And That's Why They Have a Get Out of Ghetto Free Pass, Good Anywhere in the Continental U.S.

This was posted on another blog to show what an inveterate flirt Craig Ferguson is. After watching it, I decided to post it here for another reason entirely—because it demonstrates why black people have a common bond with the Scots:

Craig Ferguson: You know once my father was in the back garden. It was a sunny day, and he was sitting in the back garden. He was, like, sitting in a deck chair. And he said, “Aye, son …” I went out to see him. I wasn't living there at the time. I went out to see him. He said, “Lovely day, isn't it, son?”

I went, “Yeah, it's very nice, dad.”

He went, “Do you know the best thing about it?”

I said, “No, I don't.”

“I've just listened to the weather report, and it's f––g raining in England.” [laughs heartily] …

Irrelevant Starlet: Do you not like… You don't like British?

Craig Ferguson: What, the English? They're okay—apart from the 300 years of colonial oppression.

And that's why we love 'em. Like us—and unlike white Americans—the Scots just can't let shit go. They can laugh about the oppression, sure. Who can't? Let it go? Well, that's un-bloody-likely, now, isn't it? Black people appreciate that on levels most people cannot understand.

It's the foundation of a love that pales the love between mother and child by comparison. It's almost divine, really.