Personally, I miss black puddings, and deep-fried Mars bars. I have learned that Scots everywhere are plagued by American / Asutralian assumptions that we all have appaling diets, mostly consisting of cigarettes and alcohol. Who am I to shatter their illusions?!?

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I was taken to a Scottish restaurant several years ago by a Scottish guy I know. I had fish (it was the least disgusting-seeming thing on the menu) which wasn't bad. What sucked however, were the "mushy peas", the various alarming things that they assign the name "pudding" to and the "Scottish bread and butter" which was a stale piece of white wonderbread with margarine on it. He had IRN-BRU. I assumed the meal was broken, but he thought it was the greatest.

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Ah, now I really miss Irn-Bru. It's the most effective hangover cure known to man, you see. Probably because there's so much sugar in it. You know, Scotland is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola is not the number one selling drink. If the rest of the world had Irn-Bru, the world would be a better place!

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Bungee jumping from Ayers Rock (or Uluru, its real name, as opposed to its European-invader name) would hurt a lot, since it doesn't really have any vertical faces on it. Imagine bungee jumping off the curved surface of the Millennium Dome and you start to get the idea.

Oh, we have a couple of national sports: Cricket, at which we constantly kick the arses of the people who invented it; Rugby League, our own version of Rugby, played in a few states; Australian Rules Football, played everywhere, but based in Victoria; Rugby Union, whenever we feel like going overseas and beating another country at a sport other than cricket; and a fairly piss-poor soccer (football) team.

Let's face it - to non-Scots, cigarettes and alcohol are preferable to sheep's stomach stuffed with grain and vegetables, sheep (pig?) intestine filled with congealed blood, smoked, salted and otherwise preserved fish, and deep-fried everything (Mars Bars, pizzas, etc). *shudder*

We have a wonderful little hangover cure called Feeling Seedy, which far too few people know about. It tastes kind of like Fanta, but with a peppery undertaste, since it contains... cayenne or paprika, can't remember which. Also has a shitload of vitamins, plus some caffeine. Great stuff.

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We have a wonderful little hangover cure called Feeling Seedy, which far too few people know about. It tastes kind of like Fanta, but with a peppery undertaste, since it contains... cayenne or paprika, can't remember which. Also has a shitload of vitamins, plus some caffeine. Great stuff.

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Where in Sydney can I purchase this magic potion?!?

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I always thought mushy peas were more a northern england type thing?

The only places I can usually find it are service stations with well-stocked fridges, and good-sized supermarkets, usually on the same shelf as V, Red Bull, and Red Eye. Oooh, forgot about Red Eye... mmm... Red Eye Platinum is the greatest energy drink ever created.

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Good old fashioned American Gatorade would beat the pants off of any of that wussy stuff. Even if it doesn't have fruit-bat extract or kangaroo semen in it. God only knows what's in that stuff.

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Well, give me Red Bull any day. Takes like piss, stings your eyes, causes migraines and in some cases allegedly death, but I like it all the same.

The various types of Red Eye have all kinds of weird and wonderful New Age stuff in them, like ginseng, kola nut, green tea, piles of vitamins, guarana (of course). Red Eye Platinum shits all over Red Bull.

Gatorade is just water, sugar, salt, and a few flavours. Not much going on there.

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Don't let Tobor hear you say that, Andy.

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Gatorade is just water, sugar, salt, and a few flavours. Not much going on there.

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Exactly. It doesn't need to hide behind a bunch of pantywaist herbs and shit. And it actually has natural flavors in it. I checked the ingredients list. It would probably taste funny if you spelled it with a 'u'.

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Loyal to Mr Webslur to the end, eh? :)

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Don't make me come over there...

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Things I hate:

-People who leave candy wrappers all over their keyboard.

-People who think they are superior to everyone else.

-People who force me to watch Survivor because they've never missed an episode.

-People who are younger brothers of a guy I'm still not quite over.

I might as well say it.

I hate Alan. And he drove tonight so I can't get out of his house.

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Things I hate:

[list]
[*]"Dynamite" energy drink
[*]Edinburgh
[*]Losing the biscuit game
[*]Jam with bits in it
[*]Carrot Top
[*]Peter Andre
[*]Going out in the rain whilst wearing glasses
[*]This comic:[Click to view comic: 'abu']
[*]When you've got phlegm stuck in your throat and no amount of coughing will get rid of it
[*]Trains
[*]Billy Ray Cyrus
[*]People who like Billy Ray Cyrus
[*]Not being able to find a matching sock
[*]Most of the Conservative Party
[*]Windows ME
[*]Waking up to find drool all over your pillow
[*]Migraines
[*]Excessively negative people (thanks to Calvin and Hobbes for that one)
[/list]

Things I hate:

Everything.

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But I thought you were pure love now?

I'm a walking contradiction, and I ain't got no rights.

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Have you ever had mucus that smelled like pepper?

I cannot believe you listed Peter Andre and didnt list one of our own pop failures.

Whos names i can never remember because , oddly enough , they were complete failures.

AND YOU MISSED OUT TIMMY MALLETT!

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I cannot believe you listed Peter Andre and didnt list one of our own pop failures.

Whos names i can never remember because , oddly enough , they were complete failures.

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Hmm. Del Amitri? Hue and Cry? The Proclaimers?

I like the latter, though.

I adore The Proclaimers, and don't mind Del Amitri. I am amazed that Peter Adre still exists - we last saw him half a decade ago. I take it he has followed the twin slime-trails left by the Minogues, then?

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Well, "exist" is a bit strong. I see him on TV every now and again, but I don't think he's got much of a music career to speak of anymore.

Getting back to some of the original discussions on this thread...

I am one of the few people in the IT business I know who actually followed the ol' straight and narrow course... and it brings it's own set of circumstances for kicking yourself.

In high school I wanted to be a writer. Then I discovered computers. Got my B.S. in Computer Science, worked for 9 years in IT for an aerospace company, then have spent the past 5 years at a network integration company (where I still work).

So now I am 36 and I find myself on the certification treadmill. Gotta update my MCSE, gotta get a Citrix CCA, then a CCEA, and so on. And I find the tech just doesn't thrill me like it used to. I get much more gratification doing the company advertising slicks, or the web site, or helping to strategize service offerings. In other words, the creative side. But my creative side doesn't being money into the company...the geek side does. But the geek side is feeling pretty burnt out these days. Or maybe just not excited and challenged by the work in front of me.

So, I think... I'd like to switch over to a career in marketing or advertising. But after 15 years in the IT business, my salary is probably double what I would would be starting over in a new career. And while we live within our means, (no credit card debt!) we still have a mortage and car loans, and a cut like that would be pretty devestating. Especially since my wife's work is not steady these days (she got laid off and is picking up consulting gigs until she lands something permanent).

This is not to piss and moan... I work with a great bunch of people and my situation is nothing to cry about. It's just that whole, "I want to love my work." thing.

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