Sometime, back in 450AD, a
Scotsman came upon a stone and thought, "I wonder how far I could throw this... I bet I could throw it farther than Angus!" So he called his buddy Angus over and said, "Angus, what would you give me if I could throw this stone farther than you?" And of course Angus replied, "There's no way you could throw this stone farther than me! Ha!
I'll bet you my best cow!" But of course no good Scotsman is sufficed by the competition in something so silly as stone throwing. Next came throwing a hammer. Then a tree. But it didn't stop there. They wrestled, raced each other, tried to pull each other over a line, all to prove the manliness of one Scotsman to another.
Ah, but today we are civilized. Today a Scotsman has more sophisticated means of displaying his manly achievements. What do they do today? They compete... for a trophy instead of a cow.
Rupert took me to my first-ever highland games on Saturday. I had a blast and of course had to share it with you all!
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