Don't Mention The War

[Wharton]

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.

[tonyav]

And.

[sandyRoe]

Scots wha hae !

[maggiebee]

"And sent them hamewards tae think again"

[douglas9401]

Apparently there'll be a small ceremony in Stirling this lunchtime, 13:14 to be precise.

[MarkRae]

> Scots wha hae!

That always make me laugh.

[Wharton]

MarkRae
Aye, hae whit?

[MarkRae]

Exactly! It's like referring to Rule Britannia as "When Britain first".

[heathfield]

If you said 'Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn', which is the original title to this Robert Burns poem, most Scots wouldn't know what you were talking about.

[maggiebee]

Heathfield, when I was at school, Scottish history was largely ignored. However, times have changed and my grandsons know more about Scottish history than I ever did.

[Toureman]

And, whats your question?

[emmie]

so, tomorrow is the anniversary of 7th July bombings.

[Segilla]

I recall being told at school in the 1950s that Scotsmen if being made to feel inferior could be heard to mutter "Aye, remember Bannockburn".

[craft1948]

Was that the last time they won anything?

[jno]

tomorrow is the anniversary of the beginning of the Islamic era

[jno]

tut, craft, they were the only rugby team to win all their southern hemisphere matches this spring, in fact the only one to win any of them.

[paddywak]

I prefer to remember Culloden

[craft1948]

Oh jolly well done then jno...................

[thenry]

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it !

[Wharton]

There's more Englishmen in Bannockburn than any other place in Scotland, just thought I'd let you known that.

[craft1948]

Look I can't lose here................my mother's Yorkshire and my father's a Shetlander