I thought this was apt as the snow leaves Scotland and travels down the UK, the last line the 6 nations refers to the Rugby Union Championship that is finishing this weekend and no Scotland will not win this year but we've done not bad<vbg> jenny barron somewhat chilly south of Inverness > > Subject: southerners vs Scots > > > > > 50F degrees > > > People in southern England turn on the central heating > > > People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants > > > 40F degrees Southerners shiver uncontrollably > > > Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs > > > 35F degrees Cars in the south of England refuse to start > > > People in Falkirk drive with their windows down > > > 20F degrees Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats > > > Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt & girls start wearing mini-skirts > > > 15F degrees Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent > > > People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry > > > Zero degrees Life in the south grinds to a halt > > > Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold > > > Minus 10F degrees Life in the south ceases to exist > > > People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket > > > Minus 80F degrees Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on > > > Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers > > > Minus 100F degrees Santa Claus abandons North Pole > > > People in Stirling put on their 'long johns' > > > Minus 173F degrees Alcohol freezes > > > Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut > > > Minus 297F degrees Microbial life starts to disappear > > > The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands > > > Minus 460F degrees All atomic motion stops > > > Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands > > > Minus 500F degrees Hell freezes over > > > Scotland wins the 6 nations >
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