Quote from: Techno on 14 September 2017, 05:55:56 AM
The rare ones, are those with different length legs..... so that they can stand perfectly upright on the slope of hill.

Cheers - Phil

It is a little known fact that there are two species. One species has short legs on the left and the other short legs on the right.  This means that there is less competition on the hills as one runs around clockwise, the other anti-clockwise.  They are not able to interbreed, evolution prevents the appearance of an all short-legged species which would simply get lost in the heather and a long-legged species which would be easily seen by predators.   

I will be presenting my paper on Haggisii Caledonii at the next Sweaty Sock symposium due to be held at the picturesque Balkankle House, home of Sir Oneceforous Dingle-Bruce CDM, VD and Scar.

TOO SILLY, TOO SILLY

Quote from: SV52 on 14 September 2017, 08:17:05 AM
 They are not able to interbreed,

I will be presenting my paper on Haggisii Caledonii at the next Sweaty Sock symposium due to be held at the picturesque Balkankle House, home of Sir Oneceforous Dingle-Bruce CDM, VD and Scar.

Of course not; they will only ever meet head to head...

Cheers,
Rob

nicely done.

so which glue smells the sweetest? or, maybe the better question should be, which glue doesn't make your eyes water if you get too close and the fumes hit you?

As a glue sniffing connoisseur the UV activated has the least objectionable odor but all of them make my eyes water.

Quote from: fsn on 14 September 2017, 06:38:53 AM
They're good d-Guy, but miss a bit to be authentic Scots.

1) Everyone appears to be sober
2) No-one is flashing his backside
3) All those blue bonnets suggest Rangers fans. You need some hoops.*


However, what I was going to say is that I'm quite enthused by that basing. (Not for figures obviously**, because even Highlanders aren't daft enough to clart heather aboot aa da time), but for scenic items, and possibly as rough ground markers. I plan to leave work early to visit my local model shop. There I shall purchase a redheaded catwalk model and ask her if she knows where to buy tiny heather.***

That's what I love about this forum. The cross fertilisation of ideas.**** 



* See association football, Scottish Premiership
** FSN's pet hates #3 - terraformed basing
*** That's tiny heather, not Tiny Heather.
**** and the Top Totty thread*****
***** and because I'm banned from every sensible forum

First, let me say I appreciate the annotations as they give me deeper insight in to the workings of the Runcornian mind.
1) they are running through heather therefore it follows that they are drunk.
2) the view is from the front.
3) in the half hour I allotted to figuring this out I couldn't determine why they are called "The Hoops". It took me a good part of that just determining that what they play is soccer. The fact that the Queen's Park Rangers are also called "The Hoops" didn't help in this. If you could add more explanation (pic or vid is fine) it would help.

I too like the CrossFert of ideas:
A major college football rivalry in which the bad guys are called "Yinzers" and the good guys (us!) are called "Hoopies":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_Brawl

It is interesting that there is a Tiny Heather on both sides of the Atlantic and involved in the same career path.

Scotland's 2nd best city is Glasgow. Glasgow boast two football team - Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic. Rangers play in blue, whilst Celtic play in rather fetching green and white hoops.

Good grief.

If I'm not mistaken, that's the Celtic team that were the first British team to win the European Cup.....As it was called then, in days of yore.

Cheers - Phil

Indeed they were. 

The photo is of the '67 team.

Why is Celtic pronounced keltic AND Seltic? Or is that just old football announcers?

1. There is no such team as Glasgow Celtic. The title of said, great and glorious footballing institution is The Celtic Football Club.

2. The Hoops is in regard the horizontal banding on the shirts. One of the nicknames for the team is The Hoops, the others being The Bhoys, The Celts.

3. Celtic [pronounced Seltik] was given as a name, when founding the club, to reflect the club's Irish and Scottish roots.

4. The photo is of the 'Lisbon Lions' team of players, appearing to having been taken on "One Thursday Night", 25th May 1967.

5. Oh, and there's argument that they actually play in hoops of green! 

Thanks!
Obvious and makes perfect sense! Pictures always help.

Well, it's Seltic innin'it, I mean is startes with a "C".  

Posted simultaneous with Roy, so thanks - more sports esoteria of which there can't be enough. 

To make your own Celtic Football Club emoticon crest, simply type in % % - but without leaving any spaces.

And here's one I made earlier.

                                             

But why is there an S in Keltic?! Celtic reflects the tribal roots, sure, but why the S?!