Saturday, 18 Apr 2009, 1:51 PM CDT
By ANTHONY BARTKEWICZ(MYFOX NATIONAL) - An internal review of Scottish police forces revealed that eight officers on the Strathclyde force in Glasgow listed their religion as "Jedi," according to the Telegraph. Jedi are the fictional knights who battle the dark side of the Force in George Lucas' "Star Wars" movie series.
The officers claimed Jedi as their religion on voluntary diversity forms that also asked about age, disability, gender, race and sexual orientation. Strathclyde, Scotland's largest police force, was the only force in the review with staff members who listed themselves as Jedi. In addition to the eight officers, two Strathclyde force staff members claimed Jedi as their religion. "The Force appears to be strong in Strathclyde Police," said Jane's Police Review editor Chris Herbert, who organized the review.
In 2001, residents of the UK and Australia spearheaded a movement to have Jedi recognized as a religion in their national census statistics as a practical joke. The campaign was unsuccessful, with "Jedi" answers registering simply as "Other" in the UK census. And in Australia, knowingly supplying false information on a census form carries a $1000 fine. The Strathclyde employees will face no disciplinary action for entering "Jedi" on their diversity forms.
The Dark Side in Scotland. See? Those Jedi are needed now more than ever!
I wondered if these Jedi eat Haggis. Then, I wondered exactly what is Haggis?
It would take the will and clangers of a Jedi Knight to down this:
From Jeff Smith's The Frugal Gourmet On Our Immigrant Ancestors:
Traditionally, a Haggis is made from the lung, liver, and heart of the sheep. These are mixed with oatmeal and a few spices and stuffed into the sheep's stomach. After being boiled, the Haggis is brought to the table with a great deal of ceremony. A piper ushers in the Haggis and all raise a glass of Scotch whiskey and "brrreath a prrayerr for the soul of Rrrobbie Burrrns!" It is then served with "neeps and nips," mashed turnips and nips of whiskey. I think you have to drink a lot of Scotch before you can truly enjoy this dish, but a party of Scots without a Haggis is simply not heard of.
Haggis looking barf-a-licious.
* translation from Scottish to English: Don't worry! I won't be cookin' it for ye!
I think they cook it up in this cap.
My question: What would it take to get you to eat a taste of Haggis? (Assuming you haven't already.) Personally, it would be cold, hard cash with more than 2 zeros at the end. lol
10 comments:
mmmm, mmm, haggis! gotta have some of that! not! Agree with you, alot of cash.
May the force be with you! At least we know
Scotland is well protected. :)
xo
lol Grace ... yeah. You know, I've eaten sausage and even liver sausage (braunschweiger or however you spell it) and I like them a lot. I cannot imagine ever even trying a taste of Haggis. The stomach and lung thing just make me nauseous.
yeah, the stomach lung thing, not my cup of tea either! I was in Montana once and they tried to get me to eat "rocky mountain oysters", I declined, not doing that one either!
:)
Ugh! Mountain oysters!! (ha ha, Grace) I've heard of those.
The other day when I was eating crawfish (after nearly a lifetime of loving them and eating them without a thought), I suddenly (momentarily) got grossed out. I over-thunk it. Those spindly legs started looking too much like doodlebug legs (pill bugs). So I ate about 10 and then quit. LOL!
Yeah -- totally agree with you tink and grace -- the lung/stomach combo is just too.... (excuse me ... :: BAAAAARRRRRFFFFFFF ::) ..
Sorry.
I would do it though, with a load of Scotch on the side. I think. Cash wouldn't hurt either.
P.S.
I bet some rowsing Scottish music would help too!
:D
The Scottish police never use the helmet at the bottom of the post. It's the English helmet.
If the Scots had it they'd definitely use it as a pot.
cheers
Yep Grace ... never tasted one of those oysters and won't. lol Lucy, that happens sometimes doesn't it, with food I mean. Something you love suddenly just doesn't sit right. Not to sound hokey, but it's almost as if a soul change comes about that makes your body reject certain things. That slide show was gorgeous. Loved the music with it. Ah yep ... thank you AFMoon! Bloody well right you are! It is, indeed, a Metro cap. I grabbed the wrong image but didn't have time to search again, so just let it be. In the end, I think you're right that the, uh, Jedi would prefer to use that one to cook up the Haggis. lol
Strange days we're living in, hm? I thought it was a bit odd that the press made such a big deal about that Jedi story.
yeah, sometimes not so good to overthink the food you are eating. Can stop you in your tracks :) lol
these are indeed strange times we live in.
have a good weekend Tink.
That haggis is making me want to barf ALL over again....
LOL
Thanks, Tink. ;-)
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