[lit-ideas] Re: Stuff off my chest, and onto yours, with plea for help

  • From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:07:09 +0000 (GMT)

"Scottish Athletes Love A Toss"

-- allegedly here

http://www.wisechoiceuk.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=54

> The Campbells Are Coming...Run Away, Run Away

doesn't scan

Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK


--- On Sat, 14/3/09, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Stuff off my chest, and onto yours, with plea for 
> help
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2009, 6:59 PM
> I probably should explain why I think the following lines
> amuse me.  When last I was there, Scotland had no bumper
> stickers, sardonic forms of communication that many of us
> here in America enjoy.  Neither do they have much of
> interest when it comes to souvenir t-shirts.  Yes, there are
> lots of references to kilts and willies and Irn Bru and
> being drunk, but things could be better.  And yet the Scots
> are often sardonic.  So I have imagined starting a bumper
> sticker/t-shirt company--I suppose I might still try
> this--called "Brill" or "Unprofessional
> Products Ltd." with a slogan "Now *That's*
> Unprofessional!"  What say you?  Should I give it a go?
> 
> 
> 
> Mind You, We've Always Had a Soft Spot for the English
> [Yeah, right]
> 
> Come Away In Mr. Burns, Your Supper's Still Warm
> 
> Castles, Kilts, Bagpipes, Mists and Midges; What More Could
> a Body Want?
> 
> The Campbells Are Coming...Run Away, Run Away
> [Here you have to know the original song and the history of
> Campbell massacres...in the plural]
> 
>



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