Scottish independence.

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by Simondi

Done.
Who is he anyway

He is an ex EVERTON manager who Sir Alex Ferguson [thought] would be a good successor to his throne !!! [whoops]

[TopCat999]

Originally Posted by Borg Warner

My apologies Simon but I find you signature interesting:

Wha's Like Us? Damn Few And They're A' Died!?

The average Englishman in the home he calls his castle
slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented
by Chemist Charles MacIntosh from Glasgow, Scotland.

En-route to his office he strides along the English lane,
surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.

He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by
John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of
Dreghorn, Scotland.

At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive
stamps invented by John Chalmers, Bookseller and
Printer of Dundee, Scotland.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by
Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle
invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

He watches the news on television, an invention of John
Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an
item about the U.S. Navy founded by John
Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and
in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that
the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot,
King James VI, who authorised its translation.

He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world.

He could take a rifle and end it all, but the breech-loading
rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of
Pitfours, Scotland.

If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating
table injected with penicillin, discovered by Sir Alexander
Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given chloroform, an
anesthetic discovered by Sir James Young Simpson,
Obstetrician and Gynecologist of Bathgate, Scotland.

Out of the anesthetic he would find no comfort in learning
that he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by
William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion
of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him tae ask
"Wha's like us? damm few an' there a' deed"

When the great comedian Billy Connolly was asked his thought on the subject he very cleverly replied that the result would be what the Scots deserve.

BW

love this but check out the thousands of English inventions in Wikpedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...nd_discoveries

[Gman2]

Yeah but pivotal inventions / breakthroughs with national or international impact in proportion to population I reckon the Scots aren't doing too badly Also many of the senior administrators and governors during the colonial period were Scottish so their influence was far and wide

[TopCat999]

Originally Posted by Gman2

Yeah but pivotal inventions / breakthroughs with national or international impact in proportion to population I reckon the Scots aren't doing too badly Also many of the senior administrators and governors during the colonial period were Scottish so their influence was far and wide

not to mention the fact that Westminster has been dominated by Scots
Malcolm Rifkind, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, Alaisdair Darling, etc etc!

[Gman2]

Every silver lining has a cloud though:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26082372

[Astraeus]

Originally Posted by Gman2

Every silver lining has a cloud though:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26082372

Whatever the vote we draw the line at having him!



CHRIS

[TopCat999]

Mind you there is something worse, far worse in prospect:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-the-mire.html

[Gman2]

Getting close now! I watched the BBC last night in despair as they interviewed a woman on what way she'll vote - "I don't know but I might give it a go" Give it a ago! This ain't "see the new takeaway round the corner - I might give it a go" - this is the future direction of the United Kingdom for pity's sake. I hope serious thought is given by the voters on how they'll decide and emotion and rhetoric doesn't carry the day

[Astraeus]

Originally Posted by Gman2

Getting close now! I watched the BBC last night in despair as they interviewed a woman on what way she'll vote - "I don't know but I might give it a go" Give it a ago! This ain't "see the new takeaway round the corner - I might give it a go" - this is the future direction of the United Kingdom for pity's sake. I hope serious thought is given by the voters on how they'll decide and emotion and rhetoric doesn't carry the day

It will be no different from any other election here. Some will put careful thought in, some will vote from the heart, some because that's the way their father/mother would vote, some will not bother. Either way that is the way democracy works. The result will be what it will be. I will happily go with what is decided. Rights and wrongs on both sides but the simple fact is that if Scotland does go it alone, Scotland will survive as will what is left of the rest of the UK.

Chris

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by Astraeus

It will be no different from any other election here. Some will put careful thought in, some will vote from the heart, some because that's the way their father/mother would vote, some will not bother. Either way that is the way democracy works. The result will be what it will be. I will happily go with what is decided. Rights and wrongs on both sides but the simple fact is that if Scotland does go it alone, Scotland will survive as will what is left of the rest of the UK.

Chris

people are people so what you say is true .

Out of 11 members at our table at the Hawes last night it was a 50/50 split and a dont know , .
I think its going to be close.

Most punters in my cab are YES but then most NO people like to keep quiet .

A divided nation and a divided kingdom.