I clipped this from my newspaper recently, in an article not even remotely mentioning HL.
"From the Boston News-Letter, the first successful newspaper in the British colonies, there is a 1719 report on the slaying of Blackbeard, the pirate. "Well done, lad" the paper quoted Blackbeard as complimenting a Scottish Highlander who wounded him.
"I'll do it better," the lad replied, whereupon he lopped off Blackbeard's head."
Coincidence? I think not.
On Saturday, we had just finished the first run through when the committee shows up. The director heads over to them and says, "Ok, now we'll go through it for you and you can give us any comments or suggestions. Hopefully, no heads will roll today."
A member of the committee says, "Not here, this is holy ground."
It's not as funny as the others, but considering that I have HL on the brain I thought it was a hoot!
He was putting his items in the back of our van when a bad burly dude
approached him, wielding a knife, saying, "Hey man, gimme your wallet."
Unbeknownst to his assailant, my husband had gotten one of those
Highlander Katanas to add to his sword collection, and had it in the van
to show the friends he was visiting.
He pulled it from its scabbard (yes, they come with scabbards even if
Duncan doesn't use one), and turned to face him holding it aloft,
saying, "I don't think so."
The guy said, "Hey, be cool man, no problem!" and walked away.
My husbands' heart was beating like crazy, of course, and his only
training was in fencing in college (and a katana is a far cry from a
foil!), but, hey, it worked and he came home safe to me!
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