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[Grace]

The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get
the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason
they have been used on the frontline in the British army for the last
300 years.

I beg to differ - do you not remember the bagpipes?

As a musical instrument of war, the Great Pipes of the Highlands were without equal, according to historians. The shrill and penetrating notes worked well in the roar and din of battle and pipes could be heard at distances up to 10 miles. Because of the importance of the bagpipes to any Highland army, they were classified as an instrument of war by the Loyalist government during the Highland uprising in the 1700s. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.

[RICHARD]

The Mexican government announced that they will take the proper measures 'manana'!

[Lady's Human]

I beg to differ - do you not remember the bagpipes?

As a musical instrument of war, the Great Pipes of the Highlands were without equal, according to historians. The shrill and penetrating notes worked well in the roar and din of battle and pipes could be heard at distances up to 10 miles. Because of the importance of the bagpipes to any Highland army, they were classified as an instrument of war by the Loyalist government during the Highland uprising in the 1700s. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.

True, but the Scots were not all in rebellion, and have served as front line units of the armies of Great Britain and the UK since 1700.

[Lady's Human]

In the meantime, French military planners are discussing surrender terms with the Germans the Russians just to make sure all of their options are covered.

[wombat2u2004]

Hmmmmm.....but the poms have always shoved everyone else but themselves out front, they even done that with us Aussies. The front lines are always where the most slaughter happens, and the poms are left to finish off the enemy. Always has been that way.
I spent two years with the Royal Highland Fusiliers in Malaya, they were all just wet nosed kids from the streets of Glasgow. They had very little regard for the English, as they remembered times when they were used only as front line bait.
Wom

I beg to differ - do you not remember the bagpipes?

As a musical instrument of war, the Great Pipes of the Highlands were without equal, according to historians. The shrill and penetrating notes worked well in the roar and din of battle and pipes could be heard at distances up to 10 miles. Because of the importance of the bagpipes to any Highland army, they were classified as an instrument of war by the Loyalist government during the Highland uprising in the 1700s. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.

[Marigold2]

Very funny!!!!

[smokey the elder]

Then there's Lewis Black's 3-level alert system which is definitely not suitable to repeat here!

[wombat2u2004]

Then there's Lewis Black's 3-level alert system which is definitely not suitable to repeat here!

Nope, never heard of that one.
PM it to me....hee hee
Wom

[smokey the elder]

Nope, never heard of that one.
PM it to me....hee hee
Wom

PM sent

[wombat2u2004]

PM sent

Haw haw.....very funny !!!!

[RICHARD]

After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.

I guess I'd be a little miffed about guys running about in skirts, blowing into a bladder made of dead animals?


Dude can you pick up a claymore and lend a hand, instead?

[Puckstop31]

I guess I'd be a little miffed about guys running about in skirts, blowing into a bladder made of dead animals?


Dude can you pick up a claymore and lend a hand, instead?

You clearly have never been forced to endure a "serenade" by a group of bagpipes. LOL

[Catty1]

A true and amusing story: A few years ago, a friend of mine went to Austrailia. At Customs, he was asked if he had a criminal record.

His response: "Is that still a requirement?"

He almost didn't get his holiday!

[wombat2u2004]

A true and amusing story: A few years ago, a friend of mine went to Austrailia. At Customs, he was asked if he had a criminal record.

His response: "Is that still a requirement?"

He almost didn't get his holiday!

Hee hee......I'll tell you a little bit of history here...............
When Australia was first colonised as a penal settlement, the British soldiers knicknamed the convicts "Pommies".....the short form of that POME, means Prisoners Of Mother England.
But the system the Brits had in place here, was that the harder a convict worked, the more food and tobacco he received.......the average British soldier who were guards etc etc....received a ration a food and tobacco that was almost hardly anything, and on top of that, once posted here, the Brits were never allowed to go back to Britain.
So we had a situation where the British soldiers had to trade favours for food
with the convicts....the convicts naturally had the goodies, and of course the upper hand.
The knickname POME soon became the knickname of those poor British soldiers, who were a actually the TRUE Prisoners of Mother England........and ever since then, and to this day....we call the Brits...... Pommies.....or the shirt form...POMS.
I guess it's just another one of those situations that backfired on the Brits, and of course........there has been heaps of those instances....LOLOLOL
Wom

[RICHARD]

You clearly have never been forced to endure a "serenade" by a group of bagpipes. LOL

So, mating cats outside the open window don't count?

I can handle the screeching, it's the old elementary school urge to go 'skirt flipping' that has me all weirded out.


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Catty,

The man who lived next door was heading back to the U.S. after a trip into Tijuana.

He was drunk as he hit the control point and the border patrol cop asked him where he was from....


"My mother!", he said.

LOL, a true but sketchy answer?