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You can take for granted driving along behind a giant sporran. The mind does boggle a bit however if you think about it for a minute...

And are you incentivised by this offer?


For readers wondering what use this disembodied sporran has, edited to add links to examples of sporrans 'in action', here and a festive and kitsch version here. Who says the Scots don't have a sense of humour?

Comments

  1. Good lord, the mind is duly boggled! I suppose it would give you somewhere to stash your thirty quid of rock, though.

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  2. That is a lot of Edinburgh rock! I have toothache just thinking about that :)
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  3. I always have to wear my sporran on my backside because I'm a drummer. I don't want a bigger one, but I'd like it to hold more.

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  4. I would also like to know what a sporran is :)

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  5. dancingbeastie - I know, I don't know which is more mind-boggling.

    The Chieftess and Jenny, it's a leather and (for more formal wear) 'purse' which is worn on the front of the kilt - or to the rear if you're LoriAngela and play the drums in a (bag)pipe band. I've put a couple of links in to the post. The original 'manbag'?

    Jacqui, I agree, Edinburgh rock has to be taken in very small quantities.

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  6. Oh that's very funny! Both driving behind a giant sporran and the £20 of rock. Thanks for the laugh!

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  7. I've already have a sporran. :)

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  8. The most mind-boggling thing for me is why they've chosen to b@st@rdise the word "slàinte" and call their business the ghastly, hideous anglicisation "slanj". I couldn't buy anything from then on principle because of this, never mind the fact that the sporan is going to be of ghastly qualit! It's all a tourist gimmick! But, we're a capitalist country - there IS a place for it.

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  9. LoriAngela, I suppose the amount you can fit into a sporran is pretty limited.

    Jenni, I've posted links to other pictures of sporrans so that you can see them in action, as it were. Basically it's a small leather (and sometimes fur - originally sealskin - and silver) pouch which men wear with the kilt.

    Christine, glad you had a giggle.

    Lothiane, where did you buy your sporran for export to Norway?

    Croila, they seem to be doing reasonably well as a business, and they certainly advertise widely. Perhaps they're doing Gaelic a service by letting people know know 'slainte' should be pronounced. Perhaps...

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  10. Thanks Linda, I'll check out the links. I do think it could qualify as the original man-bag! :)

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  11. Definitely didn't know what a sporran was at first! I had to look at your posts linked to figure it out. :) Ah, how American of me. I'm glad you're willing to share!

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  12. Linda,
    I am going to horrify you. Driving behind a sporran is nothing. Occasionally here we have to drive behind a large truck that the owners have added large swinging rubber testicles. Yuk!

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