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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 20:44   #1 (permalink)
 
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Boycott Scotland
Certainly a different way of looking at things.
Boycott Scotland!
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 20:55   #2 (permalink)
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You don't need to make your life uncomfortable if you want to boycott Scotland. They don't make any of that stuff anymore anyway.

Just look on the label of the product. If it says 'Product of Scotland' or 'Made in Scotland', don't buy it. Also, you can decide to travel and stay somewhere beside Scotland on vacation. And don't drink Scotch.

Turning off the television or avoiding bridges to spite Scotland is silly. It would be like turning off your GPS to hurt the US.
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An idea I thought about last week, but didn't have the time to set something up. Glad somebody else has

Here's the American version btw: Boycott Scotland and the United Kingdom
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:06   #4 (permalink)

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Cold beer
Then maybe Americans could learn to drink their Pale Ale as it should be drunk - room temperature Heck, you may even like it

Cheers

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Just look on the label of the product. If it says 'Product of Scotland' or 'Made in Scotland', don't buy it. Also, you can decide to travel and stay somewhere beside Scotland on vacation. And don't drink Scotch.
Oh dear and they wonder why the rest of the world have a tendency to dislike them!

The same old we can do as we like and others can only make decisions if the mighty US approves.
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Then maybe Americans could learn to drink their Pale Ale as it should be drunk - room temperature Heck, you may even like it

At least you now know we can make decent beer!



(besides, cold is thirst quenching)
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:28   #7 (permalink)
 
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"Americans boycotting Scotland is like Wayne Rooney boycotting the Large Hadron Collider"

- Frankie Boyle
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Was going to boycott American goods in protest, but the only exports I can think of are cranberries and regional conflict, neither of which appeal to me anyway.
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:33   #9 (permalink)

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Boycott Scotch? You're all kidding, right?

I'll tell ya'll what I'll do, I'll shall boycott kilts. How's that? I promise never to wear kilt ever again, as in never ever. Okay?
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:37   #10 (permalink)
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Only if you wear something in its place.
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:38   #11 (permalink)

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At my age, trust me, I will.
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I'm picking up a new Jeep 'Patriot' complete with 'freedom drive' 4x4 transmission tomorrow. I'm getting the feeling that I really ought to have gone for one of these instead.



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They could boycott all things Scots, but they'd have to take the tyres off their cars. Wouldn't matter much as tarmac was another Scots thing.
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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 21:44   #14 (permalink)
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This has the makings of a great thread!

BabyBear ,

Whassamatta, Goldilocks steal your porridge? I'm happy to see Mali represented on PPRuNe. I have an old friend, named Henri, who worked at the US embassy in Timbuktu, his first post as a state department foreign service officer. Do you know him?

Anyway, as English is probably not your first tongue (I admire you learning it), I should point out that my post did not advocate a boycott of Scotland, but merely offered some tips to those who might like to. A more careful reread should make that important distinction.

Secondly, you wrote:

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Oh dear and they wonder why the rest of the world have a tendency to dislike like them!
That says either the rest of the world dislikes like Americans, meaning we all dislike the same things; or you inadvertly forgot to put a slash between dislike and like and really meant to say the world tends to dislike or like us, a statement with which I can have no quibble.

Otherwise, carry on, and keep working on your English. You're doing great, Baby!
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Col Gadaffi's 'modified' runabout, I believe?
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Dix pwa.
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Ben, Ben, Ben....You know that thing some people say about Americans & irony?...oh never mind
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Heh Ben, thanks for making my day!

ps

I have edited my original post to correct my error and clarify my meaning for you. Sorry for causing you so much confusion.
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Peace, Bro.
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Hook, line, sinker.
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