Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Glorious Twelfth

For liberty and livelihood! Thousands of grouse shooting gentlemen and their smiling gamekeepers will take to the moors of Scotland and northern England today for the Glorious Twelfth. For the willing and well-disposed - a day of shooting will cost you only about £7,000 - you can experience this rarest of British sporting treats. Recommended reading before you go: Better to kill a fellow gun than wing a beater.

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5 comments:

  1. BirkenheadAugust 12, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    I love this passage from Warner:

    A novice kitted out in brand-new knickerbockers and deerstalker might as well wear one of those conference badges saying “Hedge fund manager”. A gentleman will be wearing tweeds weathered to the same consistency as the suit of armour his ancestor wore at Agincourt.

    If he has been obliged to replace his Barbour since last season, he may take the precaution of driving his tractor over it several times. Nor should the olfactory sense be neglected: if you cannot out-stink the wet gun-dogs, your bona fides may be suspect.

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  2. Splendor Sine OccasuAugust 13, 2008 at 2:59 AM

    Hunting in a suit? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

    I think I'd rather go moose hunting!

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  3. MarlboroughAugust 13, 2008 at 4:22 AM

    Well its not a three piece banker suit and Oxfords - its a tough set of tweeds and your Wellingtons. Available at J. Barbour & Sons in North America every bit as much as they are sold in the U.K.

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  4. Neil WeltonAugust 18, 2008 at 2:15 PM

    I'm surprised this has not been banned by Labour on the grounds it encourages gun crime. For a blast is just like the thrill of a chase, it thus "compensates" for the foxy ban. Perhaps that's why Labour has not banned it (yet).

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  5. AnonymousMarch 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM

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