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MasterBlaster
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No, but I have a taint.
lumberjack
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Neither by chance or fate, I am a Rutherford.
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Bounce
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The first day the stock market took a huge dive, I got a call from my Grandma. She was actually happy things were getting harder. She thinks that easy times make people soft, and that our people have always done better during hard times. She may have a point there.
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
Border reivers were the gangsters of their day, running protection rackets across the Scottish English border.
Generally they were the worst kind of scum.
Generally they were the worst kind of scum.
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MasterBlaster
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Sorry, I didn't take into consideration your delicate nature.
Or maybe you've no taint? :what:
gf beranek
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Never knew about that sort of thing. The internet is amazing.
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MasterBlaster
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You wordsmith you.
Bodean
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Pontificator Rex WordSmythe to be exact.
darkstar
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MB has tainted yall with all that grammer.
MasterBlaster
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Crikey, I would hope the school system would be taking care of that.
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Blinky
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Clan Donald.... not one of the Border Reivers.
But we still like to kill the English though!
But we still like to kill the English though!
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
yeah, but we beat the crap out of you Jocks repeatedly. Dont believe the hollywood version
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Bounce
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Spoken like a true Englishman! I won't deny that the reivers were ruthless, but at least amongst our own people it was considered an honorable and respectable way to make a living. Especially since there wasn't any other way. People living along the border had their homes and fields burned 6 times per year on average for 300 years.
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Blinky
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yeah, but we beat the crap out of you Jocks repeatedly. Dont believe the hollywood version
I never said we won all the time... we just enjoyed the killing! We only killed the Welsh when you sided with the limeys... and then we all got together and killed other people a few times.
Ya gotta admit, Mel Gibson does a damn good old Scottish accent.
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
Bounce, the worst Reiving Clans were from Cumbria, on the English side. I was up there yesterday pricing up a big peat bog restoration job.
Blinky - Bollux. English battered the Welsh AND the Scots - at the same time. I live a mile away from Edward the 1st last great castle used to totally subjugate the Welsh. - http://www.castlewales.com/beaumar.html
And, no I have to disagree with you on Mel Gibson's hamfisted rendering of William Wallace.
Blinky - Bollux. English battered the Welsh AND the Scots - at the same time. I live a mile away from Edward the 1st last great castle used to totally subjugate the Welsh. - http://www.castlewales.com/beaumar.html
And, no I have to disagree with you on Mel Gibson's hamfisted rendering of William Wallace.
MasterBlaster
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If someone's done a better version, I'd love to see it.