Laird, or Lord, means 'owner' or 'landlord', not an aristocrat.
I also note the site has listed "Scotland, Europe." Scotland is nae in Europe. Tis offensive t' suggest such a thing! Och, as a descendent of at least one wee famous Scot, I'll be thankin' ye t' remember Sco'land ha' nowt t' do with Europe! An' Highlands, is it? As a Borderer, I'll say the lowlands are quite pleasan' this time 'o year. Aye, aye, pleasan' indeed...
They're doing something similar in outback Australia, except you get a square metre. (That's about 9 square feet - but then we've got one hell of a lot more land.) Just wait 'til they discover something valuable and have to get planning permission from 275,000 land owners...
Laird, or Lord, means 'owner' or 'landlord', not an aristocrat.
ReplyDeleteI also note the site has listed "Scotland, Europe." Scotland is nae in Europe. Tis offensive t' suggest such a thing! Och, as a descendent of at least one wee famous Scot, I'll be thankin' ye t' remember Sco'land ha' nowt t' do with Europe! An' Highlands, is it? As a Borderer, I'll say the lowlands are quite pleasan' this time 'o year. Aye, aye, pleasan' indeed...
They're doing something similar in outback Australia, except you get a square metre. (That's about 9 square feet - but then we've got one hell of a lot more land.)
ReplyDeleteJust wait 'til they discover something valuable and have to get planning permission from 275,000 land owners...
So there's no chance of there ever being a President William H. Gates III, KBE then?
ReplyDeleteThank god for that.
My brother once owned a square inch of Alaska.
ReplyDeleteA Corn Flakes promo, I think.
Must be inflation.