The Laughing Wolf

Happy Birthday Mr. Burns

No, not the one in the comics. The one who is the poet and responsible for many an ode to a haggis. Robert Burns was born this day, as Ith and Straight White Guy remind me. Will have to hoist a dram to his memory this night, and mayhaps even read a poem or two. Not one of his best known, but one of his best is Nine Inch Will Please A Lady and he had a flair for satire and bawdy humor (find Louse and his comments to same) not taught in most classes. In fact, the poem cited is one I found in high school reading a collected works, and it set me on a mission to find others like it. Nothing quite as good, but quite a bit of bawdy, rowdy, and interesting fun. I also discovered that he hated Czar Catherine and wished her all manner of creative ill, to the point that his descriptions of what should be done to her would make a great S&M story. Nope, not what most think of, but then again I have always had a low sense of humor. I love his high poetry, but also like the low, and to both of those and to the man, I bow and say "Thanks" this day.

LW