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There's an old joke:
When God made man...
...she was only testing.

When did I first hear it? Perhaps in the 1970s - that's why I say 'old'. But I recently heard this version:
Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes, O:
Her prentice han' she try'd on man,
An' then she made the lasses, O.

- which is dated 1783. Happy Burns Night! I'm off to boil a haggis...

Date: 2010-01-25 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karinmollberg.livejournal.com
Ha! That´s a good one (as surely your haggis, too). Can I quote and or link here, possibly to our silly [livejournal.com profile] theboringclub? This find of yours, ought to be shared by the many, I find.

Date: 2010-01-25 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
You're welcome to quote / link. I'm flattered.

Date: 2010-01-25 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nineweaving.livejournal.com
Peerless verse!

Got whisky?

Nine

Date: 2010-01-25 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
Got whisky! (You needed to ask?)

Date: 2010-01-25 06:39 pm (UTC)
sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)
From: [personal profile] sovay
Happy Burns Night! I'm off to boil a haggis...

Happy Burns Night!

Date: 2010-01-25 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
Thank you. We party, in fact, on Wednesday...

Date: 2010-01-25 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weegoddess.livejournal.com
Happy Haggis!!

Date: 2010-01-25 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
Y'see, you get this result with toast. With me, it requires haggis!

Date: 2010-01-25 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] durham-rambler.livejournal.com
Yes,
I understand your government will once again let you import them.

Off to have a wee dram.

Date: 2010-01-25 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face!

Date: 2010-01-26 10:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] durham-rambler.livejournal.com
Ah, that's the correct line! All I could think of was
Hail Mary, full of grace

Date: 2010-01-26 11:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie...

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