An english man enjoys his breakfast of toast & marmalade invented by Mrs Kellor of Dundee, Scotland. Getting ready for work, he reaches for his raincoat patented by Charles MacIntosh fae Glasgow, Scotland & dashes to the station on his Bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick MacMillian, a blacksmith fae Dumfries, Scotland. The road is made of Tarmac, a process developed by John MacAdam of Ayr, Scotland.

The journey by train, whose steam engine was invented by James Watt of Greenock, Scotland; takes him to work at the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland. While opening his mail, he looks at the adhesive stamp invented by James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland & puffs on a cigarette first manufactured by Robert Gloag of Perth, Scotland.

He later calls his wife on a telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland & she tells him dinner will be his favourite Aberdeen Angus Beef, raised on the farms of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He arrives home to find his daughter watching TV invented by John Logie Baird of Helenburgh, Scotland. She was watching a programme on the U.S. Navy which was founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland; while her brother is reading "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson of Edinburgh, Scotland. His wife is reading the Bible & on opening it, she finds that the first name mentioned is again a Scot, King James Vi, who authorised it's translation!!

The English man is unable to turn fae the ingenuity of the Scots.... he could turn to whisky but Scotland supplies the best; or to end it all, he could put his head in a gas oven. Coal gas was discovered by William Murdoch of Ayr, Scotland. He could shoot himself, but his breach loading rifle was invented by Captain Pat Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland. If unsuccessful, he could be injected with penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland; or given an anaesthetic discovered by; Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland. His last hope would be a transfusion of good Scottish blood & he could proudly state........
"Wha's like us? Damn few & they're a deid"


THE WORLD NEEDS SCOTLAND

Rules of "shotgun"

Section I - General Rules
1) The first person to yell "SHOTGUN" gets to ride in the front seat.
2) The remaining back seats may be divvied up in the same manner by being the first to call "back right seat", etc..
3) The word "shotgun" must be loud enough to be heard by at least one witness. If no witness is to be found, or in case of a tie, the driver has the final word. After all, it is most likely his car. (note: if it isn't his car, and the owner is present, the owner's decision is final. Owner must be sober, however, or he will defer his judgment to the driver.)
4) Early calls are strictly prohibited. All occupants of the vehicle (including the driver) must be outside of the building and directly on the way to the vehicle before shotgun may be called. Under no circumstances may a person call shotgun inside a building. For sake of simplicity, a garage is considered to be outside. Parking structures and detached garages are always considered as being outdoors, even if they are underground.
5) A person may only call shotgun for one way of a trip. Shotgun can never be called while inside a vehicle or still technically on the way to the first location. For example, one can not get out of a vehicle and call Shotgun for the return journey.
6) Being as how everyone is created equal, men have the same right as women to the front seat of the car. i.e. women don't own the front seat.
7) One is allowed to ride shotgun as many times as he can call it, but for himself only. No one can call shotgun for their slower friend, unless the friend has a speech or mental handicap that prevents them from calling it for themselves.
The driver has final say in all ties and disputes. The driver has the right to suspend or remove all shotgun privileges from one or more persons.

Section II - Special Cases
These special exceptions to the rules above should be considered in the order presented; the case listed first will take precedence over any of the cases beneath it, when applicable.
1) In the instance that the normal driver of a vehicle is drunk or otherwise unable to perform their duties as driver, then he/she is automatically given Shotgun.
2) If the instance that the person who actually owns the vehicle is not driving, then he/she is automatically given Shotgun, unless they decline.
3) In the instance the driver's spouse, lover, partner, or hired prostitute for the evening is going to accompany the group, he/she is automatically given Shotgun, unless they decline.
4) In the instance that one of the passengers may become so ill during the course of the journey that the other occupants feel he/she will toss their cookies, then the ill person should be given Shotgun to make appropriate use of the window.
5) In the instance that only one person knows how to get to a given location and this person is not the driver, then as the designated navigator for the group they automatically get Shotgun, unless they decline.
6) In the instance that one of the occupants is too wide or tall to fit comfortably in the back seat, then the driver may show mercy and award Shotgun to the genetic misfit. Alternatively, the driver and other passengers may continually taunt the poor fellow as they make a three hour trip with him crammed in the back.

Section III - The Survival Of The Fittest Rules (a.k.a The Bastard Rules)
1) If the driver so wishes, he/she may institute the Survival Of The Fittest Rules on the process of calling Shotgun. In this case all rules, excepting 1.8, are suspended and the passenger seat is occupied by whoever can take it by force.
2) The driver must announce the institution of the Survival Of The Fittest Rules with reasonable warning to all passengers. This clause reduces the amount of blood lost by passengers and the damage done to the vehicle.
3) Please follow the above rules to the best of your ability. If there are any arguments or exceptions not covered in these rules, please refer to rule