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@reinschbeinsch not really in his lifetime though..

@gaconnochie Genetic studies indicate constant movement of people between Ireland and Scotland. For example, about 8% of Irish men and 6% of Scottish men share a Y Chromosome, which indicates a common male ancestor, thought to be Niall of the 9 hostages. From 9th century Gaels to 17th century pla...

It really shouldn;t be a surprise that the pathological narcissist can flourish in a system demanding vanity, ruthlessness, short termism and quick gratification.

Do you think those who brought us to the brink in the recent credit crisis were narcissistic, or even psychopathic?

Was every ideologu...

Sharp Edge feels pretty exposed if you're on the crest. If you slipped you'd take a big tumble, people have died on it. I agree that it feels more exposed than Cribby, and definitely more than striding edge.

If you did go to scotland skiing I would combine it with other activities (like a mountaineering course), or try to ski all 5 areas in 5 days. The ski areas are small by aplpine standards, and also the weather is far more extreme than the alps, which can close the runs even when there is good sno...

Scottish/ Irish share pretty much the same folk tradition, the melodies are similar, the instruments etc.

@Geistmeister6 yeah they're rugby players mate, they spend 20 years of their life being battered.

@ajpurdon I saw a big lanky back rower there box squatting about 170kgs 5 or 6 times. This guy has long levers, he's the wrong build for squatting. Your local LA fitness might have 1 or 2 people who could squat that kind of weight, perhaps once, and they'll be bodybuilders.

Imagine Ben Dover in "Take me out"..

"So Ben, tell us a bit more about you.."

"Well, I've got a big dick with a huge, smelly helmet, a big nose and clown hair, my hobbies include degrading women...."

Could be amusing...

They're pacific salmon, sockeye or chum.

The eco niche filled by wild atlantic salmon in the atlantic seaborad is almost identical to that filled by pacific salmon on the pacific. They lead almost identical lifestyles, eat the same things, the only difference is that atlantic salmon can spawn multiple times. I'm sure atlantic salmon cou...

LOLOLOL! Those balls crack me up every time.

The thing is, Kirsty Hawkshaw + hair is actually a really attractive woman....!!!

She displays some histrionic / narcissistic traits.

Poor daughter having to live with that crap.

Bundy was an extreme example of a relatively common narcissistic personality type. (Marginally!) less extreme narcissists than Bundy, so called "succesful psychopaths" often end as our presidents, CEOs, dictators and ideologues, and they can wrap entire countries up in their narcissistic fantasie...

I've heard his glans smells of rotten squid

Weird attention seeker.

@johnfleetwood If you go back I recommend the schesaplana and panuelerkopf in vorarlberg. They have a very well developed hut network so you can stay at height for a few days. I noticed that anything as exposed as Liathach had a via ferrata on it too. Some purists dislike this, but personally I t...

I remember Deacon being an insult in the 80s and people doing impressions of "Deacons". So not only did the poor bloke have to live with his disability, he also had to live with being a playground joke.

The bloke died in his 60s, spent his whole life in homes, never had kids, a wife or even got...

I am a rugby fan and player, but football is a great sport.

If you go to a live premiership game you would appreciate just how skillful and athletic the players are - they get paid top dollar for a reason.

So no ragging between sports - anyone who gets paid to do either at the top level is gonna...

"humans step over into their domain" - such a white elite attitude. You can say shit like that when you live in goddamn hampstead. Steve Leonard is alright, but that was a twattish comment.

@ianupton a 10 or 20ft fall onto rock is enough to break bones and kill you. I personally don't find striding edge scary - some bits are exposed but the holds are good and the rock grippy, but I have seen people up there lose it, particularly on the bad step at the end. I have also seen fell runn...

COOL! Altitude makes the pipes sound quite reedy though!!

@strathpol weirdo.

Well, the scots were actually on the side of the french at the siege of orleans but never mind.....

@torchlakemi The Americans role in WWII was preventing Western Europe becoming a communist/ fascist bloc, not defeating the Nazis - that was done by the Russians. Their losses - 20 million, your losses - about 400,000 (about the same as the Brits, BTW).

And without the battle of britain there wo...

Dover is actually one of Britain's most prominent sufferers of "Clown Hair and Nose Syndrome".

You shouldn't take the piss out of people who are ill.

@MouthfullUK yes well... maybe in 1780 it was.....