“Thing” unearther during excavations of Dingwall’s Cromartie Memorial car park

**chewse** · 22nd October 13, 02:41 PM

Thought you might find this story interesting....

While a dig in Leicester successfully unearthed the remains of King Richard III, a similar excavation in Dingwall town centre has uncovered the location of a medieval Viking Parliament, apparently much like today’s devolved Scottish assembly with law-making authority.

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/he...park-1-3151064

**The Wizard of BC** · 22nd October 13, 05:44 PM

Well, ya see, that's the thing. When you are digging around for some thing, you never know if the thing you found is a thing, or just a thing. I found a thing once and asked an archaeologist what it was. He said it was a thing. So I put it on the shelf with my other things.
I also learned that you should always look for things over near those other things. This is a universal guy law. The thing I am looking for is always over with all the other things. I suspect they are keeping each other company.
I was also taught at a young age to insure that you keep your things separate from your stuff. Stuff doesn't like sitting in the back of the shelf. Things don't care. They will sit anywhere. This is why it is so hard to find things. Another universal guy law. Take it, your welcome, no extra charge.

**chewse** · 23rd October 13, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC

Well, ya see, that's the thing. When you are digging around for some thing, you never know if the thing you found is a thing, or just a thing. I found a thing once and asked an archaeologist what it was. He said it was a thing. So I put it on the shelf with my other things.
I also learned that you should always look for things over near those other things. This is a universal guy law. The thing I am looking for is always over with all the other things. I suspect they are keeping each other company.
I was also taught at a young age to insure that you keep your things separate from your stuff. Stuff doesn't like sitting in the back of the shelf. Things don't care. They will sit anywhere. This is why it is so hard to find things. Another universal guy law. Take it, your welcome, no extra charge.

LOL...You sure have a thing for words!

**Laird_M** · 23rd October 13, 06:16 AM

When my kids now ask "what's that Thing", I can elucidate them.
Seriously though, a very interesting article.

**mbhandy** · 23rd October 13, 11:51 AM

It's just that one Thing leads too Stuff.

MrBill

**Nile** · 23rd October 13, 12:17 PM

Got to 'hand' it to you Steve (George Carlin) Ashton, great response!

Just thing-k about it, what will the Addams Family say when word of this gets out?

Nile

**ThistleDown** · 23rd October 13, 01:54 PM

In other words, Steve, if you always wall your thing properly you will know your parliament's place. How come it got lost, then?

**tulloch** · 24th October 13, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by chewse

LOL...You sure have a thing for words!

And that's a good thing.

**EagleJCS** · 24th October 13, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

How come it got lost, then?

Seems the thing got stuffed!

**ThistleDown** · 24th October 13, 11:55 AM

Well, that's a very parliamentarian thing to say, John. Nothing has been learned much over the centuries and most legislators, even at this late date, are either stuffed or being told to go and get.

Actually, the Mound never was lost and neither was its purpose. The whole town is named for it. The news item really is just local news about a dig in the middle; sort of a pick-up on the discovery of Richard Three's remains, also under a parking lot.