BS: licence for a sporran!

Subject: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: skipy
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 02:01 PM

See "BBC Front page"!
It seem as though you are going to have to get a licence for a sporran if you own one!
More laws!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 02:05 PM

A concealed carry law, huh?

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 03:06 PM

The article refers to endangered species protection. It requires sporran wearers to apply for and carry a license proving that the fur used to make their sporran was either not on the list of protected species or was killed lawfully prior to 1994. Seems resonable to me. Mine is made of cow hide. Mmmmoooooooo.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 04:38 PM

That seems like an unsavoury task, a tassle examiner... I fear the applicants for that job will not be characters from the top drawer.

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:27 AM

Well it made me laugh -

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:45 AM

something that will tickle yer fancy

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: JennyO
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:57 AM

Ooo - er!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:59 AM

Will they need a search warrant?

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: GUEST,meself
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:13 AM

One more reason for an independent Scotland.

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: redsnapper
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 10:30 AM

Seems reasonable to me although one might find more endangered species in the beards of some 'Catters that I know...

RS

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 01:21 PM

Actually.. there are a few 'Catter's beards that could be USED as sporrans - if only one could find a way of keeping their mouths closed.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Greg B
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 02:24 PM

Um, Liz--- the image that's coming to mind as a result of
your last comment gives rather a new meaning to the term
'gay gordons.'

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: open mike
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 10:09 PM

just in case there are mudcats out there who do not know what a sporran is..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6234290.stm
http://www.leathersporran.co.uk/
these seem to be made of muskrat rabbit and calf skin:
http://www.highlandxpress.com/sporrans.html
http://www.scotchcorner.com/sporran-index.html
http://www.sattlers.org/mickey/culture/clothing/kilts/sporran.html
http://heritage.scotsman.com/clans.cfm?id=726222005

do you suppose there is any connection with the word spore
as in fern and fungus reproduction and the location of the
sporran on a human?

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 09:18 AM

"Awright, Sporran-boy! Up against the wall!"
"But...."
"You heard me, sick-o."
"But...."
"Jock, take him down! Now, let's see your sporran license."

Pause....

"Oh, sorry mate. Didn't know you were just an exhibitionist. Thought you were one of those sick sporran-wearers."

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Doktor Doktor
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 10:15 AM

Hoots!



(.... of mirth only)

Cue for the "what's worn beneath the kilt" joke

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Greg B
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 11:04 AM

Socks!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: jeffp
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:30 PM

Can you no see the dandruff on me shoes?

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: GUEST,North South Annie
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 07:43 PM

I'll go and examine Jock O dreams sporran at once!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Teribus
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 08:13 PM

If this had turned up on the 1st of April I would have believed it to be exactly what it is - a bloody joke.

With everything going on in the world as it is today - this is something that should be given serious consideration? I somehow think NOT!!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 09:23 PM

Teribus, for once I completely agree with you.

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Gurney
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 02:01 AM

Obviously a reporter with a sense of humour.
The same rule will apply to fur coats and other products showing fur.


But can you imagine peering closely at a sporran? You'd get a Skean Dhu in your ear! Someone correct the spelling, please

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: skipy
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 07:17 AM

Spelling is correct!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 07:35 AM

Hey...

is that a licence in your sporran or are you just pleased to see me...

Will they have to carry and produce the licence on request? Go to the police station with a producer?

there could be a large scale revealing in police stations Nationwide...

Whoooopppeeeeeeeeeeeee... I'm changing jobs.

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Jun 07 - 09:29 AM

"Excuse me, sir. Is that a bearskin you're wearing? And the horns on your helmet ARE from a non-threatened species, aren't they? Sir, swords are consi........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 02:07 AM

Sorry, Rapaire, he was just cleaning the sword, and it went off by accident!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: TheSnail
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 06:17 AM

Look, you guys. This is serious.

Sporrans are made from the pelts of the haggis. These delightful creatures are in danger of being hunted to extinction. Strict quotas are in force and the license is to prove that the it came from a legal catch.

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: JennyO
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:11 AM

Looks like it might be too late for this one. I must say though that it looks like it would make a fine sporran!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:29 AM

Does this law mean that if I have a sporran made from, say, farm-raised American bison, I'd need a license to wear it in Scotland? I assume that bison are rarely found in Scotland or England. What about black bear or mountain lion? Or muskox? Could I set up a business importing farm-raised elk sporrans into Scotland? How about sporrans made from a bull's scrotum?

Inquiring minds want to know these things!

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:35 AM

That's more of a ball bag than a sporran Rapaire.

I have a certificate that I got with my Akubra hat, which certifies the leather hat band is made from farmed crocodile's skin. This is in order that I may pass through customs without them giving me a hard time with regard to CITES regs.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:41 AM

So if I go up into the hills and kill a black bear -- legally -- and I make a sporran out of the pelt, how do I get to wear the sporran in Scotland? (Druther use beaver, because the fur's much softer and far less coarse. Cause less irritation.)

Not that I plan to do so...I'm much more the rabbit hunting type. You can get hurt hunting bears, moreso if you hunt bears bare.

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 09:46 AM

Fuzzy wuzzy wuz a bear
Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy wuzzy didn't care
Fuzzy wuzzy wuzn't fuzzy wuz 'e?

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 04:47 PM

Ma brother once found a place (Arkansas, fer gawd's sakes!) where you could hunt bear with a spear. Being nuts enough to want to attempt this, he asked me to come along. When I asked him why, he replied, "I want you to stand behind me with high-powered rifle in case I just piss him off."

Subject: RE: BS: licence for a sporran!
From: TheSnail
Date: 28 Jun 07 - 07:26 PM

Don't try this with a haggis. It'll bite your ankles.