Re: [OT] Barbarians

G'day John,

 >Not at all.  I'm quite fond of haggis.  But it's not
 >worth conquering a cold wet rock garden filled with
 >naked blue people over.  And besides, did haggis exist
 >in the 1st century AD?

First record of it is in a cookery book published in 1390. Though they 
could have been around earlier, so for the "real" reason they built 
Hadrian's wall have a read of "Haggis and the ancient Romans at"

http://www.electricscotland.com/haggis/haggis2.html

Cheers

Beth

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