philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Tomorrow, Saturday 25th. we celebrate the birthday of Robbie Burns. I trust you will be eating haggis, tatties and neaps followed by a cranachan desert. All washed down with a dram or two. Save the hare until Sunday Compo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Quick answer to your enquiry about Burns night, Phil.... NO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 It is also Chinese New Year, we can have Chinese Burns. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I remember Chinese burns - it really hurt when someone twisted the skin on your wrist 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Can't do that nowadays you'd get sued. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, philmayfield said: followed by a cranachan desert. I'd never heard of cranachan before. Had to look it up. And it looks as though I've been missing something I'd like. https://www.google.com/search?q=cranachan&oq=cranachan&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.4702j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Seriously, we always have haggis on Burns Night. Funny thing a haggis, round like football - you don’t know whether to cook it or kick it. When you’ve cooked It you wish you’d kicked it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 You can now get black pudding mixed with Haggis, it's called blaggis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Seriously? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Google it. Blood and Offal, it tastes bloody awful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Seriously, we always have haggis on Burns Night. Funny thing a haggis, round like football - you don’t know whether to cook it or kick it. When you’ve cooked It you wish you’d kicked it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypk6o6e1_qg&list=RDYpk6o6e1_qg&index=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I do actually own a set of bagpipes. Sadly I’ve never mastered them! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, denshaw said: Can't do that nowadays you'd get sued. It was only kids who would do it, not teachers, thankfully. Wonder if kids still do that... I don't want to ask any of the youngsters I know in case it gives them ideas... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, philmayfield said: I do actually own a set of bagpipes. Sadly I’ve never mastered them! Phew!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 My wife’s hidden them and won’t tell me where! So much for piping in the haggis tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 59 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Sadly I’ve never mastered them! Has anyone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Bagpipes are like a breathalyser, if you are enjoying them you must be pissed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I don't think they sound bad in the right place. Back in 67 we heard a lonely piper out somewhere near Loch Ness. It was a moving experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Where did you move to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm with Loppy on that one. In the right setting, from a distance, a lone piper can sound quite atmospheric. At close quarters or in greater numbers, I cannot abide bagpipes. Earplugs, please! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, loppylugs said: I don't think they sound bad in the right place. Back in 67 we heard a lonely piper out somewhere near Loch Ness. It was a moving experience. So that's why you moved! Someone once said "A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes........................... but never does". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 hours ago, philmayfield said: Where did you move to? Canada! One of the first guys I worked with was a Scotsman. He invited me to his son's wedding. At the reception they had a piper. Wow! I'd never realized how LOUD they were in a relatively small dining room setting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 On a beautiful day last weekend we went to Portesham, near Dorchester for a walk in the Dorset countryside. At the summit of Blackdown Hill is a 72 foot high monument built as a memorial to Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy of “Kiss Me Hardy” fame ....... not to be confused with Thomas Hardy the novelist who grew up in the same area. Standing just a few yards from the monument was a lone piper, blowing his heart out, surrounded by his 4 Rough Collies. I’m not really a fan of the sound of bagpipes but had some admiration for this man who played pretty well and who apparently had a Scottish father and an English mother and grew up in a little village below the hill, he took up playing the bagpipes after his father passed away. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Dogs' ears being as sensitive to sound as they are, I wonder how the collies felt about the bagpipes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 The dogs didn’t appear to be bothered at all by the noise! I chatted to the chap and in my usual subtle way asked if he went up the hill to play his bagpipes because his neighbours down in the village didn’t appreciate it. He did admit that only one neighbour was able to tolerate it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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