It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotsman's understanding - Sidney Smith DR. JOHNSON: Sir, it is a very vile country. MR. S: Well, sir, God made it. DR. JOHNSON: Certainly he did, but we must remember that He made it for Scotchmen. Comparisons are odious, Mr. S, but God made -*BAD WORD*-. - Dr Samuel Johnson, A journey to the "Western Islands of Scotland, 1775