tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951097.post8739522340990254708..comments2007-10-22T00:41:37.596+01:00Colcamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06579763090094356733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951097.post-89616258580636351322007-10-22T00:41:00.000+01:002007-10-22T00:41:00.000+01:00Long time no hear, mate.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry, the sign has GONE. One of the first actions of our new SNP Government was to scrap the Labour inspired 'best small country' shite.<BR/><BR/>Hope all is well with you & family.Colcamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06579763090094356733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10951097.post-5318512592529527732007-10-19T04:18:00.000+01:002007-10-19T04:18:00.000+01:00It’s been a while since I visited Colcams blog , but I have to say I’m glad I did today. As a Scot living in Australia for the last three years it’s good to be fore warned. If I’d stepped off an aircraft after the 24-hour flight to visit family and been confronted with “The best small country in the world” I may well have taken the next flight back to the Antipodes in complete disgust. Is it now morally wrong to be proud to be Scots? <BR/>The obvious question is, how many ₤1000’s not to mention time did it take for some idiot in an office to come up with this? Most likely months, let’s be frank it’s an apologetic introduction to our homeland - We think it’s nice but it’s not very big and if you don’t like it well, we are sorry – may easily replace the present preamble. <BR/>I have a very clear vision of Wallace before meeting the English army at Stirling rallying his men “We have nothing to fear lads, we’re from the best small country in the world!” Stirring stuff indeed. <BR/> The question I would like to ask the manufacturer of this slogan has to be, which is the best large country in the world? Or, more pertinently, which is the best country in the world? Perhaps such thoughts are politically incorrect? Sigh. For a country that has produced penicillin, pneumatic tyres, tar Macadam, the blue print for lighthouses to name but a few you’d have thought something a bit more inspiring would have come forth. Notwithstanding, I feel myself that a simple “Welcome to Scotland” would have sufficed. Never mind maybe it’s my age; keep up the good work Colcam.<BR/> <BR/>Regards,<BR/> Jastilloci.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com