(BTW Janus, can you expand on this comment ‘Nice pics, Nym, but your definition of chaos is a bit iffy, innit?’ on my photo entry as I’m puzzled…..? Ta)
Good morning, Soutie. With rugby on my mind,today, it is a great shame that the Scottish team are no longer sponsored by the ‘Famous Grouse’ whisky. It’s now some organisation called the RBS – I have no idea what the initials stand for.
But it means, of course, that we are open to the cheap gibe that it is yet another example of the poor English taxpayer paying for the Jocks.
England’s sponsorship by the chemical symbol for oxygen gas is highly appropriate as they are a complete waste of the stuff, in my opinion.
Ritual Calcutta Cup insulting over, the picture is of a pheasant and we will now have hundreds strutting around our countryside after the shooting season ended this week.
This looks like a Jock pheasant to me and I reckon he’s saying:-
‘I hope that England get a right plucking at Murrayfield today.’
JM 🙂
“I can’t be feathered with all this snow.”
JM, thank you for your ornithologiocal guidance! I had a feeling my diagnosis was flawed. Btw, we’re quite used to picking up the tab for Scottish indulgences! 🙂
JM, your goose was cooked yesterday – not well but enough.
Janus, Godmorgen
Same old, same old, I am afraid. We showed some promise and a bit of pressure but failed yet again. Well done to a raw England team who we should have been experienced enough to beat. This one hurt and I hope that we will give a better account of ourselves in future games.
It goes without saying that Dan Parks should never darken a Scotland jersey again. Appalling tactical kicking and the donor of the try to England. Still, what can you expect from somebody born in New South Wales who played for Glasgow when he came to the UK? I only wish that the Weegie-born maternal grandfather who qualified him for us had kept his seed to himself.
I suppose it is possible that he is a sleeper who has been planted by JW to try to bring the great game into disrepute in Jockland.,
Personally, JM, I think selection should depend on birth in the country itself. Their forebears’ emigration should disqualify them.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Grouse? Don’t get me started.
STFU!
“Famous? Me?”
Pheasants! (The ‘h’ is optional.)
My feet are cold
May I come in?
(BTW Janus, can you expand on this comment ‘Nice pics, Nym, but your definition of chaos is a bit iffy, innit?’ on my photo entry as I’m puzzled…..? Ta)
“S’no good, I can’t camouflage in this weather.”
Good morning, Soutie. With rugby on my mind,today, it is a great shame that the Scottish team are no longer sponsored by the ‘Famous Grouse’ whisky. It’s now some organisation called the RBS – I have no idea what the initials stand for.
But it means, of course, that we are open to the cheap gibe that it is yet another example of the poor English taxpayer paying for the Jocks.
England’s sponsorship by the chemical symbol for oxygen gas is highly appropriate as they are a complete waste of the stuff, in my opinion.
Ritual Calcutta Cup insulting over, the picture is of a pheasant and we will now have hundreds strutting around our countryside after the shooting season ended this week.
This looks like a Jock pheasant to me and I reckon he’s saying:-
‘I hope that England get a right plucking at Murrayfield today.’
JM 🙂
“I can’t be feathered with all this snow.”
JM, thank you for your ornithologiocal guidance! I had a feeling my diagnosis was flawed. Btw, we’re quite used to picking up the tab for Scottish indulgences! 🙂
RBS = Rugby Beats Soccer?
Every time!
Apologies for the mix up, I was merely following Ol’ Twoface’s lead 😉
Truth be told, I don’t know my grouse from my elbow but I suspect you knew that. If it was a grouse then my caption would surely have won the prize.
Is there rugby up your way today? Is it a match of any consequence? I won’t mention triple crowns in case it excites our resident brook dweller 🙂
Nosey Bustard!
Now Christmas is over I can come out of hiding.
The pheasants will always be revolting but do you blame them? 🙂
JM, your goose was cooked yesterday – not well but enough. 🙂
Caption: “You lookin’ at me?”
JM: I think you have reason to grouse after yesterday.
“Who you callin’ a bird brain?”
Janus, Godmorgen
Same old, same old, I am afraid. We showed some promise and a bit of pressure but failed yet again. Well done to a raw England team who we should have been experienced enough to beat. This one hurt and I hope that we will give a better account of ourselves in future games.
It goes without saying that Dan Parks should never darken a Scotland jersey again. Appalling tactical kicking and the donor of the try to England. Still, what can you expect from somebody born in New South Wales who played for Glasgow when he came to the UK? I only wish that the Weegie-born maternal grandfather who qualified him for us had kept his seed to himself.
I suppose it is possible that he is a sleeper who has been planted by JW to try to bring the great game into disrepute in Jockland.,
Personally, JM, I think selection should depend on birth in the country itself. Their forebears’ emigration should disqualify them.