By a peculiar chance of lunar alignment (or something), today is not only the Chinese New Year celebration [admittedly perhaps less so in quarantined parts of China, but I digress]...
... and this year, it's The Year Of The Rat...
...it also happens to be Burns Night, when we are encouraged to celebrate everything Scottish-y, like whisky, haggis, and men in kilts...
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Tying things up neatly [well, almost - it's about a mouse, not a rat, but close enough], here's a reading from a much-loved work by Rabbie himself:
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
[Read the poem in full here]
Haggis stir-fry, anyone?
"click to embiggen" All these years, I've been doing it wrong? Bugger.
ReplyDeleteDown here some are celebrating Invasion Day. I'm celebrating the RAIN. Yay!
Best to avoid clicking away at anything that pops up or it might have an undesired effect.
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PS Good to know that traditional Imperial ceremonies are still going. And good old British wet weather, too...
I'm reminded of the old "gruesome" joke.
DeleteSadly, fires are still causing problems in the southern states. Christ! There can't be much left to burn!
I'm not familiar with "the old "gruesome" joke"...
DeleteOne begins to wonder with all these bush fires whether some of them - like it emerged to be the case in California - were started deliberately.
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I'll take the men in kilts, somebody else can have the haggis & whisky.
ReplyDeleteWhen one has a had a good mouthful of meat, it's always best to have a dram or two to wash it down! Jx
DeleteI embiggened. Och aye! And those are some brilliant bagpipers!
ReplyDeleteWe were fortunate enough to see the hunky Pipers live on stage at Proms in the Park in 2013 - superb! Jx
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