Why the World Hates Scotland

If you know enough Scottish people, you will notice that we are generally a mean spirited group of people. Cruel would be a good word. Miserable is another good one.

Oh, right... can't forget cheap.

But last night at the pub, I heard the granddaddy of them all.

Apparently quite a few years ago, there were a number of European soccer teams that came to play a series of exhibition matches in Toronto. Among them, Glasgow Rangers and Bayern Munich. My Pipe Major had the luck of getting in to see this match.

Sitting in a mostly Scottish section, with just a few Germans in the front part of the section, everyone was hooting and hollering through the opening ceremonies, and "Flower of Scotland" (as they are provincial arseholes, Scotland refuses to play "God Save the Queen" prior to sporting events) as, of course, they were quite drunk.

Then came the German National Anthem (I have no idea what that is).

The Scots immediately start chanting...

"Who won the war?!? Who won the war?!? Who won the war?!? Who won the war?!? Who won the war?!?"

The Germans got up and moved sections...