Former Foreign Correspondent P.J. ORourke has penned what may be - TopicsExpress

Former Foreign Correspondent P.J. ORourke has penned what may be both the funniest article of the year and what may come to be seen as the most prescient, its so good I dont know what to quote first. Ah, there’s nothing like a primitive, quarrel-torn, disastrous Third World country. And Scotland has everything it needs to be what old-school foreign correspondents fondly call a shit-hole. Scottish music is sufficiently—to be kind—exotic. As soon as Scotland descends into barbarous chaos expect the pig-sticking squeal and shagged sheep moan of bagpipes to be frequently heard on NPR. (By the way, NPR newscasters will have to learn to pronounce Scotland the way the Scottish do. When asked how to pronounce the name of their country the Scottish say, Faauhk you.) The Scottish language is, as all good Third World languages must be, incomprehensible. Take this verse by famous Scottish poet Robert Burns in his famous Scottish poem Auld Lang Syne. Yeh, nobody knows whats in that song...