gadgey55 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Rabbie Burns... No ma cup of tea. I'd have went with Billy Connoly. Like Haggis though. Poems are a crock of ****e IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The proof of the puddin is will people remember Connolly in 200 years. I doubt it. Burns was my kind of man, a travelling, womanising drinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairneyhill Jambo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The proof of the puddin is will people remember Connolly in 200 years. I doubt it. Burns was my kind of man, a travelling, womanising drinker. I agree. Burns is still being remembered and worshipped hundreds of years after his death. Connolly on the other hand is a ******. He was funny at one time but not anymore. He is about as Scottish as a McDonalds happy meal. He's made his bed, **** in it, and he can now lie in it. Tool of a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Freewheelin' Jambo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Robert the Bruce. Despite the revisionism and the character assassination of Braveheart, this man is the greatest Scot. Military genius, a man of remarkable humanity for the age he lived in, suffered terrible personal losses but never gave up a truly titanic struggle and a truly enlightened individual. If it was not for him we would be no better than northern Britons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I agree. Burns is still being remembered and worshipped hundreds of years after his death. Connolly on the other hand is a ******. He was funny at one time but not anymore. He is about as Scottish as a McDonalds happy meal. He's made his bed, **** in it, and he can now lie in it. Tool of a man. What do you mean by that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serj Tankian Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Today Burns would have been a out of work Hun from Ayr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Freewheelin' Jambo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The proof of the puddin is will people remember Connolly in 200 years. I doubt it. Burns was my kind of man, a travelling, womanising drinker. A guid Mason also, I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 A guid Mason also, I believe... Is there such a thing as a guid mason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgey55 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 I've seen Billy Connoly 3 times live and I think he's FAF. The gadgey who built the forth rail bridge should have been in with a better shout too. 130 years ago it was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I've seen Billy Connoly 3 times live and I think he's FAF. The gadgey who built the forth rail bridge should have been in with a better shout too. 130 years ago it was built. What about Robbo for all the goals he scored against the dark side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Freewheelin' Jambo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Is there such a thing as a guid mason? No' sure, it's a secret... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_steve Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 james clerk maxwell end of discussion ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Alex Harvey David Hume Drew Busby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 William Reid Burn's was also a taxman don't like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody loves Baz Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Sir Christopher Hoy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibble Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 james clerk maxwell end of discussion ! Quality shout. Gets my vote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell ... and Billy Connoly is an arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seats Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 You have to wonder what defines "great" with some of the suggestions on here......... Billy Connolly and Chris Hoy FFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggo Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Is there such a thing as a guid mason? Indeed there is:peek_by_Andrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggo Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 What about Robbo for all the goals he scored against the dark side? And you had to ask if there was such a thing as a guid mason? Look no further than Robbo:thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Billy Connelly? That suggestion is funnier than the man himself. What about Adam Smith? James Watt? Innumerable others. Maxwell is a decent shout too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Look no further than Robbo:thumb: Not a bad call either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radge21 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Rabbie Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Despite never scoring against the wee team, James Clerk Maxwell gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 You have to wonder what defines "great" with some of the suggestions on here......... Billy Connolly and Chris Hoy FFS! Absolutely--- As much as I love sport and entertainment to draw a parrallel with the pioneers of science, medicine. engineering, classical economists, philanthropists etc is plain daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltedjedi Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Nobel Prize winner and discoverer of one of the greatest medicines of the modern era Alexander_Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Despite never scoring against the wee team, James Clerk Maxwell gets my vote. With his CV he didn't need to score against the wee team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Just would've been the cherry on the icing on the cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule 34 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Nobel Prize winner and discoverer of one of the greatest medicines of the modern era Alexander_Fleming QFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Entertainers and athletes do not belong on this list. As a race, we have punched above our weight in terms of our contribution to the worlds development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Just would've been the cherry on the icing on the cake From Wikipedia, with one proposed amendment at the end in italics. Should do it. James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 ? 5 November 1879) was a Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician. His most important achievement was classical electromagnetic theory, synthesizing all previous unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity, magnetism and even optics into a consistent theory. His set of equations?Maxwell's equations?demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and even light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field. From that moment on, all other classic laws or equations of these disciplines became simplified cases of Maxwell's equations. Maxwell's work in electromagnetism has been called the "second great unification in physics", after the first one carried out by Isaac Newton. Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space in the form of waves, and at the constant speed of light. Finally, in 1864 Maxwell wrote "A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field", where he first proposed that light was in fact undulations in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. His work in producing a unified model of electromagnetism is considered to be one of the greatest advances in physics. Maxwell also developed the Maxwell distribution, a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases. These two discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for future work in such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. Maxwell is also known for creating the first true colour photograph in 1861 and for his foundational work on the rigidity of rod-and-joint frameworks like those in many bridges. Maxwell is considered by many physicists to be the 19th-century scientist with the greatest influence on 20th-century physics. His contributions to the science are considered by many to be of the same magnitude as those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. In the end of millennium poll, a survey of the 100 most prominent physicists saw Maxwell voted the third greatest physicist of all time, behind only Newton and Einstein. On the centennial of Maxwell's birthday, Einstein himself described Maxwell's work as the "most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton." Einstein kept a photograph of Maxwell on his study wall, alongside pictures of Michael Faraday and Newton. According to the available records of the time, Maxwell never scored a goal against the wee team. Nonetheless his achievements in the field of science mean that he is considered one of the greatest persons of Scottish birth ever to have lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibble Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Entertainers and athletes do not belong on this list. As a race, we have punched above our weight in terms of our contribution to the worlds development. .. and Rabbie Burns was little more than an entertainer with very little to offer the world outside of Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towzer Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Robertson.End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgey55 Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 .. and Rabbie Burns was little more than an entertainer with very little to offer the world outside of Scotland. Correct. Made up his own vocabulary just to make his poems rhyme! 'Breastie' eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 .. and Rabbie Burns was little more than an entertainer with very little to offer the world outside of Scotland. Much like Shakespeare from an English perspective. Oh and Van Gogh was really a mis understood painter and decorator:smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big D Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Pontius Pilate. Fundamentally changed human society in the then known world, and half the present known world. From Bo'ness I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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