What makes you want to scream ?

That bag you see Sean Connery wearing is called a SPORRAN. In the days of old, kilts had no pockets, (actually a true kilt, even today, has no pocket). Sporrans have now become an obligatory part of full Scots wear. Sporrans were used to hold a few coins, flint and steel to start fires on a cold highland night, and often a very small flask of Scotch whiskey.

Today, even though no longer needed, no Scottish gentleman would be considered properly dressed without a sporran.

Incidentally, the O.P. was never about the purse, it was entirely about the amount of time it takes a woman to find her bus fare, and the fact that she makes everybody wait for her. Personally, I don't care if she wants to carry a bag the size of a 35" TV. Just don't make me wait for her while she fumbles around inside that thing.
 
Aunt Bea, do you know what that bag is called that the Scotsman is wearing? I'm sure it has a special name.
 

Aunt Bea said:
Nothing wrong with a man having a purse.

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Oh, my.....there's a fine bit of a laddy who can carry a "purse" any day he wants. That man just gets better the older he gets.
 
Someone sitting in their car (the driver) at a red light texting, the light turns green, yep...there still texting. People start blowing their horns, they finally look up, theirs is the only car to get thru the light before it turns caution. Hrrrr
 
There isn't much of anything that makes me want to scream. I don't do much of anything that I have to stand in line for anymore. Don't fly or attend concerts any more and try to go grocery shopping at non busy times. I do get a bit annoyed at people who seem to have a negative attitude about everyone and everything. That gets really old pretty quickly. A person who never has a good word about anything is a real downer
 
Dragonlady said:
. I do get a bit annoyed at people who seem to have a negative attitude about everyone and everything. That gets really old pretty quickly. A person who never has a good word about anything is a real downer
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I agree. People with negative attitudes who criticize everything & everyone are real downers.
My parents were like that. I honestly think it became a perpetual habit which they weren’t really aware of. The blinders got in the way.
 
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Sunny said:
Aunt Bea, do you know what that bag is called that the Scotsman is wearing? I'm sure it has a special name.
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Traveler said:
If you had read my previous post #77, you would now know that the bag is called a "sporran".
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Shalimar said:
I think it is called a sporran, a part of the kilt outfit.
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Keesha said:
Oh thank you Shalimar. Isn’t that interesting.
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For quite awhile I've suspected that some people don't bother to read other peoples posts. This proves it. I said, way back on post #77, that the bag was called a sporran. Yet what do I see ? Questions about what the bag is called !

Have a nice day tomorrow. :D
 
Dragonlady said:
There isn't much of anything that makes me want to scream. I don't do much of anything that I have to stand in line for anymore. Don't fly or attend concerts any more and try to go grocery shopping at non busy times. I do get a bit annoyed at people who seem to have a negative attitude about everyone and everything. That gets really old pretty quickly. A person who never has a good word about anything is a real downer
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Traveler said:
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For quite awhile I've suspected that some people don't bother to read other peoples posts. This proves it. I said, way back on post #77, that the bag was called a sporran. Yet what do I see ? Questions about what the bag is called !

Have a nice day tomorrow. :D
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coincidence?

more like kismet
 
I am not a screamer, but if I were, people who always blame others regardless of their own behaviour would qualify. As would individuals who think they hold the patent on reality. I mutter away in French.
 
I imagine if you looked in a sporran these days, you'd find the same sort of things you'd find in a lady's purse.....car keys, cell phone, credit cards, cash, a small tube of sunscreen.

When ye'r walkin' aroon the Highland Games all the dae, ye don' want yer knees gettin' sunburned, now d'ya? And how are ye goin' to pay for yer haggis and yer pint of Tennent's? Ye canna expect 'em to gie it to ye for free. An' there ye are with nae pockets in yer plaid.....
 
Traveler said:
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For quite awhile I've suspected that some people don't bother to read other peoples posts. This proves it. I said, way back on post #77, that the bag was called a sporran. Yet what do I see ? Questions about what the bag is called !

Have a nice day tomorrow. :D
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Gee, I wonder why!
 
For quite awhile I've suspected that some people don't bother to read other peoples posts. This proves it. I said, way back on post #77, that the bag was called a sporran. Yet what do I see ? Questions about what the bag is called !

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Dragonlady said:
Gee, I wonder why!
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When people do not even bother to read other peoples posts, and then go on to make sarcastic remarks about that person, they are just making judgements without any knowledge to back up their remarks.

I hear a lot of talk about love of "diversity" and "acceptance of different views" but what they actually mean is, "As long as you agree with us, we accept you". Present a different view, however, and those same people get busy publicly excoriating those different views. Hypocrisy in action !
 
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