Re: [NTLK] aye, take that wee spider OOOT! was, Re: Toshiba does newton-size

From: Smith, Bradley (bradley.smith_at_artisansw.com)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 03:59:58 EDT

> From: Pedro Hobbyfrazoo [mailto:pjfraser_at_mac.com]
>
> aw, hell. i just thought it was because you aren't Scottish.
>
> growing up, if we were caught killing a spider, our Glaswegian dad
> would've given us the belt...why?
>
> Back in the 1300s Robert the Bruce fought and lost six
> battles against
> the British. Defeated, discouraged at heart, and hiding from his
<snip>

He fought the English, not the British. The English, Welsh and Scots are all
British. England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man are all separate
contries, but part of the collective grouping known as Great Britain.

You're welcome! :)

Brad 

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