Cheap Scotch And A New Flag

[icyfroth]

It's a long way away and supposedly none of our business but if Scotland votes "Yes" and splits from the United Kingdom, the result could be cheaper scotch and a new Australian flag.

A late surge in the Yes vote in polls before Thursday's referendum on Scottish independence has suddenly made the world sit up and pay attention.

While banks and businesses are worried about an independent Scotland being cut out of the British pound and taking on a crippling national debt, analysts are also considering the fate of the Union Jack.

Losing Scotland's St Andrew's Cross would leave the Union Jack without its blue background and diagonal white stripes.

It could also result in a rethink of Australia's flag and the Union Jack's place on it.

Dr Oliver said a vote for independence would leave Scotland worse off, thanks to higher national debt and declining income from its North Sea oilfields.

 Entire Article Here

Really? So why is Scotland even thinking of seperating from England?

[icyfroth]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

to icy:

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@paintsew007 wrote:

got this from a close friend by email today:

Funny story from when I was in the uk living in Edinburgh , 1993/4 was the year........travelling around the uk whilst painting post offices I always had a £100 Scottish pound note in my wallet and regularly used it when buying McDonald's or whatever for the crew, which was sometimes 6-8 people. The Scottish currency is clearly labelled 'pounds sterling' and therefore legal currency in England or Northern Ireland . Often the cashier would **bleep** and complain when the note was offered as payment (England doesn't have a £100 note, only a 50). However, smarty pants here knew that refusal of the note meant legally that we got the goods for free. On one occasion in Kent (South East county from London ), the kid and manager at McDonald's got really upset and called the police while we all sat down and ate our burgers after they refused the note. I had instructed the crew to behave as they were a rowdy lot. We watched with interest as the police arrived and listened to their story that we refused to pay. The cops then came to our table and I explained politely that the security video would show that I had offered for two minutes to pay . ThE cops believed me and laughed at the manager saying that I didn't have to offer again, which I didn't as they were pretty rude to us. Free meals for all.....we laughed like hell. Goes to show the level of hate between the two countries, long memories 300-800 years of contempt for each other. One of the few occasions that I needed my passport on me as the cops were more interested in how an Aussie was working in the uk. My birthplace in my passport was the saving grace. Hahaha, 
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Nice little scam, that. Not.

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err.......no. Not a scam Icy why would you say this?

I was communicating with this person when they were working in Scotland back in 1993/94 and on.

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You have to ask why?

[icyfroth]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

got this from a close friend by email today:

Funny story from when I was in the uk living in Edinburgh , 1993/4 was the year........travelling around the uk whilst painting post offices I always had a £100 Scottish pound note in my wallet and regularly used it when buying McDonald's or whatever for the crew, which was sometimes 6-8 people. The Scottish currency is clearly labelled 'pounds sterling' and therefore legal currency in England or Northern Ireland . Often the cashier would **bleep** and complain when the note was offered as payment (England doesn't have a £100 note, only a 50). However, smarty pants here knew that refusal of the note meant legally that we got the goods for free. On one occasion in Kent (South East county from London ), the kid and manager at McDonald's got really upset and called the police while we all sat down and ate our burgers after they refused the note. I had instructed the crew to behave as they were a rowdy lot. We watched with interest as the police arrived and listened to their story that we refused to pay. The cops then came to our table and I explained politely that the security video would show that I had offered for two minutes to pay . ThE cops believed me and laughed at the manager saying that I didn't have to offer again, which I didn't as they were pretty rude to us. Free meals for all.....we laughed like hell. Goes to show the level of hate between the two countries, long memories 300-800 years of contempt for each other. One of the few occasions that I needed my passport on me as the cops were more interested in how an Aussie was working in the uk. My birthplace in my passport was the saving grace. Hahaha, 
The end

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Nice little scam, that. Not.

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err.......no. Not a scam Icy why would you say this?

I was communicating with this person when they were working in Scotland back in 1993/94 and on.

[shepherdsrule]

Guess not lol. Just as well. Good Scotch should be savoured.

I would savour it..........the whole time I was drinking it, I would be like, ohhh, awesome....and each time I tipped the bottle for my next shot, I would look at it reverantly, and be like, ohhh, awesome......and 

well you get the picture, I would bow to the scotch.....which is as it should be, hell, I could show that scotch a good time

[icyfroth]

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@shepherdsrule wrote:

Guess not lol. Just as well. Good Scotch should be savoured.

I would savour it..........the whole time I was drinking it, I would be like, ohhh, awesome....and each time I tipped the bottle for my next shot, I would look at it reverantly, and be like, ohhh, awesome......and 

well you get the picture, I would bow to the scotch.....which is as it should be, hell, I could show that scotch a good time

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Hope you drink it pure lol

no coke

no dry ginger ale

heck no ice even

[monman12]

P007:  "good in one respect. The British won't be flocking to Scotland at least *Whew! saved by 5%"

Actually with the current  figures   55%  -  45%  the difference is:  10%.

nɥºɾ

[icyfroth]

oh yeah whoop di doo ha ha

[electric*mayhem*band]

Looks like the end of Herr Salmond's time in the spotlight. That's wiped the smug grin from his silly face, hasn't it ?

Will he now resign (again) from the SNP in a fit of pique and high dudgeon, and retire to his bunker on some remote island in the Outer Hebrides, never to be seen again ?

Well one can but hope. Fingers crossed.

[electric*mayhem*band]

PHOTO OF THE YEAR.

[baybizz]

>>  #67: "good in one respect. The British won't be flocking to Scotland at least *Whew! saved by 5%"

>> #74: Actually with the current figures 55% - 45% the difference is: 10%.

Don't worry, even broadcasters can get their figures in a twist - must be all the excitement: 

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2761778 

[tcmsecretuseid]

"Sigh of relief The final result in the referendum was 1,617,989 votes in favor of independence from the United Kingdom to 2,001,926 against. This means the pro-union camp won by a margin of 55.25% of the vote to 44.65% -- a much wider gap than opinion polls in the final days leading up to the vote had suggested." 

NO

55%

[tcmsecretuseid]

Re: currency refusal. 

Although it sounds like a "scam", it is not. Mc'ds should have taken the 100 pound note. 

I've had merchants literally throw Scottish sterling notes back at me, as if I gave them a piece of toilet paper. 

I'm not sure if the English hate the Scottish, or Americans more. It was very hard to tell. Either way, living there was not fun for me. 

I love to visit England though. That is a completely different experience.