Scottish Independence

[peashaq]

You may take our lands
You may take our oil
You may take anything you can lay your hands on
But you will never take us seriously
That's why we don't like you

Sorry, just spent a few days in England (nice people really, just glad to get home)

[MarkRae]

What are you apologising for?

[karenmac60]

Lang may yer lum reek peashaq ;)

[birdie1971]

“... That's why we don't like you...”

Harsh.
I don't think I could find a single one of my friends or acquaintances who would say that they don't like the Scottish.

Is this racism? ;-)

[chaptazbru]

I don't want your land and I don't want your oil. Don't like you much either, glad you went home !!!

[MarkRae]

> Is this racism?

No, just pitiable ignorance.

[karenmac60]

I take it neither of you have had to put up with being treated as a second class citizen in your own country, by supposedly your own media for your entire life then? No? You should try it, it's wonderful for the self esteem.

[karenmac60]

Oh and btw - I've seen plenty of 'jock bashing' passed off as banter on here, so don't start with the double standards.

[birdie1971]

karenmac60 -

Don't tar us all with the same brush. I've never 'jock bashed' and would never do so.

[karenmac60]

Fair enough

[chaptazbru]

Me neither and I've seen plenty of English bashing on here too and by the way peashaq started it !!!

[birdie1971]

karenmac60 -

No problem. I'm from Manchester and we get a ribbing from just about everyone. If we're not portrayed in the media as whippet owning, pigeon fancying, flat cap wearing, violent, knuckle dragging Neanderthals, then it's a bonus.

[karenmac60]

True - it's mainly the far south (london) and it's mainly the media - but it does bloody grate after a while :)

[chaptazbru]

O and his 'nice people really' I found totally patronising ....

[birdie1971]

karenmac60 -

Doesn't it just? The London-centric press can be infuriating. Remember the fuel shortages in early 2000? Scotland was hit first – no news in the mainstream media [MM]. Then the shortages spread south and eventually hit Manchester. No news in the MM. Then they hit Birmingham and... no news in the MM. The BBC Six O'Clock news – nothing whatsoever...

Then the fuel crisis hit the southern counties and London and would you believe it... all hell broke loose! The MM went berserk. The fuel crisis was the headline story for over a week.

They completely 'forgot' to mention that this fuel shortage had been happening for weeks before it started to affect those outside of the M25.

[peashaq]

This post was originally meant to be more of a joke but...
MarkRae - you could improve upon your grammar - "For what are you apologising"
karenmac60 - nice tae be hame hen.
chaptazbru - I don't think I've ever met you either, with a piece of good fortune the status quo will prevail.
Birdie1971 - I don't think you could find one of your friends anywhere - harsh? - no, only joking.

Enjoyed the banter - peashaq

[ladybirder]

Many a true word posted in jest eh peashaq.

[maggiebee]

Here's tae us, wha's like us
Damned few, they're a' deed!

Mouth now zipped shut!!

[ladybirder]

Would you like to translate Maggie please.

[chaptazbru]

Not my sort of joke peashaq

[chaptazbru]

And where did I say I've ever met you ????