{"id":874,"date":"2006-01-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=874"},"modified":"2006-01-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T12:00:00","slug":"burns-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/25\/burns-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s only a matter of time before someone brings it up, so I’d best get in there first. Some of you might be aware that tonight is Burns Night<\/a> and, yet again, I’m a disgrace to my nation. A Polish colleague had to remind me today, even though someone mentioned it in an email to me really.<\/p>\n

So, my confession.<\/p>\n

Burns Night might mean a little more to me if I had the slightest affinity with one of :-<\/p>\n

1) Kilts. (Which I’m reliably informed weren’t standard dress in Burns’ lifetime anyway)
2) Whisky. (All the reliable information I have on this comes from Mogens<\/a>)
3) Haggis. (There is a wealth of reliable information here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But I don’t. So that’s that then. Now, sadly, I have to go and do some work.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Doug Burns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s only a matter of time before someone brings it up, so I’d best get in there first. Some of you might be aware that tonight is Burns Night and, yet again, I’m a disgrace to my nation. 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