus   
   toisichibh a' geàrradh na sgòrnanan!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)