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There you are. Well done.
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You know, ladies and gentlemen,
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one of the compensations
of achieving a certain notoriety,
:17:19
if only as a rugby player,
:17:20
is that occasionally
you're asked to give things away.
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It's often said that giving beats receiving.
:17:28
Let me tell you -
:17:30
the look of delight
on those litle boys' faces
:17:32
was worth ten of the tin pots gathering
dust on my Edinburgh sideboard.
:17:38
When we were in China, my father here
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was always waxing lyrical
about his wee home in the glen.
:17:45
But being oriental-born myself,
:17:48
like my brothers and my sister here,
:17:50
I suffered from a natural incredulity.
:17:54
But looking about me now -
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the heather on the hills -
:17:59
I can see he was right.
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It's very special.
:18:08
Thank you for welcoming us home.
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And thank you
:18:11
for reminding me that I am,
and will be whilst I breathe,
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a Scot.
:18:22
Mr Provost, sir.
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Before you allow Eric here to go...
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Is it not true that the main event
of the meeting is still to be run?
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The 200-yards open championship.
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It's the last event
of this gathering, by tradition.
:18:39
Do you not think, if we can find him some kit,
:18:42
we might persuade Scotland's
finest wing to show us his paces?
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What do you say, Eric?