[SandRat]

...they very happily adopt some of the ways of those with whom they soldier as their own. Unfortunately, that includes their fondness for the Scots-Irish habit of blowing air into a sheep'sgut bag and calling it music.

Hey! I happen to like the Pipes. Besides having recordings on CD or Diskettes (if you vehicle is that old, can you even get a new car/truck with a tape player?) is great when you're sitting at a stop light and some jerk pulls up with his boom box blaring the bass so bad your vehicle vibrates. Just pop one in turn the volume up full and let it rip! You'll only have to do it for a very short time and the jerk will turn his down and roll his windows up. Expect some dirty looks but he got the message.

[tet68]

I'm now reading 1915 by Lyn Macdonald.
He relates an incident in which a Gurkha
was seen walking down a trench with the face
of a German, not the head, just the face.

[archy]

Hey! I happen to like the Pipes

I forgive you. You'll find a couple of interesting links near the top of my FReeper profile. This one's a .midi file, but still a favourite. Or try this version.

[unspun]

From what I understand, the Gaelic folk got bagpipes from the Asian hill folk. Also, bagpipes of one kind or another are not uncommon for highlanders across the world. Better use of one's wind in thinner air, than such things as flutes and piccolos.