Day 226 - Just chillin' and laughin'

Today, we're naw goin' oot. We're gaunnae stay put in that wee white hoose ye can see on the beinn.

So, as it's a slow news day, it's a good day to discuss Scottish humour. If you know me at all, you know there is a strong streak of sarcastic humour that runs through me. In my family, you had to be able to take it as well as you could give it ... and self-deprecation went a long way too. In the end, it was all about laughing and meant to make people happy. I believe this trait for humour predominates with my Scottish ancestry, and I'm proud to say has found its way into the genetic makeup of my children and my sister's children. So the laughter will continue.

So for today's blog, I'm going to share with you a few examples of why the Scots just may be the funniest people on the planet.

This first one is to get your Scottish accent warmed up, but this one may take a minute...

The Queen hosts a garden party in Scotland. When the Scottish waiter arrives with a tray of cakes, she asks, “Is that a scone, or a meringue?” The waiter replies: “Naw, yer quite right, that’s a scone.”

An architect upset with the red tape around a planning application to build a simple shed on a farm became a cult hero with his sarcastic responses on the form. Here is what he wrote under the "Accessibility" section:

There is an airport at Bristol which can be accessed by driving your tractor along the road. This gives direct access to warm sunny places all over the world. There is a bus service to North Wooton which allows people from the local towns to come and visit the proposed shed. However you have to change buses at Wells or somewhere else if you want to go somewhere else. There is nowhere to park tractors in Wells.

Comedian Craig Ferguson:
Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.

I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word, 'existentialsim.'

Comedian Billy Connelly
I worry about ridiculous things, you know: How does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning ... that can keep me awake for days.

Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?

Comedy writer Armando Iannucci (think Veep, The Death of Stalin)
The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.