<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Alan Forsyth wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="mid00d801c480ba$3eeda2d0$10e2193e@ACER" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><strong>My Dearest Richard,</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><strong>No wonder you don't get invited to Scottish weddings. Have you never seen a pipe band or done the Highland Fling. </strong></div> </blockquote> Hey... keep it clean there Moon.  I'm not about to fling any Highlanders pipe... or anyone elses for that matter. :)<br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid00d801c480ba$3eeda2d0$10e2193e@ACER" type="cite"> <div><strong>I'm sure John Ross will concur. Those kilts were one of the secret weapons we had that kept this country from being overrun by the Romans; Us Scots just lined up along Hadrian's Wall and lifted up out skirts. The pesky Romans thought the sight was so gruesome that they fled in horror.</strong></div> </blockquote> Yep... that would do it alright.... Romans were always frightened of abnormally small objects where larger ones should be. :):)<br> <blockquote cite="mid00d801c480ba$3eeda2d0$10e2193e@ACER" type="cite"> <div><strong> T</strong><strong>he second weapon was of course the sound of the pipes.</strong></div> </blockquote> By the time those were sounded the enemy would already be long gone me thinks.<br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid00d801c480ba$3eeda2d0$10e2193e@ACER" type="cite"> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div>>>"By all means... giggle... <strong><u>but I am sure you will agree that it is, still <br> in these days, a bit of a suprise to have the door answered by a fellow <br> in a dress...">></u></strong></div> </blockquote> <br> All this said... a kilt is not a dress... nor is a Scottsman dressed thus to be confused with a fairy in drag.  To begin with... hehe... the fairy is usually far more attractive !<br> <blockquote cite="mid00d801c480ba$3eeda2d0$10e2193e@ACER" type="cite"> <div> </div> <div><strong><font size="4">Regards</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="4">Hoots Mon</font></strong></div> </blockquote> Cheers<br> RicB<br> </body> </html>