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[daibhidc]

Just heard yesterday's Quote, Unquote on Listen Again. And I was mentioned!

In the last series they quoted the alleged William McGonagall poem that starts "The chicken is a noble beast..." and I wrote in to say that it didn't sound like McGonagall, and I suspected it was one of Spike Milligan's. And in this episode they read out my letter, and confirmed that the poem comes from Milligan's The Great McGonagall. So that was a nice surprise.

(On the subject of McGonagall, I noticed recently that the Gellions [a venerable Invernesian pub] now has a blue plaque outside announcing that McGonagall once performed there. And, in smaller letters, that some other, and evidently less significant, poet once stayed in the hotel across the road. I forget his name, but I think it was his birthday last week...)

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[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

I'd guess mince'n'tatties or pie'n'chips. Something very Scottish, but not nearly as ceremonial as a haggis (but to be treated with all due ceremony nonetheless, of course). Alternatively, both "Lines in Praise of the Lyric Club Banquet (http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/lpglyric.htm)" and "The Heatherblend Club Banquet (http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/mpgblend.htm)" mention beef and potatoes.

(I don't know what I'd have. If it's pie and chips, I'll go for that symbol of Scottish vegetarianism, the macaroni pie.)

To drink: Irn Bru, Strathmore water and Scottish Blend tea (McGonagall was a temperence campaigner (http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/lpgdrink.htm). Facing an evening of his poetry sober may seem cruel, but that's what seperates the men from the boys).

And, nah, the Address scans...