[lit-ideas] Re: A timely warning
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:29:44 +0900
The quiz was simple stuff about Scotland, e.g., which is the bigger city,
Glasgow or Edinburgh, what's the meaning of "sonsie"? The whiskey was all
imported Scotch, Talisker, Bowmore, Laphroaigh, etc.
John
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> On Jan 26, 2014, at 6:15 PM, John McCreery wrote:
>
> > Sorry. Wasn't a Japanese version at all. Held at the Yokohama Country &
> Athletic Club it was a mainly gaijin (foreigner) event. Much reduced in
> scale from previous years when a large contingent of Scottish engineers
> working as ship surveyors for Lloyd's Register supported much grander
> events. This was basically a nice meal, with the haggis piped in, addresses
> to the lassies and lads, and a quiz. No celigh dancing, alas.
>
> A quiz? What on earth did they ask? What is the average length of a wee
> sleekit cow'rin tim'rous beastie? And by what neurological process does it
> learn to cower?
>
> Was the whisky Japanese? I'm remembering this story:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qxqgl
>
> I've never tasted Japanese whisky. People says it's good.
>
> David Ritchie,
> nearing sleep in
> Portland, Oregon
>
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