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Tourists in Scotland

While honeymooning in the ancestral homeland of Scotland, my wife and I had the distinct displeasure of sitting next to an American couple who were decidedly ugly.

At a pub in Carbridge, the lunch special was salmon. Fresh salmon. From the Spey River, which runs through Carbridge. Spey salmon is without a doubt the finest in the world. But the uglies next to us had different ideas. When my wife ordered, the ugly next to her leaned over and, rather loudly, warned her against ordering it. Our waiter was the owner of the pub and was visibly dismayed at her comments (this wasn't the first complaint from this ugly).

The ugly's rationale for not ordering the fish? It had bones in it. She was, doubtless, a connoisseur of fish sticks. Predictably, the salmon was superb.

--Tim

 

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