Humor of Scotland

[erdtek]

Humor of Scotland

For me, as I suppose for most of us, it is a prime condition of humor that it must be without harm or malice, nor should it convey even incidentally any real picture of sorrow or suffering or death. There is a great deal in humor of Scotland (I admit its general merit). Take this familiar story (I quote it as something already known and not for the sake of telling it.)
A Scotsman had a sister-in-law. She was his wife's sister with whom he could never agree. He always objected to going anywhere with her. In spite of his wife's entreaties he always refused to do so.
One day the poor was taken moratally ill. She lay dying. She called her husband to her bed and whispered:
"John, you'll drive Janet with you to my funeral, will you not?"
The Scotsman, after an internal struggle, answered:
"Margaret, I'll do it for you but it will spoil my day"