"Gathering of the Clans"

[MathGirl]

Somewhere around here there's a big Scottish festival this weekend. Sounds thrilling.

First, there will be a massed ensemble of 750 bag piperers. I assume they will all play at the same time. It boggles the mind to think of what that many bagpipes would sound like. The cat fight of the gods?

Among the tasty delicacies offered will be haggis. For those who don't know about haggis, it's ......... no, I can't. Ask Og. I'm sure he knows. Probably loves the stuff and has a special recipe.

Considering the .... rather liberal interpretation of sexual orientation around here, I've pondered exactly what might be worn under the kilts of those 750 strapping Scot pipers. I'll bet there are a fair share of lacy bikinis and pink thongs.
MG
Ps. No, I'm not planning to attend. In addition to the pipers and the haggis, there will be a bunch of hairy Hibernians flinging telephone poles around and shouting, "Hoot mon, Angus." Sounds dangerous.
Pps. I'd love to have a CD of the pipering to play for my cat. I'd probably never see Senor Alec Thompson again.

 

[ffreak]

But MG, if you just take a pad and pencil and work on the math involved in the transference of energy and the muscle mass involved, you will probably compute which of these guys would make a chihuahua laugh.

And the really intelligent blokes will become intrigued. You just might be able to find-out about the other games they have in mind.

 

[Guest]

Maths: some time back opening night at the opera featured "Macbeth", w/the divine Gwynneth Jones as the Lady. Versus the usual tuxes for men there were a multitide of kilt clad thighs. Very very nice scene. Don't think it will be the same at the Scottish fest though.

Perdita


Edited to correctly spell Dame Jones' name.

 

[ffreak]

So why did the Scot men let it all hang out when they wrapped their Lady's as tightly as a shroud?

I think Scot women should demand equal rights - and equally intriguing dress.

If the women dressed more like the men I might go to a Clan Gathering.

 

[Guest]

WHAT are you talking about Eff?

Perdita

 

[MathGirl]

Originally posted by perdita Maths: some time back opening night at the opera featured "Macbeth", w/the divine Gwynneth Jone as the Lady. Versus the usual tuxes for men there were a multitide of kilt clad thighs. Very very nice scene. Don't think it will be the same at the Scottish fest though.

Dear Perdita,
I'm sure you're right as usual. It would take an extremely confident and capable man to show up at a Scottish brawl wearing a tux. They'd probably throw telephone poles at him, force feed him haggis, and make him listen to the 750 piperers up close.
MG

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I've long been in favor of making Caber Tossing an officially sanctioned Olympic event. If "sports" with limited international appeal, such as judo, baseball, and curling (among others) can make the cut, why not Caber Tossing?

By the way, when you consider that poor Scotsmen had to were those kilts (which must get drafty on nippy January mornings in Aberdeen) and either starve to death or eat haggis (tough call), it's no wonder so many left the country.

Rumple (in the highlands) Foreskin

 

[Svenskaflicka]

P, do you remember that pic of Alan in a kilt?

 

[ffreak]

Perdita, it's just my fevered dreams.

Wrong Gwynneth (Paltrow) came to mind in a dark grey floor length, high-collared shift. Which is not nearly as enticing as what she wore in Great Expectations. If Scot men wear nothing under a kilt, why not Scot women. In which case tennis tournaments added to the gathering could get real interesting for the onlookers.

 

[Guest]

P, do you remember that pic of Alan in a kilt?

NO! where?

 

[pop_54]

Hmmmm

Dear Perdita,
I'm sure you're right as usual. It would take an extremely confident and capable man to show up at a Scottish brawl wearing a tux. They'd probably throw telephone poles at him, force feed him haggis, and make him listen to the 750 piperers up close.
MG

Probably fall foul of the Scottish gay rights movement as well, they toss little pink Cabers and blow bagpipes, or any other pipe you wish to present them with.

Led by two able characters by the name of: Ben Doone and Phillip Mc Avity.

Sincerely: Duncan Disorderly.

 

[MathGirl]

either starve to death or eat haggis (tough call),

Dear Rumple,
You're right about that. I'd hate to be faced with that decision. Once again, a misery wrapped in an enema.
MG

 

[gauchecritic]

1) Haggis is much more edible than curry.

2) Bagpipes have a very haunting sound if listened to closely and played properly.

3) I'm quite surprised no-one's said this already; Nothing is worn under the kilt, it's all in perfect working order.

Gauche (Not even part Scots)

Scots (like scousers) will always wax lyrical about their birthplace but you never see them going back to stay.

 

[Quasimodem]

I’ve always wondered why two “sports” couldn’t be combined. Add the Caber Toss to Pole Sitting and you have a sport which would have both offensive and defensive play.

Anybody who was present when Morely Callahan accepted his Order of Canada Award, knows that Gauche is correct. Scots wear nothing that doesn’t grow wild, under their kilts. A fact, to which Mr.Callahan offered hard evidence, immediately following the acceptance of his award.

Perdita,

Did you see Alan as Rasputin

“Rasputin” (19996 HBO TV Movie) starring Alan Rickman in the title role.

Rasputin: Before we can repent, we have to sin.

 

[Guest]

Perdita, Did you see Alan as Rasputin
Rasputin: Before we can repent, we have to sin.

Yes, I have the video. Awful movie but I'll watch AR in anything. Good quote.

Rasputin was an amazing character and really did play a big part in the fall of the Romanovs. R. Massie's Nicholas and Alexandra I highly recommend to anyone who loves a good story. His Peter the Great is great; I've a small library on pre-revolutionary Russia.

Perdita the Russophiliac

p.s. to Gauche: I know about under-the-kilt but I doubt the men at the SF opera stood fast by the real thing. Yes, the pipes are exquisitely mournful, I heard them at a funeral.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

NO! where?

I'll search the web and see if I can find it again..

 

[MathGirl]

Originally posted by gauchecritic Bagpipes have a very haunting sound if listened to closely and played properly.

Dear Gauchie,
I've seen and heard a pipe and drum corps play the "Garryowen," and it is extremely impressive. Causes piloerection.
MG
Ps. No, it's not that.

 

[Guest]

Wrong Gwynneth (Paltrow) came to mind in a dark grey floor length, high-collared shift.

My last words on the wrong Gwynneth. She's really a not so pretty boy. Sheesh, how could you think she might ever play Mrs. Macbeth? She's as vapid as they come, simply better trained and tailored than most H'wood folk.

Harumphing, Perdita

 

[ffreak]

Why do you think I was so confused? Paltrow doesn't look like any Lady M I ever saw. Course, she wasn't exactly my vision of Estalla in Great Expectations either, even if Cuarón did update the story. (underrated actor: Hank Azaria)

Have to admit though, I was surprised when she did Duets

 

[Guest]

Cuarón is very good, just didn't like his casting. I agree about Azaria; he was delightfully hilarious in that awful movie with Julia Roberts (Ms. Empty Eyes) and Cath. Zeta-Jones; he played a Spaniard with a prominent lisp.

 

[sailorm72003]

...Pps. I'd love to have a CD of the pipering to play for my cat. I'd probably never see Senor Alec Thompson again. [/B]

MG,
Play it for Walt the Beagle, perfect accompaniment for the howling.

Sailor

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I couldn't link on to the page where the pic was, to download it, but I saw the link to the page on Altavista: http://www.altavista.com/image/results?pg=q&stype=simage&imgset=2&q=Alan+Rickman&avkw=aapt&stq=15

 

[Guest]

Gracias! I couldn't get the pic to enlarge but even postage stamp size he looks great. Sigh........

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Don't you just love a man who's enough confident in his own manliness to dare wear a skirt in public?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Don't you just love a man who's enough confident in his own manliness to dare wear a skirt in public?

You must have loved Cpl. Klinger in the TV show M*A*S*H.

RF