Help Stop Haggis Crimes!

topic posted Wed, September 20, 2006 - 11:46 AM by  George
See Marfouffe Mania!, a tribe that I founded and now moderate, for all sorts of discussions not related in any way to haggis. See pictures of haggis in its natural habitat. Stop in for a visit or I shall taunt you a second time.

Too Silly to be Taken Seriously,

George Tirebiter
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George
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  • Re: Help Stop Haggis Crimes!

    Wed, September 20, 2006 - 6:09 PM
    and here I was worried you were going to call for the end of wild haggis hunts. As explained in the Goodies episode "Alternative Roots", these hunts are a rite of passage for the young men of the clans.
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      Re: Help Stop Haggis Crimes!

      Wed, September 20, 2006 - 6:52 PM
      The whole idea of a haggis hunt dates back to Aleister Crowley [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley ]

      Crowley had bought a small estate in Scotland, where, to protect himself from intruders, he concocted a variety of notices such as" 'Beware of the Ichthyosaurus!' and 'The Donotheriums are out today!' So he may claim to be numbered among the prophets, for I have an idea that his estate was not far from Loch Ness, which, many many years later, acquired international fame in connection with the apparition of just such a 'monster'. It was from here that he is said to have invited a certain Swiss gentleman 'to come and hunt the haggis', one of his most elaborate practical jokes. One summer evening, just as they were about to sit down to dinner, a servant, primed of course beforehand, ran into the room and, dropping on one knee explained: 'My lord, my lord! The haggis is on the hill!' Crowley and the unsuspecting Swiss snatched their guns and rushed out. It was beginning to get dark, but there was still light enough to distinguish not far away an animal with a pair of horns (It was in fact an elderly ram procured for the occasion.) (2) The Swiss fired both his barrels; there were yells of delight from the 'retainers', and the proud visitor was about to run forward to claim his victim when Crowley stopped him with a warning that according to local tradition the haggis must never be approached by him who has killed it; presently the carcass would be brought in state to the hall. So the two returned to their dinner, and, sure enough, later there entered a small procession led by a piper, carrying the now skinned animal. Then, after several perambulations, the horns were ceremoniously presented to the Swiss, who, they say, took them back to Switzerland and affixed them, duly labelled and dated, to the wall of his villa. This story, true or untrue, in itself covers, I think, a multitude of sins.

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