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In Scotland... (Original Post)
tk2kewl
Jun 2014
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clarice
(5,504 posts)1. Too funny. nt
Boomerproud
(7,874 posts)2. When I visited Edinburgh many years ago I heard many english jokes
and was told that the Irish do not have the market on hating the English. I think they were only half-kidding.
T_i_B
(14,734 posts)3. I'd say the Scots hate us more then the Irish do!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)4. The Scots built that wall to keep you folks out.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)5. The Romans built that wall to keep their soliders busy. The Scots mostly watched them build it.
Hadrian = Roman Emperor, 117-1138, ce.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)7. Being ancestrally Scottish, I maintain...
...(and more precisely,) the Scots tricked the Romans into building the wall.
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)8. Being ancestrally Scottish, I agree...
... as would two of my closest friends who are from Glasgow...
The Scots are a sly lot!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)9. Aye; modest too.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)6. Not so sure about that....