I've watched my mother, who's been a type 1 diabetic, turn 86 years old a few weeks ago. She still has all her parts and is of sound mind. Virtually unheard of for a diabetic to still be trouble free after that many years as a type 1 diabetic.

She immigrated to the US from Scotland when she married my dad in the 50's.

She's always been as tough as a Scottish thistle. Never sick or down.

I'm beginning to think being a Scot is the Chuck Norris of ethnicity.

They are indeed a tough breed. My stepfather's dad came over on the boat alone from Scotland in the early 1900s. He was 13 years old. Ended up making his fortune in America. I always liked him, a crusty old guy who pulled no punches + told stories of the way things used to be.

We of Scottish heritage are tough bunch-like Chuch Norris.

The presence of the thistle in the national coat is due to the fact that when the Norsemen invaded their shores to loot, rape, slave, + all that good old viking performance was quashed quite a bit by barefoot vikings chasing shod Scots through the heather, as it were.

Well yeah…Scottish people have booze named after them….

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
We of Scottish heritage are tough bunch-like Chuch Norris.

We Germans are tougher.

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Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
We of Scottish heritage are tough bunch-like Chuch Norris.

We Germans are tougher.

Weren't the Germans defeated by Britain? Just sayin'.

BTW: My Scottish mother (6YO at the time) was given the engine room canary by the townsfolk when they captured a German U-boat sailing up the Clyde River in WWII.

She said it was delicious.

We the Heinz 57 are tougher
We use dingleberries on raindeer for Xmas