Archive for the ‘Royal Mile’ Category

bagpipes-part one

April 13, 2008

This wont be the only log I post aboot my pet hate..the bagpipes. (Aye, even a moose has a pet) But what better way to set the scene for the kind of logs tae expect in future fae anonymoose. No apologies tae pipe lovers I’m afraid. Anonymoose isn’t her for a popularity campaign.

When Rabbie Burns wrote in his ode to a moose.. “wee sleekit cowerin’ timourous beastie..whit a panics in thy breastie” he must have seen one o my forefathers reacting to the sound that to this day chills ma wee bones tae the core and sends me scurrying doon the nearest hole. My wee mam told me that a busker who was charged for playing a musical instrument in Londons Hampstead Heath tried to subvert the Citys bylaws with a special defence;;; “its no a musical instrument m’lud..it’s a weapon o insurrection”!

That piper has my admiration, sorely lacking in others like him, he had a rare thing amongst his redfaced blowing brethren..a sense of humour.

Q-What did the piper get on his IQ test?

A- Drool!

Let me introduce myself!

April 13, 2008

Hi, welcome tae ma blog! I have decided to take advantage of being a wee moose (not to be confused with the Canadian type with horns) and to make my own comments about what I see and hear aroond my territory of Edinburgh’s Old Toon. I’ve been around since 1995 and in my short life so far I have plenty to say about my home toon and it’s quite recent past as handed doon in the form of true stories told to me by my Mam and Grandma…. well ma wee feet are tired jumping aroond this keyboard so thats all for noo :-) )