...or is it Buddy?
But MacDonald said the ad is inappropriate. "If you're going to attack one particular culture, does that mean they're going to attack other cultures as well?" he told CBC News on Wednesday. "I think it's an inappropriate thing to do, but Nova Scotians will be the judge and I have no doubt that many people will see that ad and they'll want to send a very strong message to the NDP."The crime against political correctness? Use by the NDP of the phrase "the jig is up". See, Premier MacDonald is also a fiddle player. He plays jigs. The jig being up is a common phrase for the end of a scam or other event. We all know that. Except for Mr. Premier McChippy. Unless, of course, the sensitivity is not about Scots culture at all but some shadowy aspect of MacDonald culture to which, somehow, the remark comes too close to the bone. In any event, his robust bekilted hee-land forefathers would be proud.
Comments
Gordo - June 1, 2006 11:29 am
Damned MacDonalds always have their kilts in a twist about something ...
Alan - June 1, 2006 11:33 am
I think we Campbells and MacLeods and Campbell McLeods have a public responsibility at a moment like this.
SayNay? - June 1, 2006 12:23 pm
Even though I'm not of Scottish descent, I still bristle when someone says "he got away Scot free" - but this complaint is just fricking ridiculous.
btw, this is not the first Canadian political "controversy" (geez, do we not have any "real" problems to deal with) and the origin of the phrase may have nothing to do with fiddle music and dancing: see <a href="www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/gigjig.html">www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/gigjig.html</a>.
SayNay? - June 1, 2006 12:28 pm
I should say that I bristle over "Scot Free" because when you ask them, most people who use this phrase think it relates to Scots and their frugalness when in fact it, again, has nothing to do with being Scottish...
Flea - June 1, 2006 12:51 pm
Ha!*
*And I say "Ha!" again.
Gordo - June 1, 2006 1:29 pm
Shall we rally the troops and go visit the MacDonalds for a sleepover? ;-)
Alan - June 1, 2006 1:37 pm
First, I would like to clarify the exact tartan of the Clan MacFlea. There may be something more in that "Ha!" than first meets the eye.
cm - June 1, 2006 1:54 pm
Aren't jigs Irish?
Mike - June 1, 2006 1:57 pm
Ah, I remember a Halifax mayoralty race in the late 70's when the late Edmund Morris had to be physically restrained after somone made an unfortunate Morris Dancing slur.
My sense is that we denizens of the Campbellium are not bothered by this jig business. Now, reels. Don't mess with reels. Don't go punning on reels, bucko! ...
Flea - June 1, 2006 4:12 pm
"First, I would like to clarify the exact tartan of the Clan MacFlea."
Oh no you don't! This has nothing to do with <i>me</i>. Just, you know, fascinated by cultural differences and all that.
Hans - June 2, 2006 9:13 am
I thought it was an attack on the inshore fishery.
Alan - June 2, 2006 9:18 am
Is this the tartan of the Clan MacFlea?<p><center><img src="images/2006b/mcflea.JPG"></center>
Flea - June 2, 2006 12:13 pm
Only if that's an upside-down cross I see in there.
Alan - June 2, 2006 12:19 pm
Now you are starting to get the point of the tartan, Jimmy Flea. Secret masonic messages woven in wool.