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11th February 08, 02:24 PM
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Yet Another Power of the Kilt Anecdote
After I had come through arrivals at Newcastle Airport on Saturday I was approached by a lady clutching a half full bottle of Famous Grouse Whisky. She said she had noticed my kilt and wanted to give me the whisky which she had intended to take back home with her to Wales, but had been told she could not take it on the flight to Cardiff as it had been opened. She said she would much prefer it to go to a kilted Scotsman rather than surrender it to airport security staff. She refused any payment and insisted I take the whisky. Well as some of you know I stopped drinking alcohol over three years ago because I was becoming too fond of it for my own good, so I passed it on to my next door neighbour Mackie who is a piper and who will be able to enjoy it.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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11th February 08, 02:31 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by cessna152towser
so I passed it on to my next door neighbour Mackie who is a piper and who will be able to enjoy it.
Oh? So pipers drink more than the rest of us.....
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11th February 08, 02:46 PM
#3
what a great story, how come no one ever gives me free Scotch.
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11th February 08, 03:18 PM
#4
It's far from free, but speaking of Scotch, check out THIS STORY from the St. Paul, MN paper this weekend.
"...when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders."
Samuel Adams
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11th February 08, 03:22 PM
#5
Your neighbor is one lucky fellow.
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11th February 08, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by James MacMillan
Oh? So pipers drink more than the rest of us.....
No sober person would ever think it's a good idea to play those beasts!
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11th February 08, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cessna152towser
so I passed it on to my next door neighbour Mackie who is a piper and who will be able to enjoy it.
Aye. We're glad tae tak' the terrible burden o' drinkin' whisky sae that ithers winna be tempted.
--Scott
"MacDonald the piper stood up in the pulpit,
He made the pipes skirl out the music divine."
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11th February 08, 03:36 PM
#8
Originally Posted by haukehaien
Aye. We're glad tae tak' the terrible burden o' drinkin' whisky sae that ithers winna be tempted.
Well thank goodness for Pipers! 
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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11th February 08, 03:39 PM
#9
Originally Posted by cessna152towser
Well as some of you know I stopped drinking alcohol over three years ago because I was becoming too fond of it for my own good...
Yes, but I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than have a frontal lobotomy! 
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Happiness? I'd settle for being less annoyed!!!
"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused." - Declan MacManus
Member of the Clan Donnachaidh Society
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11th February 08, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by haukehaien
Aye. We're glad tae tak' the terrible burden o' drinkin' whisky sae that ithers winna be tempted.
Oh. THAT explains a LOT of things!
At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.
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