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@rubyred wrote:
bet ye didnt even know that oor wullie was a wee dundee boy. as is dennis the menace etc. ! Everyone here knows someone who works in D.C’s. the publishers. they used to only employ protestants till a few years ago. We did a wee play and they refused to advertise it,as i included the lines.
30 years o cleaning. cleaning for a company,
wondering who was gonna be,first one oot the door ( sacked)
30 years o scrubbing floors,on bended knees wi running sores.
it fairly maks ye sick..but I got the last laugh… as im a Cath- o- lic :) ……….the last line had them laughing :)
ok okay i admit its a ” ye HAD to be there moment” ;)
I know I may be a bit duncey at times….. but I kinda knew at a younger age that the accent wasnt braw glaswegien… I knew it was broader than that….. now I get the DC thingy and tonight it has all fallen into place.
Ol hen br0oon goin for his date and the twins ruinin it for him… old ma broon finding ol pa broon doin what he shouldne be doin….
fookin love it…. if only sunny knew where the double oo’s came frae eh! xx
i wanna go an read me books noo!
och i wasnt being cheeky hen.. its just amazing at the folks who read oor wullie et al, in a kinda West coast accent, where in fact he is a wee Dundonian.. that mans a man was great for that,, as they got his accent right :) no big deal like, but we get the short straw in dundee. So i defend her wherever i can :)
An 80-year-old Scotsman goes to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor is amazed at what good shape the guy is in and asks, ‘How do you stay in such great physical condition?’
‘I’m a Scotsman and I am a golfer,’says the old guy, ‘and that’s why I’m in such good shape. I’m up well before daylight and out golfing up and down the fairways. I have a glass of Scotch, and all is well.’
‘Well,’ says the doctor, ‘I’m sure that helps, but there’s got to be more to it. How old was your Dad when he died?’ ‘Who said my Dad’s dead?’
The doctor is amazed. ‘You mean you’re 80 years old and your Dad’s still alive. How old is he?’
‘He’s 100 years old,’ says the old Scots golfer. ‘In fact he golfed with me this morning, and then we went to the topless beach for a walk and had a little Scotch and that’s why he’s still alive. He’s a Scotsman and he’s a golfer too.’
‘Well,’ the doctor says, ‘that’s great, but I’m sure there’s more to it than that. How about your Dad’s Dad? How old was he when he died?’ ‘Who said my grandpa’s dead?’
Stunned, the doctor asks, ‘You mean you’re 80 years old and your grandfather’s still living! Incredible, how old is he?’
‘He’s 118 years old,’ says the old Scots golfer. The doctor is getting frustrated at this point, ‘So, I guess he went golfing with you this morning too?’
‘No. Grandpa couldn’t go this morning because he’s getting married today.’
At this point the doctor is close to losing it. ‘Getting married!! Why would a 118 year-old guy want to get married?’
‘Who said he wanted to?’I bought Horslips album ‘The Tain’ on the strength of this single, way back on first release.The magic has never faded..as neither have I :wink:
Well.. a kinda Esme “Thread-Blend” here twixt the Cabal and Plugged In gig 8)
A tune that we Irish have loved to go mental to in the St. Patrick’s Day watering holes of recent years :P
Some may recognise it from the film THE DEPARTED.
Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up To Boston
The absolutely brilliant beginning of the movie INTERMISSION
Welcome to Dublin :lol:
What a gloomy racket that Boston tune is.
This thread worries me. I’ve noticed a tendency in what we might call the Celtic nations to sometimes wallow in their own marketing. People often say that it is a failing of the English that they lack one of these myth narrative identities but I think the unwillingness to sign up for one is a strength and a credit to the nation.
My instict is that David Hume has at least as much to offer my sense of Scottishness as Ossian and, even though my family comes from the Highlands, I’m beginning to resent its Walter Scott hijack.
That’s not to say that some of the individual postings haven’t been excellent, in their own right.
I was just gonna say shite in yer hat and punch it, then you posted.
Not that that exempts you from the grumpy old man hat that I have assigned you with.
Pilot is a grumpy git at his best, you can still punch his grumpy hat though 8)
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