BS: When is Bums Night?

Subject: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 04:17 AM

All us lonesome bums want to know: When is Bums Night?

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Bobjack
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 04:30 AM

Every night is bum's night in these here parts. Wasn't he a bit of a scottish poet type person? Robbie Bums?

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Jim McLean
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 05:24 AM

You'll find the answer above in the music thread. The thing to remember is that his birthday is the 25th of January but it is usually celebrated on the nearest Saturday, normally after the 25th.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 09:27 AM

Just after the Bum's Rush.
John

Subject: RE: BS: When is Burns Night?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 10:23 AM

Maybe I should rather post this question in the music section, but since the people here are so knowledgeable...
In the song 'Bonnie Woodhall' there is a line that I never did really understand:
I will wed with dear Annie near Calder's clear bum

Could you make it clear to me?

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: GUEST,weerover
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 10:31 AM

Wolfgang,

I think you will find the word is b-u-r-n, a Scottish word for a stream (as in the English "bourne").

wr.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Bobjack
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 10:33 AM

I prefer Wolfgang's version.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Peace
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 10:53 AM

Ban the bum!

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 10:59 AM

oh gawd... don't remind me I'm meant to be writing me speech...reply from the lassies.

as usual I'm a last minute person!

eek!

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: mooman
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 11:20 AM

Funnily enough Robbie referred to this...

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill...

(hurdies = bum cheeks)

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: GUEST,weerover
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 03:15 PM

If Wolfgang's version is correct, I would guess that Calder is a recent colonic irrigee.

wr.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Jim McLean
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 05:11 PM

I think Wolfgang's having a laugh! Burn is the same word as brunnen, by metarthesis.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 06:12 PM

I would like to thank you all for participating in this Secret Mudcat Eyetest.

Now I leave you in the safe hands of the Thread Creeps....

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 06:14 PM

BTW,
I would like to nominate Wolfgang for a Mudcat Award - for trying to Threadcreep a BS thread back toward musical topics...

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:29 AM

I was fooled like perhaps some others and did read 'Burns'. I was just a bit puzzled why only Jim gave a sensible response whereas some others were completely off topic in their posts. But then it is Mudcat and I have stopped wondering about off topic posts.

After some more time I saw what had happened.

I then wanted to see the two similar thread titles in close juxtaposition to see how similar they are. But I cannot get a thread from the BS section up beside the other (Burns) thread. That's why I posted and changed the subject line (see above) to replace 'Bums' by 'Burns'. And so I could see why I had been fooled.

I could have sent an empty post or a 'refresh' for that purpose, but I decided to look in the song database for a line in which replacing 'burn' by 'bum' made remotely sense. Another possible candidate was ...a bonnie bum;'Tis pleasant there to be.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:42 AM

BTW, Jim, our old poetic word for 'Brunnen' is 'Born' which is even closer.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Bassic
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 07:58 AM

Dont forget, if you want your threads mixed in the "old way", i.e. one single list rather than B.S. being below the line, just amend your choices in the "Membership" link on the title bar at the top of the page. I still prefer my Mudcat in the "traditional" way :-)

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Bobjack
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 08:25 AM

I still don't know when you lot have bum's night.Burn's night is on a different, more sensible thread.We are having another bum's night tonight at the Marlborough club.

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 06:17 AM

Don't play with matches - you might bum yourself !

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 06:22 AM

Well if your a Hom then it could be every night but it your a straight then it may be once a month if the painters are in

Subject: RE: BS: When is Bums Night?
From: Bobjack
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 06:47 AM

GUEST, is that h o m   or h o r n?