Laphroaig will (or used to? I haven’t checked in a while) also “sell” you a 1 square foot parcel of land in Scotland for about $50. But it comes with a free bottle of whisky.
Unlike established titles, they even spell out your rights under the registration: you can put a marker on “your” plot of land, and they will pay you rent of 1 dram of whisky a year if you visit the distillery.
Up to 6 figures per the video apparently! And I’m surprised that as big a channel as Legal Eagle only got a $7k offer.
Not sure if it’s “why”, but Laphroaig scotch used to (maybe still does?) include a cute little certificate with its bottles giving the bearer title of a 1-squre foot of land. But I’m pretty sure everyone got the joke.
As a “Friend” [ed someone who bought a bottle] you will be given a numbered plot (one square foot) of our land that runs alongside our all important water suppply – the Kilbride stream. If you visit us you can view your plot and of course claim your ground rent of a dram of our finest – though you will probably need to take a few precautions, as you will see later!
ETA: Ah, @ejeffrey beat me to it!
Yep. I just listened to the whole thing. It is just like that star registry. Basically you get a nice piece of paper stating something that outside of the issuing organization, has no actual merit
in the real world.
So if you are buying it for a piece of paper as a fun thing to have and display and/or plant a tree or two, then go for it.
If you think you are legally a lord in any sense, well, you are no more than I am a Sith Lord.
(I’m too nice to be a Sith Lord, I just like the aesthetic.)
Especially since a lawyer would give them some clout!
“It’s a Cloud!”
Sadly, it was only a dram per plot, on visit. A few years back your plots were consolidated to a single, shattering the dreams of those of us with a taste for Islay scotch and dreams of becoming peat barons.
Well, I have declared all of you bishops in the Hermetic Order of Knights Under Munich. With all pertaining rights and responsibilities that a bishop of HOKUM is granted.
Damn. I guess I’ve got to travel diagonally now.
Hell, you can do that without even buying a “title” to a square foot of land.
That’s Laird to you, peasant!
Right up there with the grift that used to sell “naming rights” to stars
Why Scotland? Because it’s Celtic enough to be foreign, and British enough to be familiar and respectable at the same time. Because Scotland is exotic and lily-white. Because what most people know about Scotland is “charming accents and kilts and a legal system which is just different enough that that might be true” and not a lot more.
I know, but this oblique reference is still cheaper than whatever those land scammers have plotted.
Either of the major parties will do. I suppose even the Lib Dems might do in a pinch. You’ll have to wait a lot longer but whoever is in power does normally throw a few bones to the other parties so as long as you keep donating (and dropping enough hints) you should get there eventually.
Or you could try winning a few sporting events. A couple of rugby world cups or one football tournament of any international level should do the trick.
Perhaps say Scotland is perceived to be those things.
Or it was, until pretty recently…
From an American perspective they’re pretty white. The whitest of any US States are Maine and Vermont at about 94%, while the US overall is about 75%. Per the latest census Scotland is 96% white, which is much higher than England (82%) and even higher than Ireland (94%). I’m not necessarily criticizing the good people of Scotland for their relative lack of diversity but they are objectively pretty white.
Funny you should mention that.
