March 10th - Bagpipe Day

Some dacades ago I saw a cartoon from Scotland. It showed a man who put a sheep over his shoulder and held the sheep by it's legs. There was written: "How the bagpipe was invented".
 
I read a article once (I'm pretty sure it was apocryphal, but you never know.....) about a British embassy, consulate or legation in some third-world hot spot of a hell-hole that was being stormed by angry locals.

Just as the group was about to tear down the gates and overpower the guards, a lone piper appeared and started marching across the lawn, piping away. Apparently, the angry mob fell silent in wonder. But a few moments later, the riot resumed and the mob broke through the gates and killed the piper.

The author of the article I was reading felt that the mob's action was totally warranted. Apparently, he wasn't a fan of bagpipe music.......
 

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