Sporran Police in Scotland

[MACKAY]

My guess would be it would apply to all sporrans. Have to make sure that leather one you are wearing isn't from rare species of Himalayan nauga.

Oh great - I spend weeks with a Sherpa guide, tracking and finally trapping the elusive Himalayan Pygmy Nauga for my dress sporran, and now I may not be able to wear it across the border?

By the way, for the purists out there, the Pygmy Nauga is a sub-species of the Nauga family, but the fur is much denser and a little lighter - much nicer in my opinion.

[Woodsheal]

It's all part and parcel of ever-more-intrusive governments wanting to dictate what we drive, what we read, what we eat (no trans fat in NYC!), and even what we wear. Scary....

[cavscout]

They can have my sporran when they pry it from my cold, dead crotch!

[Kid Cossack]

They can have my sporran when they pry it from my cold, dead crotch!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Eeeeew!

[Yaish]

You think this law is ridiculous, but only because you havent been paying attention. Give it time, and pretty soon threads even talking about seal skin sporrans will be banned at X Marks.

Heck, I'll probably have this post erased and a PM in my inbox just for reminding people where the original of this phrase came from.

They can have my sporran when they pry it from my cold, dead crotch!

[Pour1Malt]

here is an article where the Scottish exec says it is NO aimed a' sporran wearers...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=54395&in_page_id=34

Kilt wearers face a sporran licence
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Kilt wearers could find themselves facing prosecution if they do not have a licence for sporrans made from animals, it emerged.

Under new legislation which has been introduced in Scotland people wearing any part of a protected animal need to obtain a licence.

The laws have been drawn up to protect endangered species like badgers and otters, whose fur used to be favoured by sporran makers.

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The legislation applies to animals killed after 1994.

People who apply for a licence must prove that the animal was killed lawfully before they will be able to get one.

The maximum penalties are a £5,000 fine and six months in prison.

A spokesman for the Scottish Executive however stressed that the law was not aimed at sporran wearers.

He said: "This legislation is not about sporrans, it is about protecting endangered wildlife. It has been brought in to comply with EU law. Legally produced items will not be affected."

The rules also apply to other vulnerable animals like deer, wildcats, hedgehogs, bats, lynx, moles, seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises and also cover fishing flies made from animal hair.

[McClef]

They can have my sporran when they pry it from my cold, dead crotch!

I now wait for Michael Moore to do a movie!

But the law sounds like it is creating a bureaucratic nightmare - my sealskin dress sporran is over 30 years old but there is no paperwork to prove it. The manufacturer's stamp is still visible on the rear.

Are they going to microchip licensed sporrans?

[obuchiteck]

It seems to me that it would have more to do with the manufacturing and selling of sporrans then it does with the people who wear them. Like you said, what if you have one that’s 30 years old or one that’s generations old?

[Hamish]

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But the law sounds like it is creating a bureaucratic nightmare - my sealskin dress sporran is over 30 years old but there is no paperwork to prove it. The manufacturer's stamp is still visible on the rear.

Are they going to microchip licensed sporrans?

Mine is almost 50 years old, Trefor and, like you, I naturally have nothing to prove that I have had it that long. Two weeks ago I acquired my first Semi-Formal sporran (to wear at Howie's wedding next weekend) - yes, in all my fourteen sporrans, I had nothing suitable to wear to a wedding, well, not with what I am wearing to this one!! This new sporran has an all-leather body with Greenland sealskin on the front with matching sealskin tassels - photo to follow later with the complete wedding outfit!!!

I will be taking it back across the border when I drive into Scotland this Thursday. It was a gift, I have no receipt; will it be confiscated? Will I be sporran-less at the wedding? Will I even GET to the wedding or will I be thrown into jail? Bread and water instead of Wedding Cake and Champagne! Oh, the ignominy! To think it has all come to this, after all these years.....

On the other hand: when do these new legislations come into force? Not before next weekend I'll bet!

[auld argonian]

They can have my sporran when they pry it from my cold, dead crotch!

Careful! Remember Edgar in Men In Black..."Your terms are acceptable!"

Best

AA