What do Scotsmen and Jews have in common?

[khaosworks]

No, it's not what you're thinking.

The official Jewish tartan.

(by way of querldox)

Comments

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

ooooookay........

The sad thing is that I really, really want one now.......

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

Mind, the agency issuing the registry certificate is not, apparently, the official one (which doesn't list it).

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

So is the tartan 100% wool or 100% linen?

[braider.livejournal.com]

*blink*

...what was I supposed to be thinking? I had nothing.

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

Let's put it this way: copper wire was also invented by two Scotsmen fighting over a penny.

o.O

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Well. That's certainly different.

[marmota.livejournal.com]

I was thinking 'redheads', personally.

Warning: Pedantry Alert

[etherial.livejournal.com]

"Tartan" is Scottish for "plaid". Tartan fabric is almost always 100% wool, and there's nothing "official" about it. "Jewish Tartan" doesn't mean "Tartan for Jews" any more than "Kentucky Fried Chicken" means "Chicken for Kentucks". My kilt is a McDonald of Sleat (http://www.scotsconnection.com/uploads/images_products/557.jpg) tartan. I happen to have McDonald blood, but the colour of your tartan usually has more to do with what colours you like and what towns you've bought tartans in than who your family is.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

ROFL! I'd never heard that one before. =:o}