LL-L: "Levity" LOWLANDS-L, 13.APR.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Jasmin Harvey [jharvey at ucla.edu]
Subject: Groaner

O sweet and forbearing fellow lowlanders - forgive me! I got this today and
*had* to pass it on! And to whom better?

Jasmin Harvey
Germanic Linguistics
jharvey at ucla.edu

>The Queen finished visiting a hospital ward in Scotland with some time left
>over, so she went to the next ward, accompanied by a doctor.
>She politely asked the first patient, "Why are you here?"
>The patient replied, "Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, great chieftain o'
>the puddin' race!"
>The queen nodded, but thought to herself, strange fellow. She stepped up to
>the next patient, and said, "And what is your problem?"
>The patient replied, "My love is like a red, red rose that's newly sprung
>in June."
>The queen merely smiled, but thought, this is very odd indeed. She went to
>the third patient, and asked, "And what brings you here?"
>The patient replied, "Wee sleekit, cowerin', timorous beastie, o' what a
>panic's in thy breastie."
>The queen turned to the doctor standing next to her, and asked, "Doctor, is
>this the Psychiatry ward?"
>The doctor replied, "No, Your Majesty, this is the Burns Unit."

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