Bruno 28 here from Scotland Oct. 19-21---TE dinner!

**kelownagirl** · 10-10-2007, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Bruno28

Well, aparently your department of homeland security or suchlike doesn't let haggis be imported to the US. Probably afraid one mouthful will turn you all into socialists.

Stop havering!

So what DOES "havering" mean?? I love the Proclaimers and I always wondered what it meant in the song 500 miles... "When I haver...."??

**Bruno28** · 10-10-2007, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by kelownagirl

So what DOES "havering" mean?? I love the Proclaimers and I always wondered what it meant in the song 500 miles... "When I haver...."??

It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.

It's also used to disparage the views of anyone you don't agree with. As in 'Awa 'n' stop haverin' (The final 'g' is normally silent in Scots). An alternative in this situation is 'awa 'n' bile yer heid'. (Trans -'go away and place your head in a pan of boiling water. That may bring you to your senses')

This is fun, isn't it

I really should be packing.

**mimitabby** · 10-10-2007, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Bruno28

It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.

It's also used to disparage the views of anyone you don't agree with. As in 'Awa 'n' stop haverin' (The final 'g' is normally silent in Scots). An alternative in this situation is 'awa 'n' bile yer heid'. (Trans -'go away and place your head in a pan of boiling water. That may bring you to your senses')

This is fun, isn't it

I really should be packing.

wow! learned something new! yes, this IS fun

**Bruno28** · 10-10-2007, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by mimitabby

wow! learned something new! yes, this IS fun

Oh, there's so much more! We've hardly begun

**sgtiger** · 10-10-2007, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Bruno28

And the more drunk I get, the more Scottish I become. Which means at some point I'll be arrested for 'breach of the peace' - which is a Scottish crime involving being drunk and singing very loudly out of tune.

Funny, we call that Karaoke and unfortunately it's not illegal around these parts. Lost a lot of sleep my high school years due to it.(Why, oh, why did my parents have to do it 'til two in the morning on a school night and still expect me to do well in school?) It seems it's something the Scottish and Koreans have in common. Who woulda thunk?!!

**dex** · 10-10-2007, 03:41 PM

My schedule has opened up (I thought I was going to be out of town that week), so I'd love to come out and meet people...

**Xrayted** · 10-10-2007, 03:45 PM

Yea!!

**Xrayted** · 10-10-2007, 03:47 PM

BTW, someone needs to promise there will be NO karaoke! There just isn't enough beer in the world...

I think I may need to wear my Utilikilt for this one.

**teigyr** · 10-10-2007, 03:54 PM

DH will be accompanying me also

**Xrayted** · 10-10-2007, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Bruno28

It means to talk nonsense. It's what Scots do at great length when drunk.

Hmmm, I know there must be some Scottish in my family tree somewhere...

**Eden** · 10-10-2007, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Xrayted

Hmmm, I know there must be some Scottish in my family tree somewhere...

I've got MacGregors a few generations back (my British friend likes to tell me they were horse thieves.......)

genuine mutt really though - Italian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, Slovak, who knows what else (granddad from Sicily so that opens up a whole world of mixing - now my dad thinks maybe greatgramma was Albanian

)

**Xrayted** · 10-10-2007, 04:23 PM

I have German, Irish, Italian and most likely Scottish. No wonder I can't understand any of them...

**boy in a kilt** · 10-10-2007, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Xrayted

I think I may need to wear my Utilikilt for this one.

As long as it isn't an Olive Original. Then we would match and that's creepy.

And the more drunk I get, the more Scottish I become. Which means at some point I'll be arrested for 'breach of the peace' - which is a Scottish crime involving being drunk and singing very loudly out of tune.

I understand this perfectly well. Have I ever mentioned that I am a descendant of moonshiners and hillbillies?

I'm not sure it would take something as drastic as haggis to make us socialists, we just would never refer to it as such.

**kelownagirl** · 10-10-2007, 07:09 PM

You guys better take lots of pictures at this gathering. I am so disappointed that I won't be able to come...

**salsabike** · 10-10-2007, 07:19 PM

We're sorry too, KG. Next time...

Welcome, Dex!

Bruno, should I wear my Celtics shirt or my Rangers shirt?? OK, never mind that one. (I'll just wear my Man U shirt instead)

[dodges objects being thrown and puts karaoke machine back in the basement]

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