> Bagpipes:
> An Irish invention, given to the Scots as a joke.
> They never did catch on.
> Or:
> An Indian invention that got tossed on the dungheap, found by the Scots, who
> have been blowing the crap out of them ever since.
The irony there is that although bagpipes are today associated
primarily with the Scots in most people's minds, darn near every
culture seems to have come up with the idea -- a bladder or
bellows supplying air to one or more single- or double-reed pipes --
independently at some point in history. I've got more recordings
of Flemish bagpipes than Scottish ones in my CD collection.
But I'm still going to remember that second version to inflict on
someone at the next Celtic festival I go to anyhow.
But hey, if the list hasn't been argumentative enough for folks:
vi rocks, emacs sucks, and nothing else is even
worthy of being called an editor except maybe EDT!
(Well, that usually works to start a holy war on the _other_ high
volume mailing list full of opinionated people that I read, anyhow
... Now to sit back and see whether there's a single TECO user on
the PDML to rise to the bait.)
-- Glenn
