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Quote: Tursiops @ October 13 2013, 9:37 PM BST

Scotland is not really a nation anyway, the Highlanders are emigre Micks and the Lowlanders more than usually incomprehensible Geordies. All that happened with the Act of Union was that Westminster took over Edinburgh's age old mission to persecute civilise the Gael.

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You really love having an History degree don't you?

I bet you go to ruins on the weeked and follow the National Trust Guides around tutting loudly, before writing to the Daily Mail long angry letters about how Downton Abbey had 237 anacronysms in the rape scene.

I like that Scotland is part of the UK. I'd be quite sad if we broke up. Don't leave me, Scotland

I think we'd make great neighbours, they could pop by for tea and complain about how we don't dust properly.

Don't the majority of Scottish people want to resist independence or is that just English propaganda?

Quote: sootyj @ October 14 2013, 10:28 AM BST

You really love having an History degree don't you?

I bet you go to ruins on the weeked and follow the National Trust Guides around tutting loudly, before writing to the Daily Mail long angry letters about how Downton Abbey had 237 anacronysms in the rape scene.

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It is an established fact that unpleasantness such as rape was unknown before the permissive 1960s.

Yes and the government outlawing red cheeked bobbies issuing clips around the ear.

So apparently I'm going to eat some yoghurt that is a month past its sell by date.
It's been nice knowing you.

What? That's stupid. You'll be sick.

If it can't walk out of the fridge under its own power, its edible.

It smells okay?
And someone apparently had some yesterday, and hasn't been ill.

Shall I really dieeeee?

I really wouldn't Zooo.

Sell-by dates are for cissies.

Quote: Ben @ October 14 2013, 11:30 AM BST

Don't the majority of Scottish people want to resist independence or is that just English propaganda?

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It's propaganda but not particularly English - party political I'd say. At the moment the No's are slightly ahead, but as of yesterday, there were more than a third 'Don't knows' in the latest survey. So given that there are 11 months to go, it could be anybody's game.

Anyway, I'm off to a philosophy group tonight to debate about it.

Quote: zooo @ October 14 2013, 3:43 PM BST

So apparently I'm going to eat some yoghurt that is a month past its sell by date.
It's been nice knowing you.

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My brother-in-law got really sick doing exactly that!

Good luck!

You'll all be relieved to know I survived unscathed yesterday from eating a Topic bar that was a month past its Best Before date. That's the problem with these 4 for £1 deals in supermarkets - you buy the bloody things and then forget to eat them in time.

There was a thing on BBC news recently about shops selling out of date items, and one of the items it said was safe to eat 'off' was natural yogurt. Apparently you can eat it to the point where you're scraping mould off and it won't harm you at all.

I wouldn't, personally, but y'know- safe.