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From: Alistair on 30 Apr 2010 12:44
On Apr 28, 1:20 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
>
> This reminds me of a snippet of television I saw, decades on back during
> an insomniac night, where a Scottish comedian was - what else? - carrying
> on and whining about something-or-other.  He was in the 'an' then I did
> *this* ta earrrn a shilling an' foun' dout thet th' lassies seemed ta love
> folksingers' stage; he commented that folksongs were the easiest to do and
> the most ridiculous to listen to 'were ye sober... which th' audience,
> a'carse, werrrren't'... and he let loose with a typical
>
> 'Therrre war... *ten* thousand sailors, *dead* a-pon th' flooorrrr...'
>
> (pause for laughter)
>
> '... *thrrree* thousand babies, trrrapped i'side th' mine.'
>
> (more laughte5)
>
> '... an' th' ladies looved it, I dinna ken why.'
>
>

Billy Connolly did a sketch about his folk roots.
From: Bill Gunshannon on 30 Apr 2010 12:59
In article <5178a106-32e1-4d24-abac-4154813d43ac(a)b18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> writes:
> On Apr 28, 1:20�pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
>>
>> This reminds me of a snippet of television I saw, decades on back during
>> an insomniac night, where a Scottish comedian was - what else? - carrying
>> on and whining about something-or-other. �He was in the 'an' then I did
>> *this* ta earrrn a shilling an' foun' dout thet th' lassies seemed ta love
>> folksingers' stage; he commented that folksongs were the easiest to do and
>> the most ridiculous to listen to 'were ye sober... which th' audience,
>> a'carse, werrrren't'... and he let loose with a typical
>>
>> 'Therrre war... *ten* thousand sailors, *dead* a-pon th' flooorrrr...'
>>
>> (pause for laughter)
>>
>> '... *thrrree* thousand babies, trrrapped i'side th' mine.'
>>
>> (more laughte5)
>>
>> '... an' th' ladies looved it, I dinna ken why.'
>>
>>
> Billy Connolly did a sketch about his folk roots.

And then there was the one about a drunken scotsman somewhere
in the outback....

And let's not even get into Blaster Bates. :-)

bill

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From: Anonymous on 30 Apr 2010 18:41
In article <840gjsFml4U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Bill Gunshannon <billg999(a)cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>In article <5178a106-32e1-4d24-abac-4154813d43ac(a)b18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
> Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> On Apr 28, 1:20?pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:

[snip]

>>> '... an' th' ladies looved it, I dinna ken why.'
>>>
>>>
>> Billy Connolly did a sketch about his folk roots.
>
>And then there was the one about a drunken scotsman somewhere
>in the outback....

Only 'the one'? Was the punchline 'Herrre's what we'll do, laddies...
let's put on some skirrrts, git drrrrunk as Melrose sailors an' toss
arooon' somethin' heavy!'?

(no wonder dialect humor died)

DD

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