Scottish humour is very dry, he's from not that far away from me, my mate used to coach him and his brother for a bit, so I understand his humour. He has had stick for what he's said before and can understand also people hearing what he's saying and believing it, doesnae help matters that the media in our country subtly tries to keep any scottish/english bigotry going. I know you aint gonna necessarily believe what i'm saying either but believe me, he wasnae serious in what he was saying, Some people get it I know, and hes been haunted by it since he said it but it wasnae said with ill will, we scots are very dry honest!