Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2008

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Happy New Year everyone!

Pass the sparkling cider, and cheers! to the New Year, 2008! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

And while you’re at it, check out all the verses for Auld Lang Syne! Never thought there were so many words to it, did you?

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

 

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

 

And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I’ll be mine,
And we’ll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

 

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou’d the gowans fine,
But we’ve wander’d monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.

 

We twa hae paidl’d in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne.

 

And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie’s a hand o thine,
And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne

Love it! Happy New Year y’all!

-Kasie

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  • Bayley

    January 1, 2008 at 2:04 am

    Hey Kasie Happy New Year to you too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Esther

    January 1, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND TOO ALL A GOOD YEAR! lol yes

  • Justin

    January 2, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Ooch, scootish broogue maeks me seecker then a doog.

  • Aunt Frances

    January 2, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Happy New Year!
    I like the new masthead with your heads. You took that masthead thing quite literally. ;-)

    PS-I put the link to my photo account. You can see my purple based Christmas tree.

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 2, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    *Hic* In your folks’ absense, the Gills got the honors of hosting our new years eve slam-bash-crash-fest-party-time, and it was quite the monkworthy affair, let me tell you. A new year always looks more promising through a haze of confetti. This song has always befuddled me, and it still does. Who in Girth’s name is ‘auld lang syne’ to begin with? Let’s see if we can make some heads and some tails out of this beastie.

  • Josh Holmes

    January 3, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    At the gill’s we had sparkling cider and sparkling cranberry. GOOD STUFF!

  • Justin

    January 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    “What is auld lang syne??” Aha!!!! Something I know that Mr Tim doesn’t!! Let me revel for a few seconds………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….It means “old long ago” In old scottich or Old English or something like that. “sin auld lang syne” means “since old long ago” in provincial nonsense.

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 3, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Ok. Thank you, Brother Bill, so far so good. Next let’s work on “pint-stowp”.

    “And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
    And surely I’ll be mine”?

    I imagine it has something to do with drinking (this, my friend, is a pint…), but I’ll be jiggered if I know just what. Somebody unjigger me please.

  • Justice

    January 4, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Happy New Year to you to (who did the fire works)?LOL NICE!

  • Justin

    January 4, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Mr. Unjiggering here:

    Pint-stowp?? Heavens… hmm… I imagine it means one who stowps the pint… or stops it… so it’s their version of a designated driver, I imagine… So instead of telling someone when to stop drinking (“coom on, Beely, yeev hae too mooch a’ready, le’s goo hoom.”) The song says “You’ll tell yourself when to stop drinking, and I’ll do the same” Obviously meaing: “What the heck. Let’s drink, be merry, and we’ll not stop ’til we want to.”

    Irish, for you there.

    Which is probably the line the irish put in the song.

  • Kasie

    January 4, 2008 at 11:37 am

    Hmm…interesting stuff going on here. I like it! “Ponderings on Auld Lang Syne.” I should pitch in when I get a chance.

    BTW Justin, I got the fireworks pic from a stock photography website. :-) Wish I said I snapped it!

  • Justin

    January 4, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    That wasn’t me wondering. I would have not said LOL, I mean,why are fireworks funny??????? An whoever it was didn’t punctuate the first sentence and put the question mark out of the parentheses

  • Esther

    January 4, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    I wish i had me another pint…..

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 4, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    Haha, you and me both Esther. Here you go, *slides one down*, it’s on me. Excellent work Brother Bill, you’re on a roll! That makes good sense, I think I remember hearing something to that effect myself some day long ago. Moving right along then.

    “We twa hae run about the braes,
    And pou’d the gowans fine,
    But we’ve wander’d monie a weary fit,
    Sin auld lang syne.”

    Hm. Let me see here.

    We two have run about the (???),
    And (???) the (???) fine,
    But we’ve wandered many a weary (???),
    Since long ago.

    All right, who can fill in the blanks for me. Ready, set, go. *Pours himself another pint*

  • Esther

    January 5, 2008 at 8:38 am

    Ahhh *gulps it down* Thank ye kind sir. *gets to the bottom of the drink….* “Why is the rum always gone?” *Stands up to get another and beggins to wobble and nearly falls….* “oh Thats why!” lol

  • Kasie

    January 5, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Let me try my hand at this! Let’s see, if I’ve done my research correctly I believe the first word (braes) would mean ‘hillside,’ the second word (pou’d) simply means ‘pound,’ the third word (gowans) I believe is a meadow flower, something like a daisy. The last word (fit) I couldn’t come up with a certain definition, but I think its meaning is ‘journey,’ or something that would point to the end of a journey.

    So far we have;

    We two have run about the hillside
    And pounded the daisies fine,
    But we’ve wandered many a weary ‘journey’ ??
    Since long ago.

    Hmm….still needs work I think. I think we need Justin to help on this one! :-) (unless somebody can come up with a better word there)

  • Esther

    January 6, 2008 at 9:56 am

    Should i give it away though i cheated and looked it all up lol journey is wrong… its “Foot”

  • Justin

    January 6, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    Ah, very good, Kasie. Braes are hillsides, and gowans are like pastures or flowers like you said. And a fit is foot, or like a journey on foot. I haben’t been able to use the computer, sooooo that’s why I didn’t answer promptly like meself, then,.

  • Esther

    January 6, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Justin you know the weirdest things…. any way oh what happened to sending me your book or whatever via email?

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 7, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    Fabulous job, class. Miss, em, er, *glances at papers* – Kassandra – yes, thank you, that was some fine researching there. I have to admit pounding daisies to be one of my own favorite passtimes. Now, now class, no tittering please. Thank you. And thank you also Mr….. Bill, for your revision, we wouldn’t get far on our journeys without our feet, now would we, Miss K? No tittering class. Now, if you would all turn in your textbooks with me to the next stanza, we will further apply ourselves to our education:

    “We twa hae paidl’d in the burn
    Frae morning sun till dine,
    But seas between us braid hae roar’d
    Sin auld lang syne.”

    Since this passage might be particularly difficult for you all, I’ll go ahead and see if I can give you a little headstart to get you started on the right foot.

    “We two have paddled in the (can I assume burn to be a body of water?
    From morning sun till dinner,
    But seas between us (here’s one for you to figure out on your own. Perhaps braid might mean both?) have roared,
    Since long ago.”

  • Esther

    January 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    I THOUGHT NATE WAS THE TEACHER WHAT ARE YOU A SUBSTITUTE? BLEH!

  • Walter

    January 8, 2008 at 12:09 am

    We TWAIN, not we two….. That’s my vote, anyway!

    here are the answers: http://www.worldburnsclub.com/newsletter/auld_lang_syne_what_about.htm

    That is, if you don’t want to keep guessing, of course!

  • Kasie

    January 8, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Aww, Walter gave it away! Well, I knew beforehand that ‘burn’ is not only a body of water (Mr. Darcy, allow me to congratulate you on your superior reasoning with this one; it was brilliant), but a ‘stream.’ The last word ‘braid’ I confess I had to look up, and its meaning is ‘broad.’ Makes sense, right?

    We two have paddled in the stream
    From morning sun till dinner
    But seas between us broad have roared
    Since long ago.

    That was a mite easy, I’d say. So, can I advance to the next grade Teacher? (I mean Teacher’s Assistant…)

  • Esther

    January 8, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Teachers assistant thats better! …. *sits quietly a while… and starts to fidget* Its not fair she cheated!

  • Justin

    January 9, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    I have to admit Kasie is a wee bit quicker than me at this, BUT THAT’S NOT MY FAULT!!! I basically would say what evryone else said, I have nothing to add to this genius.

  • Kasie

    January 9, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Sure, sure Justin…:-) just kidding! I know you’re really busy with school and stuff.

    Here’s the last verse?

    And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,
    And gie’s a hand o thine,
    And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
    For auld lang syne

    And here comes the big question: should we do our research, fight to the end, solve and complete our riddle? Or shall we simply kick back, click on an easy link and cheat our way through it?

    The decision is yours.

  • Esther

    January 9, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    How bout i cheat and you all FIGHt TO THE END!

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 10, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    *cleans glasses*
    Good evening class.
    *squints through them and puts them on*
    Allow me to congradulate all of you young ladies and young men on your first rate academic preformances. You are an honor to your faculty. As one of our pupils has pointed out, we are down to our last assessment. She also raises the question of whether this will be an open book or a closed test.
    *folds hands and leans forward on desk*
    I am going to let you decide that for yourselves. If you so choose, you may *clears throat* “cheat”, as Miss, er, Watson proposed to do, or you may use your own reasoning abilities. Either way, you will receive full credit for correct answers, but extra credit will be given to those students who use their minds rather than their matter. Dismissed for the day class. Good luck.

  • Esther

    January 10, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    hey as long as i pass i dont care! I know its sad im a lazy student! *begins to disturbe the class by chanting…* I KNOW THE ANSWER I KNOW THE ANSWER!

  • JJustin

    January 12, 2008 at 10:18 am

    That is rather sad
    *plugs ears with cotton*
    Now, for the first line, Mr. Bob.
    Umm….. Heavens, that’s brogue for you…
    If I had to make an uneducated gess, id thinc taht it wood meen thiz: Let’s hold hands and take a walk.

    I don’t have time to think any more.

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 15, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Well Mr. Justin, that seems like a first rate swing at it at any rate. Allow me to commend your effort. All right then Miss Watson, if you would like to stop bouncing up and down in your seat for a moment, and if no one else has anything further to add on the subject, tell us – what is your answer to the riddle? Let’s see if Mr. Justin is right in his query.

  • Esther

    January 15, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    NEVER!!!! IM A TIGGER TIGGERS BOUNCE! OOOOOHOOHOOOHOOOOO

  • Kasie

    January 16, 2008 at 7:26 am

    Dear me! I had quite forgotten about the code breaking skills taking place in this section…
    Good guess Justin. I have a confession to make – I cheated! It’s been long enough, and nobody has cracked this last one yet, so I thought it was time to take action. Look closely; the original verse reads;

    And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,
    And gie’s a hand o thine,
    And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
    For auld lang syne

    Translation:

    And there is a hand my trust friend
    And give me a hand of yours
    And we will take of a good drink
    For old long ago

    There you have it! The final verse in Auld Lang Syne. That was very fun, if I may say so. Capital idea, Mr. Darcy! Capital! (even though I cheated at the very end…)

    You’ve got to love that old Scottish brogue!

  • Esther

    January 16, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Oh ya love it indeed *rolls eyes*

  • Justin

    January 17, 2008 at 9:12 am

    So I was right?? We all figured this enigma out?? WOW!! WHEE!! (About time this post stopped.)
    I think we need to do things like this more often!!
    Truly a pleasurable academic excercise, truth be told.

    Thank you, Mr. Bob and Miss Kasie.

    (Museum curator voice.) Mizzzz. Watson… I am *amshamed* of you.

    P.S. There is quite a bit of drinking in this song, hmm?

  • Mr. Darcy

    January 17, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    Hahahahahahahaha, that was great lads and lasses. Our thanks back at you, what a sweet job. Drink on.

  • Esther

    January 17, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    from the looks of it all of us up here in the north are drinking on must i remind your mr D of wednesday night that was grand drunken crazyness indeed we love crashing into trees I GOT A BRUISE THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL ON MY LEG!

  • Kasie

    January 18, 2008 at 9:56 am

    Well it was fun lord and ladies, was it not? Capital! Capital indeed! To Auld Lang Syne! Cheers!

    Good grief, this MUST be a record for number of comments! Holy cow!

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