Could you identify this illness?

Gordon Brown is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one. The patient replies:



"Fair fa your honest sonsie face,

Great chieftain o the puddin race,

Aboon them a ye take yer place,

Painch, tripe or thairm,

As langs my airm."



Brown is confused, so he just grins and moves on to the next patient.

The patient responds:



"Some hae meat an canna eat,

And some wad eat that want it,

But we hae meat an we can eat,

So let the Lord be thankit."



Even more confused, and his grin now rictus-like, the PM moves on to the next patient, who immediately begins to chant:



"Wee sleekit, cowerin, timrous beasty,

O the panic in thy breasty,

Thou needna start awa sae hastie,

Wi bickering brattle."



Now seriously troubled, Brown turns to the accompanying doctor and asks "Is this a psychiatric ward?"



"No," replies the doctor, "this is the serious Burns unit."

Could you identify this illness?
Absolutely brilliant.

This is the best joke, including mine, that has been on here for ages.

Have a star.



Don`t you just love some of the other answers.

Makes it all worthwhile.

Good job you didn`t mention "Rabbie Burns"

They would think it is a Jewish joke. Ha Ha.
Reply:Serious Burns as opposed to George Burns?
Reply:That's the scotts 4 ya, may b rab nessbit was there 2.
Reply:Sounds to me like a case of overdosing on haggis and falling into a stuper of trying to recite poetry written by Robert Burns, the famous Scottish poet.
Reply:Well you got me laughing my head off!

you deserve a star! *

well done!!!!!!!
Reply:Cool
Reply:I don't get it.



Does anyone else not get it or am I just slow .. =(
Reply:I LOVE SNOW
Reply:oh they got burned and cannot speak correctly makes sense to me.
Reply:heres your star
Reply:erm they burnt their tongue??
Reply:haha very good!
Reply:ah but my love is a red red rose. i cant believe some of the answers to this. its a bloody good joke.
Reply:Very funny. I'm not that familiar with Burn's work but a good joke nevertheless.
Reply:Is Burns like a William Shakespeare?
Reply:na i dont get it either
Reply:Sounds to me as though they all seriously burned their tounges. Therefore, their tounges are all bandaged up, so they're having trouble speaking... And for some reason also feel like speaking in rhyme...

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