Och, aye, Scotland!
Saturday, November 15, 2003 by Larry Kuperman | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This is a brief eductional article intended to shed some light on that strange and wonderful place, Scotland. Any humor, or "humour" in purely unintentional.
Scotland, along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, forms the United Kingdom. Scotland is best known for its historic castles, rich traditions and for men who wear skirts. I mean kilts, yeah, kilts.
Scotland's chief contributions to the civilized world, uh I mean the rest of the civilized world, are knowledge-based industries, eating the parts of sheep that no one else wants and creating great skins. Voodoo_Freak, Honz12 and whats-his-name, the guy that made Hellfire (yeah, Hippy, thats the one) are examples of Scotland's great skinners.
Skinning began in Scotland when the barbaric inhabitants painted their bodies with woad. Please see the Woad Ode at http://www.frivolity.com/teatime/Songs_and_Poems/woad_ode.html for further details. This was a tradition that lasted from ancient times until about two years ago, when they discovered WindowBlinds.
It is a well-documented fact that the Scots are a fierce people. In 1010, the Scots under King King Malcolm the 2nd defeated a Viking army at Mortlach, with King Malcolm strangling the Viking General. See http://viking.no/e/info-sheets/scotland/mortlach.htm. I encourage users to bear this event in mind when commenting on Hippy's skins. The Vikings remained determined to conquer Scotland, until they learned that this would mean eating haggis and listening to bagpipes. At that point Eric the Red said, "Tell me about this Iceland again."
William Wallace of Elerslie, is regarded by many as Scotland's greatest hero. A soldier and skinner (see notes about woad above) his homepage is at http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace/index.html. He would have skinned for WindowBlinds had the Stardock store been available. Denied of this outlet for his natural talents, he had no choice but to wage war against the British. Finally, WindowBlinds and SkinStudio were released and the Scottish had other outlets.
It is an undocumented and little-known fact, but today's modern Scots descend from the Lost Tribes of Israel. This can clearly be seen from the fact that both peoples say "Oy" and "Ch" a lot.
Thank you for your time and I hope that no one believes a single word!
Scotland, along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, forms the United Kingdom. Scotland is best known for its historic castles, rich traditions and for men who wear skirts. I mean kilts, yeah, kilts.
Scotland's chief contributions to the civilized world, uh I mean the rest of the civilized world, are knowledge-based industries, eating the parts of sheep that no one else wants and creating great skins. Voodoo_Freak, Honz12 and whats-his-name, the guy that made Hellfire (yeah, Hippy, thats the one) are examples of Scotland's great skinners.
Skinning began in Scotland when the barbaric inhabitants painted their bodies with woad. Please see the Woad Ode at http://www.frivolity.com/teatime/Songs_and_Poems/woad_ode.html for further details. This was a tradition that lasted from ancient times until about two years ago, when they discovered WindowBlinds.
It is a well-documented fact that the Scots are a fierce people. In 1010, the Scots under King King Malcolm the 2nd defeated a Viking army at Mortlach, with King Malcolm strangling the Viking General. See http://viking.no/e/info-sheets/scotland/mortlach.htm. I encourage users to bear this event in mind when commenting on Hippy's skins. The Vikings remained determined to conquer Scotland, until they learned that this would mean eating haggis and listening to bagpipes. At that point Eric the Red said, "Tell me about this Iceland again."
William Wallace of Elerslie, is regarded by many as Scotland's greatest hero. A soldier and skinner (see notes about woad above) his homepage is at http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/wallace/index.html. He would have skinned for WindowBlinds had the Stardock store been available. Denied of this outlet for his natural talents, he had no choice but to wage war against the British. Finally, WindowBlinds and SkinStudio were released and the Scottish had other outlets.
It is an undocumented and little-known fact, but today's modern Scots descend from the Lost Tribes of Israel. This can clearly be seen from the fact that both peoples say "Oy" and "Ch" a lot.
Thank you for your time and I hope that no one believes a single word!
kongit
Reply #2 Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:20 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:20 PM
I went to scotland once and my funniest memory was in Edinburgh where somebody had decided to stick a bright orange road cone on top of the head of the large statue of the Duke of Wellington. That and a bunch of drunken italians singing italy's anthem because their team had just won a match in the world cup
Styl-X Design
Reply #3 Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:37 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:37 PM
Scotland sucks, they've beaten the dutch soccer team 
j/k
j/k
AndreasV
Reply #5 Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:46 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:46 PM
Styl skinner: wait for the returngame 
I hope they play in the KUIP instead of the Arena, because they always win in the kuip (see Euro2000
)
I hope they play in the KUIP instead of the Arena, because they always win in the kuip (see Euro2000
)
MarkMcQ
Reply #6 Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:57 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:57 PM
| Voodoo_Freak, Honz12 and whats-his-name, the guy that made Hellfire (yeah, Hippy, thats the one) are examples of Scotland's great skinners. |
Shame on you, Mr Kuperman. You forgot the man who went before us all, Neil Allerdice, AKA Thredz.
Larry Kuperman
Reply #7 Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:08 PM
OMG, seriously I am ashamed. How could I have forgotten! (Larry Kuperman smacks forehead.) Thank you, Mark, for reminding me.
I hope this brought some cheer to all.
Reply #7 Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:08 PM
| Shame on you, Mr Kuperman. You forgot the man who went before us all, Neil Allerdice, AKA Thredz. |
OMG, seriously I am ashamed. How could I have forgotten! (Larry Kuperman smacks forehead.) Thank you, Mark, for reminding me.
I hope this brought some cheer to all.
Styl-X Design
Reply #8 Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:39 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:39 PM
AndreasV, the game was totaly sh*t. The team is builded from people who are 'bejaard'.
I bet we lose the next game and then we can say bye bye to portugal.
with the end score of 0-1 hippy
I bet we lose the next game and then we can say bye bye to portugal.
with the end score of 0-1 hippy
AndreasV
Reply #9 Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:09 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:09 PM
'bejaard' 
Stam was good btw, too bad he was booked so he will mist the returngame
We currently miss a player who can make good moves, like Jozsef Kiprich (aka god) could make them in his years.
Also, the pace of the game was way to low, my granny could do faster
Anyway, if we win the next game, we will forget all of this. If we lose, then #!)@*#*#*@@~!!***
Stam was good btw, too bad he was booked so he will mist the returngame
We currently miss a player who can make good moves, like Jozsef Kiprich (aka god) could make them in his years.
Also, the pace of the game was way to low, my granny could do faster
Anyway, if we win the next game, we will forget all of this. If we lose, then #!)@*#*#*@@~!!***
Styl-X Design
Reply #10 Saturday, November 15, 2003 6:25 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, November 15, 2003 6:25 PM
true, if we lose the next game I will move to scotland
kongit
Reply #12 Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:28 AM
Reply #12 Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:28 AM
do one of you wonderful scottish people know much about the university of Edinburgh. I was thinking about trying to do a semester there.
woot woot
woot woot
Larry Kuperman
Reply #13 Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:02 AM
Reply #13 Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:02 AM
I just wanted to share the purpose of this thread. Mark (Hippy) is a wonderful skinner and community member (Wizop!)who is a great soul. Yesterday there was a "heated discussion" on his Hellfire skin-- ironic that! I would rather respond with humor (or humour, as the case may be) than with anger. Better for the digestion.
I hope that this made you laugh or at least smile. BTW, the historical references (including the jumping around and strangling people) are accurate.
Here's to you, Hippy!
I hope that this made you laugh or at least smile. BTW, the historical references (including the jumping around and strangling people) are accurate.
Here's to you, Hippy!
Bangkokboy
Reply #15 Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:59 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:59 PM
larry, you glossed right over some of my ancestors - picts, druids, etc.
highlander ferocity has been made too much of on tv. but then again, the germans in WW I did track their deployments carefully and bolster defenses accordingly, and referred to them lovingly as "die hoelledamen" - the ladies from hell.
highlander ferocity has been made too much of on tv. but then again, the germans in WW I did track their deployments carefully and bolster defenses accordingly, and referred to them lovingly as "die hoelledamen" - the ladies from hell.
Styl-X Design
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:29 PM ORANJE BOVEN, ORANJE BOVEN, OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ
Holland has won with 6-0 from scotland.
Och aye
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:29 PM
ORANJE BOVEN, ORANJE BOVEN, OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ Holland has won with 6-0 from scotland.
Och aye
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Reply #1 Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:12 PM