Virtual happenings

Fair fa yer honest sonsie face
Great chieftain o' the pudden race....

Have you got a skean dhu? I've got a recorder to pipe it on with!

Annobel
Fair is your honest happy face
Great chieftain of the pudding race

I know it is cheating but I googled it (sorry)
Are we having the party at Edinburgh castle

David Cameron was being given a tour of a newly opened hospital. He saw the maternity unit, the orthopaedic unit and was then taken through a set of double doors.

He asked the first patient he saw how he was. The patient replied: Fair fa yer honest sonsie face
Great chieftain o' the pudden race....

DC sort of smiled in a vague way and moved on. He asked the same question of the next patient he met, who replied "wee sleekit, cowering, timrous beasty.." (ok apologies to those who know how it should go)

DC turned to the official tasked with showing him round, and asked "Is this the psychiatric ward?"

The chap replied, "On no, it's the serious burns unit"

Aaaaagggghhhhh

phoenix
Can you hear my ribs cracking with all the laughter

haggis and vaggis. I like it, butty. Typical of those veggies to be rude, innit?

Edinburgh Castle would be a good venue, and then we can go stomping down the Royal Mile and virtually invade Holyrood.

I LIKE that. Have t been there for years. Last time there was a lovely big department store that did mini haggis. Can't get them now.

phoenix

I'm from Selkirk so would suggest the Selkirk Grace

"Some hae meat and canna eat
Some hae nane, but want it
But we hae meat
and we can eat
Sae let the Lord be thankit."

My favourite grace.

Phoenix single malt diluted with water - fine. With soda you could stick to the everyday blended stuff - but Jeni - diluted with VODKA! Wash your mouth out indeed!
Have also replied to the toast to the Lassies, using a version of Tam o' Shanter from his wife's point of view. Very funny but don't think it would be appropriate here (lost in translation??)

em
I think I used a bit from old Tam as wellin mine! Try us. If I can manage Tam for o level English, surely we an manage a wee lassie's efforts.

Ah but Jeni everyone doesn't have your experience - as we are all beginning to realise!! (Plus I'd have to find it!!)

Experience in what? Titter titter.

That's for you to know and us to wonder about!

My gran always said that!

Mmmm nor sure how to take that. Is em being sarcastic or complimentary! GEALDINE we really do need a"just joking " emoticon. Perhaps a jokers stock with bells on

Should read stick

Stock is German for stick so you were close!

Was referring back to your post at 16.49. There must be many a gran who hasn't any experience of Burns and I'd hate them to feel excluded! Additional emoticons would be of no help to me as I don't use them. (I realise I am one of the exceptions on GN but think most points can be expressed using real words!)

em definitely currently sticking to the blended. I have a glass of Waitrose own and soda at my elbow as I type!

jeni, doesn't the emoticon serve your purpose?

annobel not always!

1 picture is worth a thousand words