They're everywhere
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?
Good lord, the mind is duly boggled! I suppose it would give you somewhere to stash your thirty quid of rock, though.
ReplyDeleteUm....what's a sporran???
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of Edinburgh rock! I have toothache just thinking about that :)
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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.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to know what a sporran is :)
ReplyDeletedancingbeastie - I know, I don't know which is more mind-boggling.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
Oh that's very funny! Both driving behind a giant sporran and the £20 of rock. Thanks for the laugh!
ReplyDeleteI've already have a sporran. :)
ReplyDeleteThe most mind-boggling thing for me is why they've chosen to b@st@rdise the word "slà inte" 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.
ReplyDeleteLoriAngela, I suppose the amount you can fit into a sporran is pretty limited.
ReplyDeleteJenni, 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...
Thanks Linda, I'll check out the links. I do think it could qualify as the original man-bag! :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely 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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ReplyDeleteI 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!