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"Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« on: April 25, 2010, 03:25:07 PM »

Reuters, Apr 23, 2010:

LONDON - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.

Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.

Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.

The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food.

Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.



     


I know what haggis is. ;D



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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2010, 12:18:35 AM »
That is why wikipedia, wiki answers, and google were invented.  :P


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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2010, 12:20:39 AM »
I know what Haggis is, it's not uncommon in AUstralia...


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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2010, 08:01:13 AM »
This is why people who carry out these types of surveys should be locked away in a padded cell, with one of those nice coats, with the sleeves that tie up in the back. Probably like myself the people who were asked these questions were fed up being pestered, and decided to become creative with their answers.         
        Anyway, a little known fact about the Highland Haggis, is that it has evolved legs which are longer on one side of its body, than the other, to mitigate the effect of standing on the side of mountains. This is not to be confused with the more common lowland Tartan Haggis, which has evolved, a coat which comes in many differing patterns. Of course not to forget the 'Hoots Mon' Haggis, which due cold in the upper north of Scotland has developed an elongated snout, and its sound may be confused to that of bag pipes.

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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2010, 08:03:35 AM »
Wait... so haggis ISN'T a highland dwelling animal?!  :doh:
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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2010, 08:08:40 AM »
I don't like haggis.
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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2010, 08:15:12 AM »
Wait... so haggis ISN'T a highland dwelling animal?!  :doh:
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Don't let yourself get confused - the Haggis IS an animal, and those nasty people just want to make us believe it isn't. But it is, and here's the proof:



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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2010, 09:05:44 AM »
-.- some people...




I don't like haggis.

Tis the most nicest thing in all the land  :)

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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2010, 10:36:28 AM »

So wait, Haggis didn't get expelled from Hogwarts in his third year?!

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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2010, 09:14:23 AM »
OH Jane :P

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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2010, 03:40:09 PM »
Haggis is foul!
                                                                                                                                                                   
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Re: "Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis"
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2010, 04:08:07 PM »
Haggis is foul!

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