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.
“And how do you find the English students, Donald?” she
asked. “Mother,” he replied, “they’re such terrible,
noisy people. The one on that side keeps banging his
head on the wall and won’t 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
neighbors? “Mother, I do nothing. I just ignore them.
I stay here quietly, playing my bagpipes.”