History Channel - Burns Supper

[Bob C]

I was flipping channels a few minutes ago and caught the end of a show called "Weird U.S." Apparently, they were featuring ethnic xmas celebrations and one of them was a Burns Supper at the Scottish-American Club of Kearny, NJ.

They made a big deal out of how disgusting haggis is, and the hosts participated in a haggis ceremony. There was a piper, who recited Burns' "Address to a Haggis."

As the segment ended, one of the guys asked the piper what he wore beneath the kilt. He answered, "Shoes."

I wish I had seen the whole segment.

[Randy]

I just got home and questioned on Burns Night. My lovely wife watched it when she arrived home today. I passed the quiz. She loveed the "what under the kilt?" answer.

[macwilkin]

Odd that they would classify a Burns Supper as an "ethnic Christmas celebration" since it has nothing to do with Christmas!?

If they think Haggis is bad, they should do something on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and then read the contents of Bologna or a hot dog -- I'll take the Haggis any day, thank you very much! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[Bob C]

Odd that they would classify a Burns Supper as an "ethnic Christmas celebration" since it has nothing to do with Christmas!?

That was my reaction, as well, but one of the guys in the club said, "When I think of Christmas, I smell haggis before I smell pine trees."

[macwilkin]

Perhaps they confused Burns Night with Hogmanay. ;)

T.

[michael steinrok]

Hey there's good haggis and not so good haggis. Besides the name of the program was Weird US