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In his dictionary, Johnson defined oats as such: "Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." It's always been a poor country and very little will grow there. No surprise they ate a lot of oats.

Raw oats are really time consuming to cook. Before modern quick oats (parboiled and dried oats), boiling oats took a long time to soften them enough to make them edible. Quick oats was a godsend for mothers who were getting their children fed and ready for the day. Now it's just something we take for granted.

It’s a Nordic thing. You can literally toss a store to Norway from Scotland

Nice. I didn't know that. Last week I drove to Newport Beach (I live in California) just to by smoked salmon. I've been going to the same place for years because it's worth both the trip and the loyalty. It seems salmon farming is big in Scotland(Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull had salmon farms there).

He is a fucking legend. He never had sets, bits, or anything like that. Sometimes he'd make a few notes on topics he wanted to talk about, but it was all impromptu and spontaneous. That's the way he always did it. If it struck him as funny, he'd talk about it. He never did the same show twice. That is indeed legendary.

If you're a fan of Craig Ferguson, you can see he works the same way. His monologues were never scripted. The producer would just block out some time and he'd wing it, and would always be hilarious.

I'm watching his concerts right now. I was surprised at HOW MUCH he's done. So many shows. I particularly like his "World Tour of Scotland", where he travels to different locales and enjoys the people's hospitality and the beauty of the land. He genuinely loves Scotland and her people.

Deep fried ice cream is the tits, usually only see it at chinese restaurants here.