> The misguided but well-meaning Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> > thanks, bruce. yes - i erred! bollocks it is.
> > but don't give yourself so much credit: imo
> > thought of a man in a skirt grunting is anything
> > BUT menacing.
> > keep trying nonetheless!
> > e-RICHIE
> > aka Richard M Sachs
> > Chester, CT
>
> Complete bollocks, Richie! A Scotsman in a kilt with his dander up is one of
> the most fearsome sights on earth. That's why the first choice for the
> British Army when it came to clearing trenches during the two world wars
> were the Scottish regiments, particularly the Black Watch. It's widely held
> in military circles that there isn't a more effective trench-fighting
> soldier in the world than a Scottish one. Now enough of those skirt jokes or
> I'll send a few of the lads over to sort you out. ;-) On the other hand, a
> kilted Scotsman on a classic bike, I readily concede, is a ridiculous (and
> draughty) sight...
>
> Bruce "sporran" Robbins
> Dundee
> Scotland
>
>
"My God...it sounds like the Gates of Hell have been opened"
Napoleon's reaction to the pipers as the Scots Greys pummeled
the French into oblivion at Waterloo. Of course this is not analogous to
Scot/French cycling competitions. It probably would be if those damn kilts didn't
keep gettin' in the way.
Craig Montgomery in Tucson (which was founded by an Irishman for the Spanish)