Utter tripe – it’s called democracy…

…Does that mean Scotland will be along with it’s two main banks remain a huge debtor of the rest of the rest of UKs’ taxpayers while happily removing the Blue from the Union flag? Or has Mr Salmond a plan to pay the rest of the UK back on behalf of RBS and BofS billions?…

I don’t know about the RBS, but the Bank of Scotland’s prosperity and acumen went steeply downhill the instant the were taken over by the Halifax, and diluted by their dud management. The average career in the Bank of Scotland was 32 years, in the Halifax it was just 2 years – that speaks volumes.
And it got even worse when Lloyd’s took over – and neither had their roots in Scotland.

Is this ‘without any blue on it’ permanent or just until the oil runs out in 40 years?:rolleyes:

Independence means much much more than just cash – look at all the scores of nations who have left the British Empire and Commonwealth. Some have become extremely impoverished in the process, but none of them have ever asked to be allowed back in – on the contrary, they couldn’t wait to get rid of dear old Blighty…

It’s well past the purile name-calling stage – independence is going to happen because the majority of the Scottish electorate want it. They knew exactly what the SNP policies were when they gave them a landslide victory in the last election.
National caricatures and snide put-downs are all very well, but the rest of the UK are soon going to have to get used to a Union flag without any blue on it…

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Scottish Armed Forces turned out to be similar in size to that of Denmark, since the population is roughly the same.
Given our coastline, perhaps the Navy would get the biggest share, then the Air Force, then the Army, but a combined force like Canada’s would seem more sensible to me.
Not having to act like we’re a major Superpower in places like Iraq and Afghanistan will save us a fortune…

As a kid I remember one particular episode of the Goodies which had me rolling around on the floor laughing so much I could hardly breath in, and my ribs hurt for days.
During the same episode (the one with ‘The Bunfight at the OK Tearooms’ perhaps) I seem to remember an elderly guy laughed so much he died of a heart attack.
Most current comedy leaves me cold, and it’s not that I don’t ‘get it’ – it’s usually just purile…

When I was a lot fitter and stronger, I used to do a bit of rock climbing. Usually we tested our ropes and harness at the top of the climb by letting the rope take our stain while we leant out over the drop at 45 degrees.
On one particular day I didn’t do that, and just climbed to the bottom of the cliff. At the bottom, I noticed I had attached the rope to my harness accessory loop, breaking strain 5kg, instead of the main loop which had a 2000kg strain.
If I had tested my stuff as normal, it would have snapped, sending me head first down 200 feet. I gave up after that, as it showed me I couldn’t trust myself…

Damn – I found this image on the net just yesterday, but now can’t find it!

A Bible…