A collection of serious and silly sayings by the legendary Gandry Macallan.
Macallan = memes with meaning!
What a guy! What wit! What sideburns! He holds us all spellbound! Speak, oh great one:
The image is the same in each case, but the words are different. Oh yes.
Just who WAS the legendary Gandry Macallan?
"Gandry Macallan (1831? - 1911) was a mysterious figure, sometimes known as the ‘legendary’ Gandry Macallan. He appears to have been all things to all men, and quite a few women. Engineer, soldier, lecturer, politician, explorer and writer, he was an example of a renaissance man who combined intellectual work with practical experience and considerable adventure.
Of Scottish ancestry Macallan seems to have been born in the remote town of Muddlesbrough sometime in the 1830s. Although research by the University of Sunderland in the 1970s indicates the town of Muddlesbrough was first mentioned in the Anglo-saxon chronicles in 862 it had ceased to exist in 1683 (possibly as a result of flood) and no subsequent mention of it has been found. The place is not to be confused with the larger town of Middlesbrough, despite the similar name. Another common misconception is that he is connected to Macallan whisky, which has been refuted.
The town of Macallan in the mid west does have a greater claim though, since Gandry stayed for some time there in the 1870s along with his fellow Scots, Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Carlyle, while they conducted a speaking tour of America. The three men were of wildly differing views, yet Carnegie is reported to have said it was the most intellectually stimulating tour he ever engaged on.
Gandry Macallan served as a member of Parliament in the UK for several years in the 1890s, though as an independent, unaffiliated with any party. He is reputed to have had a large influence on the historic welfare reforms announced by the Liberal government in 1911, mere days before Gandry’s death. He also spoke up, with great persuasive fire, against imperialism, economic injustice and in support of women's suffrage. His speeches there and selected writings from his seven published books form the basis for the collection ‘The Sayings of the Legendary Gandry Macallan’. Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in his last unfinished work ‘The Book of Pseudepigrapha’, mentions Gandry Macallan as being: “After Stevenson, my favorite Scot.”
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"Gandry Macallan (1831? - 1911) was a mysterious figure, sometimes known as the ‘legendary’ Gandry Macallan. He appears to have been all things to all men, and quite a few women. Engineer, soldier, lecturer, politician, explorer and writer, he was an example of a renaissance man who combined intellectual work with practical experience and considerable adventure.
Of Scottish ancestry Macallan seems to have been born in the remote town of Muddlesbrough sometime in the 1830s. Although research by the University of Sunderland in the 1970s indicates the town of Muddlesbrough was first mentioned in the Anglo-saxon chronicles in 862 it had ceased to exist in 1683 (possibly as a result of flood) and no subsequent mention of it has been found. The place is not to be confused with the larger town of Middlesbrough, despite the similar name. Another common misconception is that he is connected to Macallan whisky, which has been refuted.
The town of Macallan in the mid west does have a greater claim though, since Gandry stayed for some time there in the 1870s along with his fellow Scots, Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Carlyle, while they conducted a speaking tour of America. The three men were of wildly differing views, yet Carnegie is reported to have said it was the most intellectually stimulating tour he ever engaged on.
Gandry Macallan served as a member of Parliament in the UK for several years in the 1890s, though as an independent, unaffiliated with any party. He is reputed to have had a large influence on the historic welfare reforms announced by the Liberal government in 1911, mere days before Gandry’s death. He also spoke up, with great persuasive fire, against imperialism, economic injustice and in support of women's suffrage. His speeches there and selected writings from his seven published books form the basis for the collection ‘The Sayings of the Legendary Gandry Macallan’. Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in his last unfinished work ‘The Book of Pseudepigrapha’, mentions Gandry Macallan as being: “After Stevenson, my favorite Scot.”
Check out and LIKE his facebook page HERE folks, just set up recently and already full of serious and silly sayings by the lad himself:
fb.me/gandrymacallan
Check out and LIKE his facebook page HERE folks, just set up recently and already full of serious and silly sayings by the lad himself:
fb.me/gandrymacallan
fb.me/gandrymacallan