[TheForge] OT: Goats and Uisge

[Andrew Vida]

John McPherson wrote:

> Andy: get a cattle prod and a bottle of Loch Dhu. With the cattle
> prod you can teach the buck who is boss, and if you drink the whole
> bottle of Loch Dhu and live, you will RULE the post-nuclear world.

Oh damn, that makes me laugh.  I've thought about a cattle prod.  May 
pick one up at Green's - great feed store here in Charleston.

> ***They say that Haggis and Whisky go together, but there is some
> disagreement over which was invented first. Some say that you had to
> have whisky to be brave enough to eat haggis after you knew what was
> in it. Others say it was the only thing strong enough to get the
> taste out of your mouth. 

I can beleive this.  IF the only choices before me were to eat haggis or 
starve, I'd starve.

Met a scotsman living here in WV who had a duck named Haggis.  Cool 
duck.  Awful name, but somehow fitting.