Scotland's ridiculous referendum? No, but yes!

Richard Whiteoak
Sep 18, 2014
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For obvious reasons, I support the "No" Campaign in Scotland's ridiculous referendum for independence. In response to this vote, I took it upon myself to 'hedge my bets' and visited my local Dan Murphy’s to stock up on a couple of bottles of my favourite whiskey: the 14 YO Oban Highland Single Malt. My justification of this purchase to my horrified wife? "if Scotland becomes independent, they'll have to tax something to pay for all of their citizenry’s social security benefits. If their oil runs dry, what else do they have?"

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