A Celtic Blessing

May the road rise to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
may the rains fall soft upon your fields.
Until we meet again,
may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Manx Facts - number 1

An occasional series of interesting facts about my home

Fact - the Romans never came to the island


The reason for this is that they had booked with the Steam Packet. However, when the saw the cost of their tickets, the decided to go and invade somewhere cheaper instead.

That is the official reason. However, I incline to the alternative view that they were due to travel on the Mare Felix*, but due to inclement weather, the sailing was cancelled and so they invaded Scotland instead, sinec they could get there by road (once they had been built).

*Mare Felix - Sea Cat

All facts have been carefully checked at the Whitehouse Hotel public bar

3 comments:

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Ha! You obviously speak from grim experience.. smile.

Cummal Bane said...

You mean you disagree and thing we have the service we need and deserve? Smile

Canadian flake said...

I always say that everything happens for a reason..even if you don't know what the reason is..lol.