Scotland in the springtime

sounds awsome ^_^

*emigrates*

Holy cool!!! Can I come?

I'll be your gofer and carry your books and shoes and golf clubs and sheep dung scooper, please please please!

willietheshakes said:

So, I've been invited to tutor a fiction course for a week at a residential writing program in Inversness-shire next spring.

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I dunno . . . isn't spring in Scotland a myth? You know, like the one about the herds of ravening wild Haggis?

Oooh! Lucky you! Sounds like a fantastic time for you!

I think the Scottish seasons are like Wyoming's four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.

Snowstorm said:

I think the Scottish seasons are like Wyoming's four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.

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You're fine if you wear 2 pairs o' wellies, 3 pairs o' gloves, a tam wi' a bonnet over and six whole sheep skins. I hear tha's spring attire in Inverness.

But it looks a bonnie wee placey.

Congratulations! That's really exciting!

So, um, how does one deal with loose herds of ravenous Haggises?

heyjude said:

Congratulations! That's really exciting!

So, um, how does one deal with loose herds of ravenous Haggises?

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Corral 'em and boil 'em.

Or is it: corral 'im and boil 'im?

Puffins and primroses, yay!

CaroGirl said:

You're fine if you wear 2 pairs o' wellies, 3 pairs o' gloves, a tam wi' a bonnet over and six whole sheep skins.

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Wellies they are wonderful, oh wellies they are swell,
Cause they keep out the water, and they keep in the smell,
And when you're sitting in a room, you can always tell,
When some bugger takes off his wellies.

If it wasnae for your wellies, where would you be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary,
Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pluracy,
If you didnae have your feet in your wellies!


Gratz Willie!

Scotland in spring: so good I'm in France.

Have a great time, willie.

heyjude said:

So, um, how does one deal with loose herds of ravenous Haggises?

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You punch them in the face. Oh, no, that's a shark. As long as no one eats one in the same room as me. I've got a pretty high tolerance of people eating meat despite being veggie, but that stuff really does gie me the baulk.

heyjude said:

Congratulations! That's really exciting!

So, um, how does one deal with loose herds of ravenous Haggises?

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The Scottish method of dealing with trouble is to offer the cause liberal amounts of single malt.

Haggis are, by all accounts, responsible for the early Scottish discovery of distilling grain to produce the water of life.

Medievalist said:

I dunno . . . isn't spring in Scotland a myth? You know, like the one about the herds of ravening wild Haggis?

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Ssh, that's what we want the furriners to think...

It's gorgeous there. But don't go in the summer or the midgies will eat you alive.

Really: you have no idea how bad they can get.

And do you really live in Oak Bay? Vancouver Island? I used to have a boyfriend from there. A writer, too. God. Haven't thought of him in years.

Aw man, I wish I could come up, but alas the day job is getting in the way.

willietheshakes said:

Well, I live in Victoria. I don't meet the community standards for Oak Bay proper...

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You mean you don't wear a gardening hat and trousers that go up to your armpits? For shame.

willie - if you end up down my way, I should treat you to the traditional Scottish welcome for furriners.

It's called the ritual of "gettin' fuckin' blootered".

I read this news before and forgot to congratulate you. Congrats! My wife has family there...and she's been. I hear it's nice.