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Burns Night

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This is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in Ayr, Scotland. The Burns Night celebrations conducted by Scots all over the world with haggis, whisky¹, and poetry.

Wikipedia has a description of the standard celebration, but easy on the malt or you may end up with a William McGonagall morning.

In honor of the occasion a bit of Robby Burns for the GOP “leadership”:

The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain
For promis’d joy!

To a Mouse

1. This is the correct spelling when referring to Scotland’s “water of life”.

2 comments

1 Badtux { 01.25.17 at 8:48 pm }

This is the holiday where they address the haggis? Just as long as they’re not trying to address it to a U.S. address — it’s still illegal to sell actual real haggis in the USA :(.

2 Bryan { 01.25.17 at 11:11 pm }

The “Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race!” is still considered not exactly food by the FDA. Perhaps you could appeal to the Desolation of Drumpf to remove this discriminatory regulation against sheep innards and oatmeal.