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- From: darkshot@rock.concert.net (Michael B Garrett -- Chudys)
- Subject: Re: Seriously, a joke.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.053526.18627@rock.concert.net>
- Organization: Ask the maid.
- References: <1hvkf1INN50r@shelley.u.washington.edu> <C09vKL.Dy6@agora.rain.com> <1993Jan3.203648.11085@philmtl.philips.ca>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:35:26 GMT
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- Thrifty Scots are in direct response to Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations",1776
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- The stereotype did not exist prior to publication of this treatise.
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- Smith was right- and so of course he was damned for his trouble. So much so
- that "Scrooge McDuck" and such are cultural icons.
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- I'm part Scot- and I don't give a damn WHAT anyone thinks. I'm part Irish,
- too- and I think that the joke about the wheelbarrow is funny. I guess
- I'm just secure in my heritage.
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- 'Shot
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