Sean Connery...
 

I know this isn't a travel question, but I have to ask. <BR>What do the Scots think of Sean Connery? <BR>I saw on tv that he lives on a Carribbean island now (a present or former British colony?). He doesn't spend too much time in Scotland, but he was prominent at the opening of the Scottish Parliament. <BR>Kittie

<BR>Actually he is a tax exile in Spain. Ideal material for the SNP...whose only high profile star support he is! <BR> <BR>Ok enough politics. Not to bore the rest of our readers, I'll e-mail you over the weekend, if that's OK

You can't leave it alone, can you Sheila. <BR> <BR>I'm trying to think of some liberal 'stars' but, well, I having a real job doing so. <BR> <BR>Kittie, he's Scotland's most famous export, a worldwide star. He is generally well liked in Scotland. <BR> <BR>Kittie, he is a Scot, who supports Scotland first. Enough said.

Tony! How could you! Calling Sean Connery "Scotland's most famous export". <BR>And all these years I thought it was that peat-smoked elixir of life, the dew from the heather, that golden stuff distilled from the fog at dawn -- Haig & Haig or equivalent Scots whisky (without an "e"). For shame!

I thought it was plaid, based on every Catholic school uniform in the U.S. <BR> <BR>

Elvira- <BR> <BR>Isn't it a shame that when we imported the plaid skirt and knee socks from Scotland for Catholic school uniforms, we didn't leave it on the men, where it belongs?

So glad to see that sarcasm isn't dead. My kids would second that plaid is why they were sick of parochial school. I can't even use it in the Christmas tree ribbon now. Personally I couldn't understand why anyone would do in King Arthur for Sir Lancelot when Connery played Arthur. There was simply no competition. -Cher

So glad to see that sarcasm isn't dead. My kids would second that plaid is why they were sick of parochial school. I can't even use it in the Christmas tree ribbon now. Personally I couldn't understand why anyone would do in King Arthur for Sir Lancelot when Connery played Arthur. There was simply no competition. -Cher

Cherie- <BR> <BR>Only half sarcastic, after all, it really does look better on the men!

Is "plaid" what we call tartan? ;-)

Yes, plaid = tartan, sort of. We took wonderful patterns woven into wool that connote family, history, etc. and roller printed it onto polyester in pink and yellow. THEN we made Catholic kids wear it to school...

crip mcdougal ? <BR>

I ALWAYS wanted to go to the Catholic school because I loved my girlfriend's plaid skirt with those cool knee socks! Unfortunately, my Southern Baptist mother didn't cotton to the idea. I think the best thing to come out of Scotland is the Cairn Terrier!

My vote for the best thing to come out of Scotland is IrnBru -- just wish we could get it here!

As they say, all tartans are plaids but all plaids are not tartans.

What is Irn'brew? <BR> <BR>I just had to ask this question because when the new Scottish Parliament opened, three American news-shows had segments on Sean Connery. They profiled him in his home somewhere in the Carribbean. Why is he living in the Carribbean instead of Scotland if he is such a great Scottish Patriot? Taxes is my first thought. Isn't that why Elton John moved to Atlanta? I was just wondering... <BR>Kittie

I'm just about to send you another e-mail, kittie. i've got this thing about privae politics and I wouldn't want to upset Stellarossa again. <BR> <BR>Irn Bru (great name, incidentally, expat!) is a caffein based orange coloured soft drink, which fortunately now comes in a sugar free version, and thus rots fewer teeth. <BR> <BR>It was marketed here for years as "yer other national drink. Made in Scotland...from girders". It is much loved and is the best hangover cure known to man (or woman)

If the government were going to take 40% or more of everything I earned if I continnued to live here I would move to a tax-friendly environment - that is what Connery has done, you cannot slag the guy off for that.

No, not for that. For wife-beating, maybe?

As a West Highland White terrier fancier, I must take exception to the posting about cairn terriers. Send a tin of shortbread and all will be forgiven.

Sheila -- didn't know about the hangover cure! I've got a few cans stashed away I'll try it next time I find myself in that predicament! <BR> <BR>Kittie -- make sure to down a few IrnBrus on your trip! Nothing like it -- nectar of the Gods! If you're flying British Air -- they often have it during beverage service. <BR> <BR>

Well, now, Specs............ <BR> <BR>There are a couple of those little white fellows running around in my neighbor's yard, actually. But they are properly respectful of my Tristan, who came first, of course, as you must know! <BR> <BR>How 'bout you send me a bottle of Glenfiddich? Cheers!

Yes, Ruth, God made cairns first but kept trying for perfection. :) <BR> <BR>I say we avoid a dog fight, and raise a wee dram to our canny beasties. <BR> <BR>P.S. I cannot resist mentioning that most people think cairns are the most famous export of Kansas.

Specs, <BR>I gotta ask... I don't get the Kansas joke. <BR>Also, Thanks for the Irn Bru suggestion. I'll have to try it! <BR>Kittie

Good grief Kittie; what do you think Toto was? <BR>

Auntie Em, wasn't it a mediocre band?

Kittie, You know - the Wizard of Oz - Dorothy & Toto, her Cairn Terrier - wheat fields of Kansas! <BR> <BR>Now Specs, my Tristan does not like to discuss Toto and does not like to be identified with him!!! He thinks Toto gave a bad impression of his breed, riding in that basket so quietly as the world sailed by, and was almost certainly a sissy dog! Tristan wants you to know that he is quite a macho Cairn, who never sits quietly for anything!

"And your little dog Toto,too" is what my kids would say when they got into my car to describe a horrific day at parochial school and their witch of a teacher.(We don't have nuns anymore...there's more money in orders that do hospital administration...)Arghhh. Now, if they had a teacher that resembled Sean Connery (my son's first biographical book report) I bet they'd listen to their teachers.....

O.k...o.k. I get it...just rack it up to a brain-fart (can we say that here?). <BR>Kittie

Dear Kittie, <BR> <BR>I don't know if you can say "that" here. I think you should just blame it on the dog.

Specs, <BR>Hahahahaha! <BR>In my case, though, I would have to blame it on the cats-6 of them. And they do "break wind" at times! <BR>Kittie

Irn-Bru contains iron (as ferric citrate) and caffeine.The tart iron taste gives it an more adult flavour than typical soda.It's fame comes from it's use as a hangover cure,especially in Glasgow. <BR>

Sean Connery has been a tax exile for a looong time but rather actively supports the Scottish National Party which promises to raise taxes if it ever got into power.

I learned all I care to know about Sean Connery when I saw him interviewed on "60 Minutes" a few years back and he said that it's true he has been known to hit his wife, and that in his opinion women need to be slapped around a little every once in a while. Ever since then, I've never felt any need to see any of his movies -- it just seems like I always find something better to do.

Jane (or whoever you are), you are wrong. Read rather than listen. <BR> <BR>The SNP would have kept income tax at the current level rather than reduce it by one penny (wow), thus no tax 'increase', geddit? <BR> <BR>It's easy to slag off Connery but he has done a lot more for Scotland than thousands of liberals, tories and labourites.

Lisa, say it ain't so!!! <BR> <BR>Actually, are you sure you aren't thinking of Mel Gibson? I seem to recall just such an interview with him on 60 minutes. He admitted to having a wife and like 10 kids back in Australia and knocked them all around a little bit.

Sorry Beth, but I remember it just as Lisa described it.

Yup, Beth, I heard it also on 60 Minutes. That is why there was such a controversy about him being voted the "sexiest man of 19-whatever". He said that just after the People magazine came out as I remember. <BR>Kittie

I was looking for some info on places to <BR>stay in Europe and came upon this.... <BR>GET A LIFE!and STOP WASTING TIME ON THIS <BR>FORUM!

sorry...it was just a question.... <BR> <BR>Kittie