Four Fine Scottish People

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mahler10th

July 22, 2009, 10:52:51 AM Last Edit: July 26, 2009, 11:27:07 AM by Que
Aye.

Och aye the noo, etc... ;D

1.  John Logie Baird
2.  Evelyn Glennie
3.  Edvard Grieg  (aye, ok, he's Norwegian, but a 2nd generation Scot.)
4.  Donald Dewar

Aye.  Whaurs ma haggis, etc. :-[

Tapkaara

#1
July 22, 2009, 10:54:31 AM
Mel Gibson and the guy who started McDonalds. Well, there's two.

Brian

#3
July 22, 2009, 11:19:18 AM

MishaK

#4
July 22, 2009, 11:21:32 AM
There is no topic on earth that can't be derailed into a Monty Python festival. I love it!  ;D  Monty Python truly is a Gesamtkunstwerk.

robnewman

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July 22, 2009, 11:25:42 AM Last Edit: July 22, 2009, 11:29:20 AM by robnewman
Scotland is the only country in the world whose capital city is named Edinburgh  :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtzBdr8hTw&feature=related

bwv 1080

#6
July 22, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
David Hume
Adam Smith
James Maxwell
Robert Brown

karlhenning

#7
July 22, 2009, 11:57:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2009, 11:19:18 AM
The Poet McTeagle!

One of my enduring faves!

karlhenning

#8
July 22, 2009, 12:03:03 PM
Quote from: O Mensch on July 22, 2009, 11:21:32 AM
There is no topic on earth that can't be derailed into a Monty Python festival. I love it!  ;D  Monty Python truly is a Gesamtkunstwerk.

;)

Mr & Mrs Angus Podgorny:

http://www.youtube.com/v/sVbb6pZLfzU

karlhenning

#9
July 22, 2009, 12:12:35 PM
If we don't act fast, Scotland will be choked with Scotsmen!

Tapkaara

#10
July 22, 2009, 12:14:03 PM
There's a loose moose aboot the hoose!

Brian

#12
July 22, 2009, 12:24:39 PM
Quote from: Tapkaara on July 22, 2009, 12:14:03 PM
There's a loose moose aboot the hoose!
Say it ain't so, Joe!

Renfield

#13
July 22, 2009, 01:25:22 PM
Fine they may be, but we need also ask: are they true Scotsmen? 8)

For one, there's certainly no true Scottish summer, judging by the persistent autumn on display outside! ;D

Brian

#14
July 22, 2009, 03:10:27 PM
Quote from: Renfield on July 22, 2009, 01:25:22 PM
Fine they may be, but we need also ask: are they true Scotsmen? 8)

For one, there's certainly no true Scottish summer, judging by the persistent autumn on display outside! ;D
Here's one way to define a true Scotsman!  :D

greg

#15
July 22, 2009, 03:33:35 PM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on July 22, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
Adam Smith
Why is it so not surprising that a Scottish dude would write "The Wealth of Nations?"...

(didn't know he was Scottish)

Joe Barron

#16
July 22, 2009, 04:12:42 PM
Craig Ferguson
Sean Connery
Patrick Stewart
And Montogmery Scott, chief engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

Renfield

#17
July 22, 2009, 05:35:51 PM
Quote from: Greg on July 22, 2009, 03:33:35 PM
Why is it so not surprising that a Scottish dude would write "The Wealth of Nations?"...

(didn't know he was Scottish)

Not just Scottish, but a professor of ethics in Glasgow, as the current holder of his chair informed me once. A philosopher! 8)


Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2009, 03:10:27 PM
Here's one way to define a true Scotsman!  :D

;D ;D

SonicMan46

#18
July 22, 2009, 06:20:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2009, 03:10:27 PM
Here's one way to define a true Scotsman!  :D

Well, a picture is better than a thousand words, as someone once said!  ;D

greg

#19
July 22, 2009, 07:38:07 PM
Excuse me while I go gauge my eyes out...
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