"What have the Romans done for us?"

Great thing you report also my good words and
especially my photos. They are essential, I'd
say. Great thing indeed, Flybynight. You look
at this but you also look at that to have a
reliable point of view. And you have a very
good option in doing reliable things, I'm sure.

So....lycka till !!

[England987]

Originally posted by wally-the-walrus
Keep the rubbish with you. Don't spread it to
a band who's loved by many people. And as a
consequence you spread that rubbish to those
people.

As for your story, I can see only one thing :

That you're enviuous for the great role played
by the Romans in the History of England.....

Is it so difficult for you to see that ?
Are you blind-minded ?




Is it too small for you little englander ?

[Edited by wally-the-walrus on 20th January 2004 at 14:12]

What are you calling me a Little Englander for? Why would I be jealous of the Roman Empire when the British Empire ruled over a much greater area and gave more to the world? And I don't listen to The Corrs because I'm not a 12 year old girl. I listen to more grown-up music. England has produced more musicians per capita than any other country in the world.

[England987]

England has given the world The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Slade, oasis, Duran Duran, Jerry and the Pacemakers, The Stone Roses, The Beautiful South, Simply Red, Radiohead, Pulp, Cast, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Who, etc etc etc.

But what have Ireland and Italy given? The Corrs and Eiffel 65!

[England987]

Originally posted by DruidSmith
Remember Hadrian's wall? Remember the Antonine wall?

It's not that there was nothing of value, the Romans were frankly scared sh*tless of the Scots

I doubt it. If you look at the technology that the English had compared to the Scots, then the Scots would have been easy pickers for the world's mightiest Military Machine. The mighty Romans scared of a few ladyboys in skirts?

[England987]

Originally posted by DruidSmith
Wally has obviously not heard of Scots Highland Games... REAL sport and test of strength Turn the caber? Throw a 22lb hammer? 20lb stone? How about a 56lb block of metal?

And HARDLY nothingness.. see, unlike you others, Scot's aren't wee little laddies afraid of embarrasment if their "skirt" happened to blow up in the fray We're plenty confident about our manhood Let's see you in a kilt on a cold windy January day, Wally

And you go on drinking your old Bushmills... No complaint here... BUT Scots have their single malt scotch, with the flavor from peat smoke and clear icy mountain streams... Sure, any ridgerunner can make whisky, but these particular nuances of single malt are UNIQUE to Scotland...

We Scots killed many a Sassenach, we kept those English plenty occupied on the homefront, so that our gentle Irish cousins wouldn't be bothered with them all these centuries...

A few fierce Scottish heroes... we'll begin with the easy ones...

Remember Rob Roy MacGregor? Robert the Bruce? How about William Wallace?

After the Battle of Agincourt, were it not for the help of the Scots, France's national hero, Joan of Arc would have been defeated by the English. The Auld Alliance of France and Scotland curtailed the spread of English power for centuries.

Before that, Scottish Kings... Duncan? He united the Four Kingdoms of Pictland, Dalriada, Lothian, and Strathclyde into modern mainland Scotland. Kenneth McAlpine? United the Scots and Picts? Fergus? First king of Scotland (Dalriada) and 131st king of Ireland- descendant of Heremon, 2nd King of Ireland.

All of these (with the exception of Wallace) are direct ancestors of mine... watch who you step on....

And if we go back to the days of the Romans, another Celtic ancestor of mine who, even though totally outgunned, totally frustrated and stymied the Romans...

Queen Boudicca

Let's hear it for Celts!!!!

[Edited by DruidSmith on 20th January 2004 at 19:35]

Erm, you're not Scottish, you're American. But, yet again, it's a national tendency of Americans to think they are Scottish just because there grandfather was a quarter Scottish, because mostcans are insecure about their nationality. How can you call Robert de Bruce a Scottish hero when he actually fought FOR the English on a few occasions? And the Scots love tossing cabers, because they are tossers. (Sometimes they even toss sheep).

[England987]

1> Robert de Bruce MURDERED his Scottish rival to the throne in a church, with his own hand.

2> Robert de Bruce's family was of English/French origin.

3> Between 1296 and 1306, Robert de Bruce spent years collaborating with the English, even sending a siege machine to aid the English in capturing Sterling Castle!

4> Robert de Bruce spent as much of his reign fighting fellow Scots, many of whom didn't consider him their lawful king, as invading English armies.

So much for being the greatest Scottish hero ever...

[England987]

[quote]Originally posted by wally-the-walrus
[b]We don't need to wear a skirt to prove our
manhood. We just do that certain thing with
the women who appreciate that. In every
season, not only in winter.

For the same reason we don't need to boast
about our ancestors. We show our real
individual value. Given that, I don't trust
any word said by a scot as when they come
to Italy they whine and wail against English
and in many cases Irish people. Then when
there are English and Irish people around
they complain about the Italians. The evident
behaviour of children in search of their
single mother and many fathers.

As for Ireland they can hold they've never
been defeated by the Romans. History has it.
The great and big different between Ireland
and scotland and wales.

In addition to that, Ireland achieved a Real
Independence and became a Republic.
scotland pathetically was just given a
mercyful devolution but they must still
maintain the oath of allegiance to the
English Crown.

As for whisky, or better whiskey, the Irish
started the production many years earlier.
The Real water of life is theirs. To say
nothing of the great Stouts and Ales, very
popular also here in Italy. Irish Coffee is
another great invention.

I once saw a match of Gaelic Football. That's
really tough, I must say. Not the pathetic
games played by arrogant and spoilt children
who can't even get any real independence.
WHERE IS YOUR INDEPENDENCE, CHILDREN ?

Go to your single mother and many
fathers and don't b.tch in our private
parts. We can get interested in just
your sisters. Lycka till och ha det
så jättebra.

PS. You see Sweden, another real independent
country. There are so many all over the


Scotland and Wales were given devolution, but you don't seem to have noticed that England HASN'T been given devolution. Scotland has its own parliament and Wales has its own assembly, but England doesn't have its own parliament(s). The sooner this government gives devolution to each region of England, the better. I want a devolved North West parliament sitting in Manchester. I don't see why the Scots and Welsh should get devolution but not the English regions.

[England987]

There was a Scotsman, an Englishman and Claudia Schiffer sitting together in a carriage in a train going through Tasmania. Suddenly the train went through a tunnel and as it was an old style train there were no lights in the carriages and it went completely dark.

Then there was this kissing noise and the sound of a really loud slap. When the train came out of the tunnel, Claudia Schiffer and the Englishman were sitting as if nothing had happened and the Scotsman had his hand against his face as he had been slapped there.

The Scotsman was thinking: "The English fella must have kissed Claudia Schiffer and she missed him and slapped me instead."

Claudia Schiffer was thinking: "The Scottish fella must have tried to kiss me and actually kissed the English and got slapped for it."

The Englishman was thinking: "This is great! The next time the train goes through a tunnel I'll make another kissing noise and slap that Scottish bastard again."

[England987]

A Scot is the only man on earth who would step over the bodies of a dozen bronzed naked beauties just to get to a glass of whiskey.

[England987]

How do you take a census in Scotland?
Throw two-bob in the street.

[England987]

Q: What do you call a sheep tied to a fence in Aberdeen?

A: A leisure centre.

[England987]

Did ye hear aboot the 2 Scottish burglars who were arrested after a smash and grab raid?
They were caught when they went back for the brick...

[England987]

Q. Why wasn't Jesus born in Glasgow?
A. Because God couldn't find three wise men and a virgin

[England987]

How did the Grand Canyon come about?
A Scotsman lost a two pence coin.

[England987]

A Scots pessimist is a man who feels badly when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.