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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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    Quote Originally Posted by cessna152towser View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    No sober person would ever think it's a good idea to play those beasts!
    I think you may have hit on the real truth!


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    I can see Robertson hanging around airports now hoping to add to his collection!

    Seriously though what an interesting an unusual reaction to seeing a kilt!
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    Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
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    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    Oh? So pipers drink more than the rest of us.....
    I don't know about that... I'd take the pepsi challenge on that one. That would be fun, I would think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    Oh? So pipers drink more than the rest of us.....
    Well they say they do...but everyone knows they are just a bunch of blow hards.

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    what a great story, how come no one ever gives me free Scotch.

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    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."
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    Your neighbor is one lucky fellow.

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