Well,
I'll wear the departmental kilt, but not without something underneath! In the words of a fine gentleman on the Isle of Skye, "The Midges can be terrible"! Guess I'll have to research my family tartan. (That sounds bad . . . )
Well, this is shaping up to be the finest "almost-Scottish" fire department West of Edinburgh! I'm expecting Shortbread at all of our musters, followed by a good game of hooligan football.
Speaking of which, the popular "Halligan" tool - a hard metal pry bar with a pick at one end used by firefighters for forcible entry - is now usually sold as a "Hooligan Bar". When carried nested with an Axe, the pair are referred to as a "firefighter's irons".
And you thought this would be off-topic, didn't you?!
-Michael
