Am 14.09.2014 13:35, schrieb Stephen:
> On 14/09/2014 02:46, clipka wrote:
>> Am 14.09.2014 02:32, schrieb Stephen:
>>> On 14/09/2014 00:08, clipka wrote:
>>>> Am 13.09.2014 23:41, schrieb Stephen:
>>>>
>>>>> That's fine by me. I'm taking time off ATM.
>>>>> I might need consoling after the 19th.
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering: Would that be in the yes- or the no-case?
>>>>
>>>> (I have a hunch, but I might be wrong of course.)
>>>
>>> You, wrang ma loon?
>>> Ne'er ;-)
>>
>
> Sorry.I'll write that in English.

No need to; I got that (after, admittedly, having to look up "loon" to 
be sure it means what I thought it meant) :)


>> Me, personally, I think whether Scotland would be better off with a
>> "yes" or "no" is immensely difficult to predict;
>
> That does not stop people from being positive in their ideas.
>
>> and you know what the
>> Danes say about predictions, especially when they pertain to the future.
>
> No I don't? I know what they say about bad weather.
> There is no bad weather only bad clothing.

There's an old Danish saying (wrongfully attributed to Niels Bohr, Mark 
Twain and a few others) to be careful about predictions, /especially/ 
when they involve the future.

>> But I suspect that the rest of GB would fare better with a "no", while I
>> as an outsider would certainly profit from a "yes" result, if only for
>> the added entertainment :-)
>
> I'll throw a German word back to you.
> Schadenfreude. :-P

Yup, guilty as charged. Mostly concerning the rest of GB though. Will 
they continue to call themselves "Great Britain"(*)? The "United 
Kingdom" will probably no longer be so united, will it? How about the 
Union Jack, I guess they'll have to deconstruct it. Will they have to 
place guards at the Scottish border? Dismantle their nuclear arsenal? 
And so on.

Of course there are equally interesting questions regarding Scotland, 
especially relating to the EU and the Euro, but they're more of the 
suspense kind, rather than laden with Schadenfreude. To the contrary - 
I'd love to see an independent thriving Scotland teach the rest of GB a 
lesson.

(*) How about "Rump Great Britain" - that would make it "RGB" :-)

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