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  1. #1
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    I met Robbie Burns in Frederick, Md

    Two weekends ago, my wife and I were walking through Frederick, Md on Market st. We were having a nice stroll when a gentleman stopped me and asked about my kilt. I answered all of his questions when his wife said, " Youv'e just met robbie Burns". And then he said he was Robbie. So, next time you are in Frederick in your kilt, watch out for Robbie.






    I assumed he wasn't the real Robbie Burns.

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    Maybe not THE Robbie Burns, but certainly A Robbie Burns.

    And that should be good enough for any of us.

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    Chas
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    Just in case, I advise everyone in Frederick MD to keep their girlfriends and daughters out of any fields of rye in the area.
    "If you look long into the abyss, the abyss looks into you." - F.N.

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    Maybe I'm missing the allusion here- was the guy making a lame reference to Rabbie/Robert Burns, the Scots poet or is there a different "Robbie Burns" who's a legend in Fred-neck? If one in the same, then the fellow needs to think up some better one-liners...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
    Just in case, I advise everyone in Frederick MD to keep their girlfriends and daughters out of any fields of rye in the area.
    When a body meets a body...?
    --dbh

    When given a choice, most people will choose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
    Just in case, I advise everyone in Frederick MD to keep their girlfriends and daughters out of any fields of rye in the area.
    XMarks needs a "like" button
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    Which makes thee startle/At me, thy poor, earth-born companion/An' fellow-mortal!

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    Remember The Great Man's song, fellow Gringos:

    Green grow the rashes, O;
    O, I love the lasses, O;
    The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
    Are spent among the lasses, O.
    Last edited by Canuck of NI; 9th November 10 at 01:57 PM.
    "If you look long into the abyss, the abyss looks into you." - F.N.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
    Just in case, I advise everyone in Frederick MD to keep their girlfriends and daughters out of any fields of rye in the area.
    Also awa' frae any lea rigs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
    Just in case, I advise everyone in Frederick MD to keep their girlfriends and daughters out of any fields of rye in the area.
    Not a lot of rye in Frederick, but lots of corn. It's more of a bourbon area than whiskey. Altho Patrick's Irish Pub downtown will serve you some nice rye, or other good stuff, and the waitresses love a man in a kilt.

    Geoff Withnell
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