nhboy
Ubi bene ibi patria
A doctor in Scotland for a conference finds himself at a local hospital visiting one of the wards.
The first patient he sees leaps up and declaims: “Wee, sleekit, cowerin’ timorous beastie, och, what a panic’s in thy breastie!”
A second one joins in with “When chapman billies leave the street, and drouthy neebors neebors meet…”
A third says “Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear…”
The visiting doctor says to his hosts: “This must be the psychiatric ward.”
“No,” comes back the answer, “this is the Serious Burns Unit.”
The first patient he sees leaps up and declaims: “Wee, sleekit, cowerin’ timorous beastie, och, what a panic’s in thy breastie!”
A second one joins in with “When chapman billies leave the street, and drouthy neebors neebors meet…”
A third says “Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear…”
The visiting doctor says to his hosts: “This must be the psychiatric ward.”
“No,” comes back the answer, “this is the Serious Burns Unit.”
cute!
to get it, though, so don't feel bad! I took lots of Brit Lit classes (which included Scotland & Ireland).
Guh....