"Scottish country dancing -- it's really just math [...] The secret to Scottish country dancing is being able to count while being drunk at the same time." -- Craig Ferguson, responding to a guest who asked what kind of dancing he knows how to do, on the CBS television show The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, 2007-05-09 [phrasing of second half of quote approximate -- I didn't tape it to be able to go back and check -- DGA]
For a contrasting view regarding the simplicity, or lack thereof, of Scottish country dancing, read about Scottish dancers having to work around the inadvertent presence of a bare knife in a set: "[...] A moment after he picked up his sgian dubh he suddenly realized that this was exactly the wrong time in the dance to have a dagger in his hands. [..]"
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Scottish country dancing seems to appeal to a lot of mathematicians, scientists, IT professionals, and librarians.
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