Having celebrated the courage of one tendon-bursting Glaswegian – it’s not the easiest thing in the world to kick a man who’s on fire, you know – it might also be fair play to sing hymns of praise to another Gaelic football champion: Baggage handler and heir to William Wallace, Mr. John Smeaton -
Mr Smeaton described how his first thought on being confronted by the two suspects in the burning vehicle was: “What’s the score? I’ve got to get this sorted.”
Spotting a terrorist suspect grappling with police, Mr Smeaton thought:
I understand that there is a web site up in honor of Mr. Smeaton. You can donate to buy him a pint through the site. The last I checked, a few days ago, they had 600 pint donations!
Gee Lex, what if it was ALL GUINNESS!
Shipmates,
I remember the comedy routine during the cold war about the Soviets. Some guys were ragging them on about “hey! Youse guys are so tough, eh? Come to Flatbush! You’ll find yer frikkin’ tanks up on blocks!”
It never ceases to amaze me how these terrorists think they cand efeat us. Only WE can defeat us……
Respects,
Besides, if you’re gonnae wear a man-dress, let it be a kilt laddie. It is an unrivaled garment for fornication, and diarrhea.
Hmmm….Looks as if the British Marines and the the Royal Navy could take a lesson or two from the Scots.
Land of my Ancestors!
Land of my Ancestors!
Scotland the Brave!
Watched the video, and couldn’t understand a thing he said….
Jim C
One of the things that I love about this blog is your unexpected turns of phrase that make me laugh out loud. “[I]t?
One of the things that I love about this blog is your unexpected turns of phrase that make me laugh out loud. “[I]t’s not the easiest thing in the world to kick a man who’s on fire, you know” falls into that category.
This story does give me some hope. I’ve started to despair about the British in this long war. They’re not the same people who fought off the Germans and endured the Blitz – they’re two generations of socialism removed from those people. Maybe they’ll take a lesson from this cabbie and recover their backbones before it’s too late.
AW1 Tim, Amen to that.
Tis a shame that the normal man had to perform their duties as the last “line” of defense. Good job none the less. Hopefully the “unique” (as in, doctors) perpetrators will help focus efforts to catch their comrades in white coats and suit ties…
In a war with no lines, everyone is at the front.
We only need to understand the actions. A wee dram for the lad, if you please. Now if only PM Brown would follow Mr. Smeaton’s lead.
Veritas et Fidelis Semper
jim — apparently they actually had to subtitle his interviews when broadcast in (of all places) australia. must be something akin to winston churdhill’s ‘two countries separated by a common language’ eh what?
I nae understood a word, but got the message.
Marc -
Not in the broadcasts I saw.
Maybe for Queensland though
Sim,
Why do Queenslanders drink Four X?
Cuz they can’t spell beer!
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I’m not certain that it can be said the Brits ever actually subdued Scotland. More likely the Scots just decided the Brits weren’t enough of a bother to, you know, actually go to war against again. Being reasonable people, the Scots much prefer to sit around and drink whiskey rather than beat up their distant cousins. Besides, not *all* those Brits are Liverpool fans so is it really worth the time and effort?
– Max
You notice that they stayed away from Ireland.
Casca, that was classic!!