Here’s an old draft I found but never got round to posting.
It’s probably too good to trash – so here it is …
You know you are a true Scot if………..
Ye can properly pronounce McConnochie, Ecclefechan, Milngavie, Sauchiehall Street , St. Enoch, Auchtermuchty and Aufurfuksake.
Yer used tae four seasons in wan day.
Ye kin faw aboot pished withoot spilling yer drink.
Ye measure distance in minutes.
Ye kin understaun Rab C Nesbitt and know characters just like him in yer ain family.
Ye kin make hael sentences jist wae sweer wurds.
Ye know whit haggis is made ae and stull like eating it.
Somedy ye know his used a fitba schedule tae plan thur wedding day date.
You’ve been at a wedding and fitba scores are announced in the Church/Chapel.
Ye urny surprised tae find curries, pizzas, kebabs, fish n chips, iron-bru, fags and nappies all in the wan shop.
Yer holiday home at the seaside has calor gas under it.
Ye know irn-bru is a hangover cure.
Ye actually understand this and yurr gonnae send it tae yer pals.
Finally, you are 100% Scot if you have ever said/heard these words;
how’s it hingin
clarty
boggin
cludgie
pished
get it up ye
wee beasties
erse bandit
amurny
away an bile yer heid
peely-wally
humphey backit
Baw-heid
Baw Bag
dubble nugget
And finally……
A wee Glesga wumman goes intae a butcher shop, where the butcher has just came oot the freezer, and is standing haunds ahint his back, with his erse aimed at an electric fire. The wee wumman checks oot the display case then
asks,
“Is that yer Ayrshire bacon?”
“Naw,” replies the butcher. “It’s jist ma haun’s ah’m heatin”
Posted by aldogreat on July 9, 2010
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/an-old-unpublished-draft-post-now-published/
I’ve always thought ‘Good Things Bad Things’ had a nice ring to it.
And so do some others:
http://goodthingsbadthings.blogspot.com/
Unfortunately the second one is for invited guests only – must be good stuff (and bad stuff)
Posted by aldogreat on October 15, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/more-gtbt/
Should really have posted this in June.
File under Good Things.
Baza in the province of Granada, Andalucia.
It pays to get off the beaten track once in a while although this exercise was more cost-driven than a desire to visit an area known as the Badlands of Spain.
Accommodation: A little cortijo on the outskirts of Baza.
Just a little bit nice!
Places:
Alhambra Palace
Early afternoon at the Alhambra. Snow capped Sierra Nevada in the background.
Baza
The Plaza Mayor in Baza. Very little English spoken here so you do need to know some basic Spanish to get by.
(Cerveza, vino etc)
Castril
Castril is a one of these whitewashed villages in the hills. This is the gorge walk at the bottom of the town.
Posted by aldogreat on August 11, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/baza/
A ‘Bad Thing’ I am guilty of.
I have 3 draft posts, unfinished and therfore, unpublished.
Posted by aldogreat on August 4, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/blog-apathy/
Another holiday weekend over.
Good Things
Loch Lomond taken from Inveruglas
And all this just 45 minutes from Glasgow.
Bad Things
Posted by aldogreat on May 7, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/hail-caledonia/
No Good Things
Bad Things
Posted by aldogreat on April 29, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/whos-taking-sides/
Remember the girls on the Tennents lager cans?
How about these beer cans from Russia?
Not quite the same but still quite a ‘Good Thing’
Posted by aldogreat on April 24, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/based-on-an-original-idea-by-tennents/
Five months since the last entry!
Good Things Bad Things returns with a Good Thing / Bad Thing thingy.
The following is a list of the UK’s most unfortunate names; a good thing if your name isn’t listed and vice versa.
Stan Still was in the RAF.
“When I was in the RAF my commanding officer used to shout ‘Stan Still, get a move on’ and roll about laughing,” he said.
Not to be outdone the US have their own list where these take pride of place.
Posted by aldogreat on February 26, 2009
http://goodthingsbadthings.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/so-whats-in-a-name/
