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28th January 10, 09:00 PM
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Why so serious?
One thing I've noticed at Scottish events--why is it there's always that one guy who brings a big claymore just to carry around in a very serious manner? It happens at all the Highland Games, Burns Suppers, and Tartan Days that I attend, and it looks kinda silly. Are the Wisconsin events the only place that this happens, or do other places have these guys too?
If I'm just goin' crazy let me know, but sometimes it feels like these guys are just looking for any excuse to carry around a big sword in front of them--as if the English will storm the banquet hall!
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28th January 10, 10:50 PM
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Good question, and no, it's not a Wisconsin phenomenon. 
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28th January 10, 11:50 PM
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It happens in Florida too.
Regards, Bill McCaughtry
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29th January 10, 12:14 AM
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I bring this up because of the first picture in Jack Daw's Burns Supper photos.
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29th January 10, 09:06 AM
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 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
I bring this up because of the first picture in Jack Daw's Burns Supper photos.
In the haggis procession for our thing, there is always a claymore bearer. It's meant to be taken humorously, though, not seriously.
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29th January 10, 01:09 AM
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Same thing at the Burns Supper I attended. Guess we can safely rule out an isolated Great Lakes phenomenon. lol!
Ken
"The best things written about the bagpipe are written on five lines of the great staff" - Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, MBE
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29th January 10, 02:11 AM
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It happens in Scotland too.
Scotland's games have their fair share of characters, garishly dressed and often sporting large ornamental weaponry. Yet most of them walk around with a serious look on their faces and object when people want to photograph them.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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29th January 10, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by cessna152towser
It happens in Scotland too.
Scotland's games have their fair share of characters, garishly dressed and often sporting large ornamental weaponry. Yet most of them walk around with a serious look on their faces and object when people want to photograph them.
It's comforting to know that we don't have a monopoly on "fruitcakes" then.
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29th January 10, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cessna152towser
It happens in Scotland too.
Scotland's games have their fair share of characters, garishly dressed and often sporting large ornamental weaponry. Yet most of them walk around with a serious look on their faces and object when people want to photograph them.
Do you know, I don't recall seeing anyone like that at any of the Highland games that I have been to.
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29th January 10, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Do you know, I don't recall seeing anyone like that at any of the Highland games that I have been to.
There was a Viking and a couple of "ancient" Scots at the Taynuilt Highland Games in July 2008. They were locals and not Americans.
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