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After much painstaking research, FirstFoot can
exclusively reveal that "the real McCoy" does not exist.
We have discovered several similar genuine Clan
names such as Maccaa, McKee, Maccay, Maccaw, McCloy, Maceol, Mackim,
Maclae, Macowl, Macure and MacRoy but nowhere at all within the
official list of Clans and associated names does the mythical moniker
McCoy appear.
The real McCoy, therefore, is by definition actually
something that isn't real.
As if to back this up, the only famous McCoy's
we could find are all indeed fakes.
If, however, you claim to be a "real"
McCoy by birth, our advice to you would be to quietly drop the Mc
and simply remain coy.
Famous McCoys include;
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Doctor McCoy
The pessimistic doctor in Star
Trek who was always grumpy, took the piss out of Spock
and made all his diagnosis with nothing more than a
mobile phone which made a funny noise. Nobody is quite
sure, but it is thought his first name was "Bones".
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McCoy's Crisps
(Potato Chips, for the benefit
of our American cousins)
Quite tasty admittedly, but
simply not the "real McCoy" of the crisp world,
an honour which instead goes to "Golden Wonder".
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Sylvester McCoy
A short-arsed actor who pretended
for a while to be Doctor Who, but was obviously an imposter.
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Charles "Kid" McCoy
1872-1940
An unpredictable American
boxer. You never knew what to expect with "Kid"
McCoy. The "Kid" had a penchant for fixed
fights and double crosses. Yet he was an accomplished
fighter.
But you never knew which
McCoy would turn up and before a fight fans would wonder
if this was the "Real McCoy". This is supposedly
where the saying began.
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