Re: Scouts/Spotters, HTML, Drones and odd cross cultural experiences

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:48:03 -0800, "Brian Bilderback"
<bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote :

> You wrote:
> 
> >Cross Cultural Wierdness:
> >Sitting in a local Scots Pub on St. Andrews
> >day. Used to seeing fairskinned folk a
> >plenty, mostly fair or red-haired. Piper
> >shows up (like me, dressed in the good
> >black jacket, the high collar white shirt, and
> >a lovely kilt and sporan) and is a very dark
> >black skinned gent with a brilliant white
> >mop of thick curly hair. Had quite a Scots
> >accent too as I think he hailed from
> >Glasgow. Now, as Alan said, this kind of
> >thing shoudn't be all that surprising... but it
> >was nonetheless. Nice guy, I bought him a
> >single malt... that lad could pipe!
> 
> Good for you.  Had a piper at my wedding, a surprise gift from my
bride.

At a friend's wedding last year we were treated to a rendition of "Have
Nagila" played on bagpipes.  Highlight of the ceremony, I thought.

-- 
John Crimmins
johncrim@voicenet.com