tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post3079682775503270431..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Deep-Rooted WeedsDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-44284767477668136942008-08-02T17:30:00.000+01:002008-08-02T17:30:00.000+01:00"Whigs", Sir, you may depend upon it, were Gallweg..."Whigs", Sir, you may depend upon it, were Gallwegian cattle rustlers - ruffians from the far side of the Nith. I once visited the lovely wee museum in Dumfries, which had a 17th century sketch of the burghers riding over the brig to attack Kirkcudbright. I enquired of the polymath curator why they might attack Kirkcudbright. "Times were hard."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-21971354375305574672008-08-02T08:39:00.000+01:002008-08-02T08:39:00.000+01:00Biggles, of course. I thought Lord James might be ...Biggles, of course. I thought Lord James might be a collector. I was looking all over the world for the music to the 1986 film for a couple of years, but there were only about 15 known copies.<BR/>Then somebody squeezed it into mp3 and put it on bittorrent.<BR/>(I justify getting it for free by te fact that the owners of the copyright showed no interest at all in re-issuing, and besides, a song on the Biggles album caused me to purchase a legitimate CD of another artist.Sky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-7571997349213647242008-08-01T22:27:00.000+01:002008-08-01T22:27:00.000+01:00Indeed, James, good fighting words. Dearieme, yes,...Indeed, James, good fighting words. <BR/><BR/>Dearieme, yes, he is a little hazy on that point. I suppose he has in mind groups that band together in mischief or common interest to disturb the settlement of the commonwealth to their own ends. (Interestingly, both "Tory" and "Whig" were originally derogatory names: the first from Middle Irish "Tóraidhe" meaning "outlaw"; the second from Scottish "whiggamor" meaning "cattle drover"). <BR/><BR/>As for the man's brains, I humbly suggest he is one of the cleverest. His head was screwed on most of the time too. <BR/><BR/>Which film, pietr?Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-7191777908011126472008-08-01T16:42:00.000+01:002008-08-01T16:42:00.000+01:00Duh....Constitution?By the way, M'Lud, the soundtr...Duh....Constitution?<BR/><BR/>By the way, M'Lud, the soundtrack to your film of 1986 is available for download at Mininova.orgSky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-77528448047700430032008-08-01T16:27:00.000+01:002008-08-01T16:27:00.000+01:00I wouldn't lightly argue with the great man, but s...I wouldn't lightly argue with the great man, but surely many "factions" in our history don't have a founder, simply understood. Who founded Tories and Whigs? Perhaps with his enormous foresight he was thinking of such pernicious factions as The Labour Party, or even The Social Democrats. I bow in awe to his mighty intellect; clever bugger, auld Dauvit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-52339513082469393742008-08-01T11:21:00.000+01:002008-08-01T11:21:00.000+01:00Weeds to be rooted out - dem's fighting words, Deo...Weeds to be rooted out - dem's fighting words, Deogolwulf.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com