I'd rather be Celt or Irish than a West Briton any day :) Jim Rovira Check out "Up Against the Wall" for links to numerous literature and writing resources on the internet. http://members.aol.com/antiutopia/main.htm On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:39:28 -0400 (EDT) kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca (Paul Kennedy) writes: >Glenlivet, Scottie, is 100% Canadian (check the flag they fly outside >the >distillery....) for which fact I humbly apologize.... > >Lagavulin is another matter (and more, I would have thought, to your >elevated tastes....) > >But I'll reply at greater length tomorrow, after I've attended my >daughter's >graduation from Grade 8.... > >Cheers, (with some fluid from Islay.... and certainly nothing >less--let >alone that abomination called Glenlivet!) > >Paul > > > > >> '... I guess it's the Scots/Irish in me. [.....] Hugh Maclennan >> .... once penned a line I almost live by: >> "To be a Celt is never to be far from tears" ...' >> >> I'm only too familiar with the Irish predeliction for >> sodden touchy-feeliness but I do wish Paul would refrain >> from tainting my own people by association with it. >> >> A Scot sheds tears in only two situations: when he sees >> yet another ship load of bog trotters arriving at the >> Broomielaw from Dublin; & when he watches his last bottle >> of Glenlivet sliding off the table & smashing on the floor >> of the croft. >> >> Scottie B. >> >> >> >> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.