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mcsimmo



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Burns Night, who's celebrating?

Well I am. And its my birthday. Double celebration.

Then hitting Edinburgh all weekend for a birthday/Burns blow out. It will be messy. Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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caravan burning is it? if so Im in.

Edinburgh is a mighty fine place to down a few beers At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

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Would that be your version of the Wicker man? Rolling with laughter Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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Love the pubs in Edinburgh, proper pubs! Thumbs Up

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Don't like burns , don't like whiskey, don't like neeps & haggis .. I'm oot Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

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I once organised a stag in Edinburgh. 20 lads on train from York, staying in the ibis I think right in the centre. we ended up in the 3 sisters and then some odd upside down nightclub happy days. At work
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Stolen from Facebook

It's that night when
English Guardian readers are pretending to like Scottish culture, food and drinking habits.

Burns Night has become a firm fixture for comfortably-off English people who want to patronisingly dip their toes into the carb-heavy rawness of Scottish life.

West London architect Joanna Kramer said: “My partner Ben and I will be having a ‘wee’ supper for Burns Night. It’s going to be ‘bonny’.
“Everyone will have a little mouthful of my Waitrose organic haggis, declare it ‘interesting’ and leave the rest.
“I’ll read out some Burns verses in a slightly ironic Scottish accent and then we’ll get stuck into the whisky. I’ve managed to source alcohol-free whisky from the internet because we’re actually doing Dry January.

“Also there will be Irn Bru, or at least an Irn Bru-style homemade orange cordial.”

Kramer explained how she felt a particular affinity with Burns Night because she’s an eighth Scottish and her partner is two-fifths working class.

She said: “Burns Night is a chance to show solidarity with the indigenous tribes of the Highlands, who are so often marginalised by the mainstream media.

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Shocked Shocked Shocked

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Did ours last Friday, operational commitments preclude celebrating the actual day, the Scots celebrate his life and poetry, the rest of the world celebrate his death for bastardising the English language and calling colloquial expressions as the Scots language Laughing my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Post #316308 26th Jan 2017 9:34 am
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"calling colloquial expressions as the Scots language "

That would be the west coast of southern Scotland language then. Nothing like the languages spoken in other parts of Scotland at the time - but the one most easily understood by foreigners such as English. Everyone can spread it - Anyone can catch it. Stay home - the life you save can be your own!

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Joe



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We will celebrate on Saturday, Local place has a Burns night special.
Although no Scots roots (Car was 1st registered in Inverness...if this counts?) we do enjoy drinking and eating.
So use any excuse to do this.

Hope everyone enjoys
Joe Fix it until it's broke !

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Could be a fun night out!!!






But not so much in the morning!!!

J

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Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
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