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I'm all for people supporting the home team, but settle down. Its one win at one sport, and not (as it was today) the only news item in the world. Perspective, people? And, while Australians may be disappointed, they'll probably console themselves by winning everything else, and overturning this flu...

Deo volente, Mr Bean, and with a following wind, yes. Delighted to see you changed the signature. I wasn't specifically thinking of Armstrong's, no. I was tihnking of a couple of places in the Grassmarket area. But also of a few rather closer to home. How will you know me? An excellent question. Why...

In a word: nutrition. There is more to it, but that's the basic answer.

And if I can be of service in providing details for the purchase of tails, don't hesitate to ask.

Though, as I will likely be seeing you all on Wednesday evening, there's no real rush.

About a thousand school ties are the same as the Debates tie. That's because schools up and down the country did exactly what the Society did, and picked what is called a "stock pattern" in the name of cheapness. Ironically, this was perhaps the only financially responsible decision taken at the tim...

Spooge? Interesting choice of word.

Tsk tsk! The boy's only trying to help. How un-encouraging.

Americans, or anyone else, in tartan is fine by me. Ancestry or otherwise. As the tartans and kilts are largely made up anyway the more people we hoodwink into wearing it the better for the industry. And, after all, we do need to do something with the hundreds of square miles of shortbread tartan we...

Another entirely acceptable way, of course, would be the Clan badge - for men or women I suppose. Tartan is not the only method open to you.

Boak, Mr Wilson, please. And, no. There are some deeply disturbing concepts on this page, and that is not the least of them.

Renouf, you need to join us on MSN, cos clearly we keep similar hours. Also, no word from you on a Glasgow visit as yet...

Let The River Run - Carly Simon

"the sky is the colour of blue you never even see in the eyes of your lover"

but before that:

Amadeus - Falco

Definitely past yours, Mr Wilson. Tsk Tsk, for shame, und so weiter.

Hahahaha. Quite brilliant. Which puts me squarely in my place. Snort.

[s] Andrew Cusack wrote on 01:02, 20th Nov 2003: I have an old Harris tweed that was gifted to me by my uncle, but it's a shade of almost bluegreen that seems odd to me. I can never figure out what to wear it with. Any suggestions? Might I suggest some elderly corduroy trousers, fingerless woollen g...

Scary. Its like super heroes ... but without the hero part.

Or the super.

Erm. OK, not sure I should open this can of worms. But as everyone is busily quoting the bible (and indirectly maybe, the Torah), I wonder how many actually have read it without the translators' baggage? I won't dwell on too much here, but the Leviticus one does amuse me (given that I AM bound by 61...

Crikey. Its not often I'm accused of being from the Left. Reallqy quite the opposite normally. Though that's wrong too - appearances can be most deceiving. And, either way, "left" is not a dirty word. "Crevice" now that IS a dirty word (apologies to Black Adder).

The modern estate of marriage has very little indeed to do with the Bible. In fact, if you know your history, you'll know marriage was not even a sacrament until well into the middle ages. So, that argument rather falls. Are you suggesting that every human being created in the hundreds of thousands ...

I cannot speak about what the female sex does and does not find alluring - but I think, young Laura, that your post misses a vital point. Whether denim or dinner jacket, it is not so much WHAT one wears as HOW one wears it. I was once a devotee of the houndstooth check and/or tweed jacket, which I r...