[lit-ideas] Re: I wish you were Ritchie
- From: "Steve Chilson" <stevechilson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:34:02 +0100
Pints for 30 p. No wonder they're happy...
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:57:40 -0700, "David Ritchie"
<ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Last time I visited Britain the fellow in the seat next to me was part
> of the Tartan Army. Which is to say that he spent all of his savings
> following the Scottish football team from place to place, hoping for an
> occasional win, determined to have a good time in whatever place the
> game was scheduled. It is an expensive hobby. I can't remember where
> exactly he had been, but three or four international flights and hotels
> and drink and...
>
> After today's story about the Tartan Army landing in Kiev
>
> http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1503892006
>
> a conversation follows. Among the many subjects considered--how well
> the Scots "oriented" themselves in downtown Kiev, in spite of having
> reached for beers as soon as they landed; whether Fifespeak and Weegie
> count as languages; whether Scots eat more mince than haggis-- is why
> Scottish fans sing a song from the "Sound of Music," "Doe (or doh) a
> deer." The answers are that the song was first sung by supporters at a
> game in Vienna in the early nineties, that it's easy to sing and that a
> lot of noise may intimidate opposing teams (this from the nation thad
> made a recreational instrument into a weapon). Comment #51 refers to
> the all time "classic" football song, "Campbell Forsyth we wish you
> were Ritchie," of which I hadn't heard.
>
> None of this is important.
>
> Carry on.
>
> David etc.
>
>
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