This post has the undertones of laziness that a clip show of a sitcom has. What I mean is that the material isn’t all mine and that all I’ve done is take it and create a nicely packaged composite. This actually started from an e-mail that one of my good friends sent to our group of friends, stating the things he “missed” about Scotland, in the most tongue-in-cheek way possible. It then triggered a massive “Reply All” barrage of the others firing back their own witticisms. I’ve decided to take some from each e-mail and here I present you with my very own Letterman-style Top Ten list, but without the tooth gaps and that annoying bald piano player.
Top 10 Things I Miss About Scotland
10) Coming home from a night of drinking at 3am in the sunshine.
9) The bank system (RBS, specifically)
8.) August. The Fringe Fest. The Udder Belly. Hullaballoo!
7) The kindness and warmth given to all of us by the Scottish people.
6) Having two weeks of actual summer.
5) Innate racism.
4) Pretending to be serious postgraduate students. Not yet having to stress for months on end about finding a job.
3) Three bottles of wine for 10 pounds, impossible to do in Canada (and almost everywhere else on Earth)
2) Bringing the 3 bottles of wine into Kushi’s as BYOB for dinner and having that be acceptable
I am moving from Edinburgh to Oman. I also am trying to compile a list of things I will miss about Scotland.