Gingerclaire reminds me...
My father went to school in Scotland, and was told by one of his teachers that the haggis is a three-legged creature, one of whose legs is shorter than the other two. This means that it can only walk around hillsides on one direction lest it overbalance. Correspondingly, the way to catch a haggis is to chase it around the hill in the other direction, causing it to fall.

Kids just don't get taught stuff like that any more...



/Mmmm. Haggis.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 14:27, 10 replies)

That's patently false
Everyone in Scotland knows they have TWO short legs and two long ones.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 14:32, closed)

^haggis.....^
is there something in haggis that makes the eater smell funny afterwards?? me and slimtallgoth went on honeymoon to scotland and he ate a whole one for breakfast (mm, romantic!) and all i could smell all day afterwards was cabbage!!...or is this just him!!!
( curvylittlegoth heard the voices in your head on, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 14:39, closed)

oh
I thought they had seven legs - five medium-sized ones, one really long one, and one little fat one that gets made into black pudding.

Silly me!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 14:43, closed)

Curvylittlegoth
Haggis is mostly barley, laced with chopped offal and dosed with spices.

No cabbage, but it does make you fart like a bastard after a while. Especially if you eat a whole one.

With the legs still on.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 14:45, closed)

haggletts
not sure how many of you will have access to the VR, but this article: veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/160/3/94
tells all there is to know about haggis rearing and legg-ness :-)
( ascorbate, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 15:52, closed)

Brilliant!
And I'll let Dad know that his so-called education has been nixed.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 15:59, closed)

I was told
the very same thing by my RS teacher.
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 22:00, closed)

Southern Peasants
Haggis is the food of the gods. Deny it and feel my Wrath!





(Don't lungs 'n'stuff taste goooooood. Fuck the veggies)
(osok Rebel without a clue, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 22:26, closed)

Haggis is...
...absolutely bloody horrible stuff. Spewed my ring after some once, never again.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 17 Dec 2007, 13:28, closed)

.
Kids no longer get taught patently absurd fairy stories that even the merest hint of critical thinking will destroy in seconds? What about religion?
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Tue 18 Dec 2007, 11:19, closed)