You thought Alabama had it bad? Trend of manic southern judges continues...

[Oddjob0226]

I knew it as a gag because the language used wasn't correct. We - I mean, THEY - light the cross, not burn the cross. The cross is actually wrapped in something to burn so that the cross itself isn't ignited.

But Jim's right on about the Dutch. Especially the gay Dutch.

 

[ticklebutton]

Dude!

Too right!

Button 😛

 

[Oddjob0226]

I remember the time I went to my 1st klan meeting it was so embarrasing. There I was with the bagpipes, asking where to find the Black Guard....

 

[BigJim]

Black Guard?

 

[Roseblossom]

Uhm ... this is a gag. Look at the names "White" "Hayder" (Hater?)...

My first clue was the thought of a twelve-foot tall burning cross in a courtroom.

~Rose~

 

[JoBelle]

Jimbob...My family line goes back several millenia as well. 😉

Joby

Oh, and Odd. Thanks for letting me spew the orange juice I was drinking onto the monitor. It needed a cleaning anyway I'm sure. 😛

 

[sushi854]

Ok laugh if you like, but I personally feel that the issue of whether Jim's article is fake or not is irrelevant to the discussion of Scottish people burning crosses. Would you people please stay on topic?

 

[BigJim]

Strictly speaking, to talk about that we'd need to start another thread. My original article WAS the topic. 🙄 😛 😀

 

[BigJim]

Jimbob...My family line goes back several millenia as well. 😉

Joby

So does mine coincidentally enough. I managed to trace it back to this guy called "Ug" who lived in a cave near Mesopotamia. Apparently, he was a dab hand with the old cave art and twatting women over the head with his club.

 

[JoBelle]

Apparently, he was a dab hand with the old cave art and twatting women over the head with his club.

Was gonna ask for proof he was your ancestor, but you provided it~! 😛

NEENER!

You know...I always thought the redneck hillbillies of central Alabama and Mississippi invented cross lighting.

Attributed too much to a class of ...well, mom said not to use such language as it would take to describe them. Any idea of the origins of the Scots doing it before landing on these shores?

Joby

 

[BigJim]

Was gonna ask for proof he was your ancestor, but you provided it!

Sadly, he wasn't capable of tickling at varying amplitudes for 7 hours at a stretch, nor was he capable of making oral love to a girl's feet for a couple. I guess my ancestors just weren't refined enough.

🙄 😛 😉 😀

 

[sushi854]

Well now that we're back on topic 😀 (sorry jim for hijacking your thread...as I said before the article is hilarious), I'm pretty sure the Scottish clans borrowed the idea of the cross from the Romans who settled in the British Isles, who apparently actually used to hang people on them as a method of torture and execution. I'm sure the fire was only added so they could carry out such proceedings after dark.

 

[Oddjob0226]

Oh, and Odd. Thanks for letting me spew the orange juice I was drinking onto the monitor. It needed a cleaning anyway I'm sure. 😛

You're welcome, Jeannie Ologie. My keyboards sticky, but I spill stuff.

Check out the book "The Straight Dope Tells All" by Cecil Adams. It gives you the lowdown on the drunken, stingy Scots' crossburnings. Exceptin' they burned x-shaped crosses (a St. Andrew's cross, like what Ashlee Renee would get tied to in some of her videos...) and the KKK didn't start burning upright crosses until 1915 after Birth Of A Nation came out.

Black guard? I think I meant Black Watch. Anyway, I screwed it up and it's not important. Shit(e)!

 

[JoBelle]

You're welcome, Jeannie Ologie. My keyboards sticky, but I spill stuff.

Took me a minute to get that, but get it I did. Slow, but I get there. 😀

I've lived in the south my whole life and never once saw or heard of a cross burning. Strange. It's supposedly such a big thing. Then again, this part of the south is not what you'd call "typical." History never goes away, so I guess stigma doesn't either. *shrug*

Do Scots do such craziness nowadays in any form or fashion?

Joby....the curious. 😀

 

[Oddjob0226]

Do Scots do such craziness nowadays in any form or fashion?

No, they have phones now.

 

[JoBelle]

And they use those phones to order hundreds of pizza deliveries to the houses of people they hate.

Joby...silly has set in tonight. Where's a Ler...or a LEE for that matter when you need one handy?

 

[BigJim]

Well now that we're back on topic 😀 (sorry jim for hijacking your thread...as I said before the article is hilarious), I'm pretty sure the Scottish clans borrowed the idea of the cross from the Romans who settled in the British Isles, who apparently actually used to hang people on them as a method of torture and execution. I'm sure the fire was only added so they could carry out such proceedings after dark.

I've never heard of Romans setting fire to it, but the cross and the burning (fiery) cross have been symbols for many thousands of years in many different civilisations. I guess the KKK just appropriated it as they saw fit.

 

[BigJim]

I've lived in the south my whole life and never once saw or heard of a cross burning. Strange. It's supposedly such a big thing. Then again, this part of the south is not what you'd call "typical." History never goes away, so I guess stigma doesn't either. *shrug*

Not surprising Joby, seeing as how you're both female and not a racist. I'm not 100% certain, but I gather the KKK is a male-oriented organisation. Also as you're not a racist moron, perhaps you should take never having seen one as a compliment.🙂

 

[BigJim]

Black guard? I think I meant Black Watch. Anyway, I screwed it up and it's not important. Shit(e)!

Ah, the Black Watch. That is an infantry regiment in the British army, that originates from Scotland. Throughout history, some of the finest, if not THE finest troops have been Scottish. Toughest bastards in the world, with the possible exception of the Ghurkas. The Ghurkas turned up in the Falklands back in 82 only to find the Argies had fled hours before. It turns out the Argies heard the Ghurkas were on their way and fled like their tails were on fire, because they thought they ate their prisoners.

I can't imagine being a wee Afghani up in the Khyber Pass would have been much less scary. You're having a toke on whatever wacky backy you've got and suddenly a regiment of jocks looms over the horizon, all wearing a large, stuffed cat on their heads and with a wailing octopus under one arm. Quite possibly the only thing in this world more scary than Venray and Qjakal doing a joint striptease to Hot Chocolate's I Believe In Miracles.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Actually....

... we really are all a bunch of racist, homophobic, bigoted po-buckers down here. Best y'all just stay away.*
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*Okay, so I'm lying. It's beautiful down here, and more people will only spoil things...

"It's those changes in latitude, changes in attitudes, nothing remains quite the same..." Jimmy Buffet

 

[JoBelle]

Damn, I forgot the code Kobb. Why didn't you throw the beachball over the back fence and remind me!😛

Joby

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Joby, shush! You're still logged on!

Ahem, yes, er, um...right! No beachballs here folks. Oh, it's Hell, HELL I say living down here. It's hot, and the bugs! We got fist-sized fleas! It's really expensive and there's nothing to do and no jobs anyhow. Best to just stay away, y'all heard me?

 

[BigJim]

I'm buying a house in Miami y'all. 😀

 

[JoBelle]

I'm buying a house in Miami y'all. 😀

Good idea Jim. Miami is a great place to live. Waaaay down in Miami. It's almost as far away as Bristol it seems. 😛

And not too many rednecks there I hear.

Joby, sweltering in this heat! And my god when will they bring in the air conditioning and the paved roads! And Electricity would be nice. This steam powered computer takes forever.

*winkwink*
How'd I do Doc?

Joby

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

You've got steam?

Mine runs on coal(yep, it's a Coleco)! Ever since those dang Bluebellies tore-up the rail-lines...

Whew! That was a close one! I think we fooled `em. Now please pass the cocoa-butter[OOPS!] 😉