Orange County Choppers in Scotland

**Jock Scot** · 6th January 11, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Zardoz

Actually, Mel is an Irish-American, from Peekskill, New York

Not THAT mel, the other Mel!

Only joking.

Well well I always thought him to be an Aussie, I stand corrected.

**BoldHighlander** · 6th January 11, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Zardoz

Actually, Mel is an Irish-American, from Peekskill, New York

You beat me to it 'Z'!

**BoldHighlander** · 6th January 11, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Well well I always thought him to be an Aussie, I stand corrected.

That's okay Jock, there are a lot of us over here that know better & still think of him as an Aussie

**Downunder Kilt** · 6th January 11, 03:47 PM

Oh you guys mean the time traveller Mel Gibson, from the future (Mad Max) to the present (Lethal Weapon)to the past (Braveheart) That Mel Gibson

**The Monk** · 6th January 11, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

Sorry to see that Paul snr couldn’t be bothered. But then perhaps only his sons are of Scottish descent.

Sure he is. Hard to tell early on when he's sitting down, but have a look at about 2:25.

**BoldHighlander** · 6th January 11, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt

Oh you guys mean the time traveller Mel Gibson, from the future (Mad Max) to the present (Lethal Weapon)to the past (Braveheart) That Mel Gibson

Yep!

**macshorty** · 6th January 11, 07:47 PM

I just saw this episode yesterday. I had a pretty good laugh!! Kudos to Junior for being man enough to take off his boxers!! LOL

**Nighthawk** · 7th January 11, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

That's okay Jock, there are a lot of us over here that know better & still think of him as an Aussie

...and there a few of us who know and better, and have tried to convince ourselves that he's not American...

**Woodsman** · 8th January 11, 07:39 AM

I think that this helps kilts to become more mainstream. Perhaps some Orange County Chopper vans will try wearing kilts now or be more open to others wearing kilts as a manly thing to do. Does Anyone know if there is more to this in the full espisode? Did the OCC crew build a theme bike for this show?

**Mike_Oettle** · 8th January 11, 12:16 PM

Mel Gibson has lived in Australia and identifies himself with that country almost as much as he does with the US. Naturally that does not make him an expert on the history of either country, let alone Scotland.
I admired and deeply appreciated the work he put into making The Passion of the Christ, and his choice to use the original languages. But he nonetheless committed a monumental blunder when he had Jews speaking Latin to the Romans. Greek was the common language of the eastern parts of the Roman Empire. Pontius Pilate would have spoken Latin to his wife, perhaps to his household servants and (depending on the legion) to his troops, but never to the populace of the Holy Land.

Regarding Paul Teutul snr, I will have another look at the video, but it did look to me as though he was wearing black tights.
There is no crime in not being Scottish. My father had not a drop of British blood in him, and was a quarter German. That did not prevent him from joining the South African Army to fight against nazi Germany.
People used to ask him: “You’re a Squarehead. Why are you fighting the Squareheads?”
It was not a question of ethnicity.
Regards,
Mike