47 Replies to ““Doesn’t it make you proud to be Scottish?””

  1. Roughly speaking, Trudeau The First was half Scottish. Trudeau Junior is three-quarters Scottish. The French name is a distraction.

    Canadians should be outraged and demand reparations from Scotland.

    1. The Scots should be outraged and demand reparations from him for sullying their reputation. After all, they produced the likes of Alexander Graham Bell and James Clerk Maxwell.

    2. Canada’s future god-emperor, Hadrian (Trudeau III), will be the cause of a historical irony, considering his namesake built a wall to keep the Scots OUT.

      1. Holy Mother of Crap, after 50 years I just realized PET named all three of his offal-spring after Byzantine emperors. The Clown Prince named at least one of his after a Roman emperor.

        Of course we remember two were born on Christmas Day, (probably planned and/or induced). Sons of God.

        Delusions of grandeur, much?

        My God, this infernal country…

        1. Of course we remember two were born on Christmas Day, (probably planned and/or induced). Sons of God.

          The reaction of most people I knew to when Dear Leader was born, and on which day, was: “You’ve got to be kidding, right?”

      1. I remember reading years ago that the average IQ in Scotland was going down because all the bright ones had left or were leaving.

  3. I hated Trainspotting because the scummy characters were unrelatable. But hip, they were very hip heroin addicts.

    1. Probably why Trainspotting 2 came and went.

      “What? A movie showing how a bunch of violent selfish pricks who refuse to take responsibility for their own futures turned out? Yeah, Nah.”

      Trainspotting was social class tourism. It gave us people who took responsibility for our own lives a chance to be a little bit nawty by dipping their toes in a safe and controlled manner into heroin culture. Sure the movie did show them as all low life losers, some of which died surrounded by the apathy of their nominal friends, but it also pretended to give a happy ending and hint that you could get out of the trap of constant drug use by just dealing more drugs.

      Sure, I really liked the movie, but it was still about thugs who would happily glass you in a pub for looking at them wrong.

  4. Hmmm.
    That is troubling when governments want to make ’emergency powers’ permanent.
    I guess no need to ever vote again as a government can stay in power…due to an emergency of course.
    And our ‘experts’ run the country with their opinions.

    Click on that * for the story…

  5. Its funny, eh. This County was settled by Highland Scots. The prospects of freedom and independence trumped all trepidation about the harshness of life in the New World … because the alternative was the certainty of poverty and servitude back home.

    Now fast-forward 200 to 250 years and you’d be hard pressed to find much of that tough mental resiliance and independent spirit left in their successors.

    2. Jamie. If you need to borrow my 8th generation Canadian lads (descendants of Highland Scots) to pick stones, cut & bale hay, reseed your pasture, cut and pile your firewood, paint your house, tend your garden, fix your truck and read Robbie Burns to ye by the fireside in ye’r dotage, just ask man. This ramblin’ and mumblin’ on SDA is awkward as Hell.
      Apart from a’ that, an’ a’ that, ye’re nae a’ tha’ wrong.

    1. As visitors to Scotland, we welcomed locals feedback.
      A comment made was “5 families in Scotland own most of the land”.
      Otoh, a scot can camp out anywhere on public land.
      Sounds like firsters here.

    2. Just don’t feel sympathy to the New Zealand film industry.
      They voted in a heartless tyrant, they can live with her.
      Socialism is still evil, even if you hide it behind a feminine touch.

      Seriously, if it wasn’t for the warm fuzzy of the ANZAC story and an overt fear of the All Black we would throw rocks at New Zealand.

      1. “Socialism is still evil, even if you hide it behind a feminine touch.”
        Justin is proof of that.

    1. That’s a great movie! It’s a lot of fun to watch and the cover versions of the Motown songs that were used were excellent.

        1. I always enjoy your movie recommendations, B A. I remember when “The Commitments” was released but it was never on my radar. I also remember the hype surrounding “Trainspotting” and was very disappointed (as well as disturbed).

          I love the music of Motown. Ken Burns made a wonderful documentary about country music and I wish someone would do the same for Motown.

          1. I always enjoy your movie recommendations, B A.

            Thank you.

            You can definitely add The Commitments to your round tuit list.

  9. They deserve to be Scottish.
    Their women are homely and cannot cook, and the best of the lot left more than a century ago.

    I laughed at the Gov’t of Scotland considering making covid restrictions permanent.
    Why would anyone stay there? Are they actually as stupid as they are ugly?

  10. I would remind Scots, Welsh and Irish that it was the British Empire, something we can all be proud of.

  11. You have to hand it to the TallieBaaaahn … they refused to be Colonized by American wankers. Wankers who told them to “respect” a man who says he’s become a woman.

    Yeah … git out of our fecking Mountains, and take yer feckin rainbow fag flag with ya

  13. Admittedly I have a soft spot in my heart for the Scots. As a student of architecture it doesn’t take long to notice their contributions to many of Canada’s gov’t buildings and other structures. If you’re ever in Ottawa have a look at the names on the plaques, odds are it’ll be a Scot. They’re outrageous stone carvers and stone setters. The kind of work we’re never likely to ever see again. Even the White House was built by imported Scottish stone carvers.
    That said…I doubt Scottish ancestors would be impressed by what’s going on there today.

    1. Scotland spent 414 English pounds (which of course they didn’t really have) on a new parliament building, and wisely chose a Spanish architect to design it.

      Because they didn’t want it to be ugly.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_Building
      Designed by … Enric Miralles, and I think his Italian wife had a role in this too.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Miralles

      If you look closely, you can see life size statues in front of all the past winners of the Miss Universe Contest who are from Scotland.
      …

      1. Oh good Lord. If that’s their Parliament building they can keep it.
        Spanish architecture is an acquired taste. I’m not there yet and doubt i’ll ever be.
        Their cathedrals are masterclasses of gothic design until one looks at the weird prickly spires which I haven’t figured out yet.

      2. I had a look at the picture on WikiPee.
        Doesn’t look that bad. Once they finish it and take the scaffolding down I am sure it will look lovely.

        Oh… It is finished…

    2. Even the White House was built by imported Scottish stone carvers.

      Those stone carvers were black slaves? Not according to Barry’s spousal unit, Mike.

        1. I like the pad lock on the door.
          As if.
          Wouldn’t take long to boot a hole in that wall and say ” Here’s Johnny “.

  14. The crowns of Scotland and England were combined in union by WHO?

    Oh yeah, James VI of SCOTLAND.

    The kingdom of Great Britain was created and ruled by a SCOT.

    So get over yourself.

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