(Forwarded by an English buddy who lives in Scotland)

Donald MacDonald from the Isle of Skye went to study at an English university and was living in the hall of residence with all the other students there.

After he had been there a month, his mother came to visit him (no doubt carrying reinforcements of tatties, salt herring, oatmeal and whiskey).

How do you find the English students, Donald? she asked.

Mother, he replied, theyre such terrible, noisy people. The one on that side keeps banging his head on the wall and wont stop. The one on the other side screams and screams all night.

Oh Donald! How do you manage to put up with these awful noisy English neighbours?

Mother, I do nothing. I just ignore them. I just stay here quietly, playing my bagpipes.