The Op is in Scotland ...my family are from Scotland ... perhaps go old school, pal, and gie em laldie wie a big thistle! If Thistles are not classified as an offensive weapon, then they should be.
No offence to anyone here. I am trying to give us all a doom-break, just for a bit of fun. It sometimes feels like a curse to be able to see the bigger picture as we all do and not be able to do much about it, if you get what I mean. I am not trying to be flippant or make light. I think it is a UK thing - we try to make a joke out of stuff when it is looking bad. I reckon some of you lovely people get this.