Why so serious?

[Jerry]

I've never been to a "Burns Supper" but I've seen these guy at the Richmond Va. games as well. Maybe. Here they are usually accompanied by another guy with a bottle of single malt. They usually offer the entertainers a wee dram before heading somewhere else. Perhaps, it is some kind of "secret order'? Maybe the "Order of The Claymore", or "The Single Malt, Claymore carrying Society".

[macwilkin]

I've never been to a "Burns Supper" but I've seen these guy at the Richmond Va. games as well. Maybe. Here they are usually accompanied by another guy with a bottle of single malt. They usually offer the entertainers a wee dram before heading somewhere else. Perhaps, it is some kind of "secret order'? Maybe the "Order of The Claymore", or "The Single Malt, Claymore carrying Society".

See my post above, Jerry. What you describe is frequently seen at Burns Nights over here as an escort for the haggis.

T.

[Jack Daw]

I've never been to a "Burns Supper" but I've seen these guy at the Richmond Va. games as well. Maybe. Here they are usually accompanied by another guy with a bottle of single malt. They usually offer the entertainers a wee dram before heading somewhere else. Perhaps, it is some kind of "secret order'? Maybe the "Order of The Claymore", or "The Single Malt, Claymore carrying Society".

That's what we do. The whisky is somewhere, maybe on the table.