Blair goes to Scotland
Tony Blair is being shown round an Edinburgh hospital and enters a ward
full of patients with no apparent signs of injury. He approaches the first
and says 'how are you today?' the guy replies
'Fair fa' you honest sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o' the puddin' race
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe or thaim,
Weel are ye wordy o' a' grace, As lang's me arm.'
Tony, confused, grins and moves on to the next patient and offers the same
greeting, to which the guy says
'Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wid eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
So say the Lord be thankit.'
Tony's getting really baffled now, but moves on again and asks another
patient how he's doing - receives reply
'Wee sleekit, cow'r'in' tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi bickerin' brattle!'
Finally exasperated, Tony turns to the doctor and says 'what is this, a
mental ward?'
'No,' says the doctor, 'It's the Serious Burns Unit"
2006-10-26
07:53:00
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