kallend 2,174 #1 January 23, 2004 Tony Blair is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one. The patient replies: "Fair fa your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin race, Aboon them a you take your place, Painch, tripe or thairm, As langs my airm." Blair is confused, so he just grins and moves on to the next patient. The patient responds: "Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, So let the Lord be thankit." Even more confused, and his grin now rictus-like, the PM moves on to the next patient, who immediately begins to chant: "Wee sleekit, cowerin, timrous beasty, Thou needna start awa sae hastie, Wi bickering brattle." Now seriously troubled, Blair turns to the accompanying doctor and asks "What kind of facility is this? A mental ward?" "No," replies the doctor. "This is the serious Burns unit." Ta Da........ The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #2 January 23, 2004 <........blink........blink.........> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #3 January 23, 2004 I demand an explanation please. __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 January 23, 2004 I now feel sorry for Kallend's students...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #6 January 23, 2004 um... the patients are quoting Robert Burns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #7 January 23, 2004 Quote well at least somebody got it _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #8 January 23, 2004 bingo common - anyone - y'know poetry.... no? (by the way its from a poem called "to a haggis"... my dad loved haggis and had me believing for years that they were a three leged animal that lived at the top of scotish hills. It spent its days running round and round the top of the hill. They have one short leg and two long legs. The two long legs are on the downhill side so as to keep the animal level when its running round and round in circles. There are left legged haggises, (long left legs) and right legged haggises (long right legs) but they rarely live together in the same herd because of the risk of head on collision. Sounded plausable as a kid) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #9 January 23, 2004 Quoteum... the patients are quoting Robert Burns. Oh what do you know? You're just a girl! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #10 January 23, 2004 I laughed out loud at that. Does that mean I'm weird? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #11 January 23, 2004 I got the joke, I just didn't think it was funny.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurel 0 #12 January 23, 2004 Quotebingo common - anyone - y'know poetry.... no? Yes. I love "Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhod" by William Wordsworth and "I thank you God for most this amazing" by e.e. cummings are two of my favorites...................................................................... PMS#28, Pelogrande Rodriguez#1074 My Pink M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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diablopilot 2 #14 January 23, 2004 It's humorous, but don't quit your day job. HA!---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,174 #15 January 23, 2004 QuoteI laughed out loud at that. Does that mean I'm weird? No, just well educated. It was a test.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
