Definition of a Scot?

Jun 3 2009 by Alan Rennie, Editor

WHAT does it mean to be a Scot? There’s an interesting answer to that question doing the rounds.

Do you find yourself nodding in agreement with any of the following statements?

“Being Scottish is about driving a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer; then picking up an Indian curry, going home and sitting in Swedish furniture watching American shows on a Japanese TV.

“Only in Scotland can a pizza get to your house quicker than an ambulance.

“Only in Scotland do sick people have to walk to the back of the supermarket to get their prescriptions while healthy people buy cigarettes at the front of the store.

“Only in Scotland do people order double cheeseburgers with fries and DIET Coke.

“Only in Scotland do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counter.

“Only in Scotland do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock cheap lawnmowers and junk in the garage.

“Only in Scotland do we have disabled parking spaces in front of a skating rink.

“And the most Scottish trait of all is a suspicion of all things foreign!”

By Alan Rennie, Editor