A loving message to our transatlantic friendsused to adorn a desk in Edinburgh Uni library. An American had written: 'Scotland is such a pathetic country. It's so small it would get lost in Texas.' Underneath some unimpressed local had replied: 'Small? A bit like Vietnam you mean? A lot of Americans got lost there.'
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calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae,
Mon 3 Nov 2003, 16:28,
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