Charlie StrossFeb 25

I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.

Am I Scottish?

Yes
74.1%
No
12.1%
Something else (see comments)
13.8%
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@cstross An old gag that I first heard phrased concerning a transplant to small town New England. The transplant asked a native “I know I’ll never be a native, but what about my kids? They were born here.” The reply; “Well no, not really. Just because your cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn’t call them muffins, would you?”
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@efhastings @cstross The obvious rejoinder to that joke would surely be that you *would* call 1 of the kittens Muffins. Perfectly reasonable name for a cat; they just can't all have the same name.
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@teejeh @cstross Fair enough. The gag wouldn’t work as well if the thing they weren’t was croissants or scones.
One can eventually be a meatloaf, however. (Nod to B. Kiban.) We had one that in some light resembled Ayers Rock. Not fresh out of the oven, though.