Proper Scotsman

A proper Scotsman, I've been told, is a drunk one. But drunken Scotsmen are not unpleasant people. They are boisterous, festive, adventurous, and gregarious. They generously offer friendship and conversation until sobriety sets in. A proper Scotsman is one who loves people, especially those who flood in from all corners for drink and merriment. A proper Scotsman understands life and embraces it unconditionally. He welcomes challenge and conflict alongside more sensual pleasures. He shies away from no obstacle. He refuses to capitulate to petty and parochial conventions. He makes his own way. He seizes the day (carpe diem) and lives moment to moment - until sobriety sets in. A proper Scotsman is no stereotype. A proper Scotsman may the closest thing to an overman as we'll ever see.