"Only a true Scotsman..."
"Only a true Macdonald..."
"Only a true Murphy descended from the Seamus Murphy's in Co Antrim around the time of..."

Yadda, yadda, yadda...Geez! This goes on forever doesn't it?


In my experience, folks like the Clan Donald fellow have the same type of small mind that would have me in trousers because I wasn't born and bred in the highlands, and not currently knee deep in heather and thistles. He might also object to my blood not coming out in the precise Macdonald tartan.

Folks like this get a kick out of feeling important by throwing their weight around and telling people what they can and can't do. I try to make it rule of thumb that when someone tells me what I can or can't do to return the favor, and tell them exactly what they can do, and precisely how to get there. My life's too short to put up with such nonsense.

Next they'll be telling people that they can't go to the local Chinese buffet because they weren't born in Beijing, or that I can't do vodka shots because I'm not directly descended from the Romanovs on my mother's, brother's, second cousin's side twice removed.