From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V3 #298 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Friday, November 30 2001 Volume 03 : Number 298 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Happy St Andrew's Day! [MinervAthene@aol.com] OV: George Harrison ["Jane Armstrong" ] OV: RE: George Harrison [Hopping James W ] Re: OV: George Harrison ["joe brady" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:36:15 EST From: MinervAthene@aol.com Subject: OV: Happy St Andrew's Day! Happy St Andrew's Day! (well - November 30th is, I'm only 25 minutes early!) To celebrate, I thought that, as Del Amitri fans, maybe those of you from the rest of the world might be considered honourary Scots for the day, and as such let into one of Scotland's best-kept secrets: that of the haggis. Now, most of you have probably fallen for the story that haggis is actually made from a sheep's stomach stuffed with offal: NOT TRUE!! I mean, ug - how disgusting!! I had some for dinner yesterday and I can honestly tell you that the only stomach involved was mine! There is actually an animal called a haggis, native to the remote Scotish Highlands, and a few of the islands. It's a small, shy creature, and I must admit I've never been lucky enough to see one alive. The most notable feature of the haggis is its mismatched legs - shorter on one side to enable it to live comfortably in the hilly regions it inhabits. So why the sheep's stomach rumour? Well, haggis are extremely difficult to catch, although very tasty, meaning they are a highly desirable delicacy. Captive breeding (well, farming) has never been very successful, and the less said about recent genetic experiments the better! Basically, it would be all too easy for the poor haggis to be hunted to extinction, and so to keep demand low, the Scots of times gone by convinced the English 'invaders' of the time (oops! No offence meant to anyone!) that it was actually this disgusting conconction. Therefore, demand for the delicacy is easily met for important Scottish feast days (such as Burns' night in January) without endangering the species. So, now you know, but don't let the secret spread too far!! Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:28:09 -0000 From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: George Harrison Just heard on the news that George has lost his battle with cancer. It's the end of an era. Poor George. My thoughts go out to Olivia and Dhani. Thanks for the music George Jane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:14:56 -0000 From: Hopping James W Subject: OV: RE: George Harrison I just heard on the morning news too. A very sad day indeed. Thankfully we have 40 years of his music to remind us. Jim - -----Original Message----- From: Jane Armstrong [mailto:janea@delamitri.co.uk] Sent: 30 November 2001 08:28 To: Otway@yahoogroups.com; ECGoss; Dels; Devs; Myriad Subject: OV: George Harrison Just heard on the news that George has lost his battle with cancer. It's the end of an era. Poor George. My thoughts go out to Olivia and Dhani. Thanks for the music George Jane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:43:51 +0000 From: "joe brady" Subject: Re: OV: George Harrison A legend in our life times.....The music will live forever. Joe. BE HAPPY,SUPPORT Q.P.R!!!!! >From: "Jane Armstrong" >To: , "ECGoss" , "Dels" , "Devs" , "Myriad" >Subject: OV: George Harrison >Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:28:09 -0000 > >Just heard on the news that George has lost his battle with cancer. It's >the end of an era. Poor George. My thoughts go out to Olivia and Dhani. > >Thanks for the music George > >Jane - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V3 #298 **********************************