English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.
The giant squid is the perfect embodiment of a sea monster: it is huge, it has tentacles, it has big eyes, and it is absolutely frightening-looking. But, most important, it is real. Unlike the Loch Ness monster, we know it's out there.
The Loch Ness monster doesn't exist either. Loch Ness is just not big enough to hide a thirty foot amphibian or reptile for hundreds of years.
The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not.
There is magic in Scotland. It's country with a lot of pride and bravery. I feel lucky to have been born into that.
You nickednamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?
There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.
