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Post by westender on Feb 21, 2011 11:03:36 GMT -1
But please tell that, to your friend in the cowboy hat. Like a rhinestone cowboy, riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo...? Nah, start again Westie, chalk this one down to practice-- ;D Ye're absolutely right. Sigh. Right everybody - ower to the new thread, and PLAY NICE this time!! * wail * .....That line about rhinestone cowboy... I always thought he was singin about sauce bottles
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Post by heidie on Feb 26, 2011 19:47:11 GMT -1
This threids bettir than the ither wan Ah must say,evin tho this wan turned oot shyte........
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Post by westender on Feb 26, 2011 19:56:19 GMT -1
This threids bettir than the ither wan Ah must say,evin tho this wan turned oot shyte........
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Post by notanimby on Feb 28, 2011 7:32:14 GMT -1
The name of it fills me and fills me with pride
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Post by westender on Feb 28, 2011 12:17:08 GMT -1
The name of it fills me and fills me with pride "The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride".
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Post by ozneil on Feb 28, 2011 18:37:47 GMT -1
The name of it fills me and fills me with pride "The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride". Though I do prefer " Mothers Choice"
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Post by notanimby on Feb 28, 2011 19:05:29 GMT -1
"The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride". Though I do prefer " Mothers Choice" mother sweet mother of mine
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Post by ozneil on Feb 28, 2011 19:50:18 GMT -1
whaur did ye put ma breeks??
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Post by andylin on Sept 14, 2013 6:51:52 GMT -1
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Post by lachlan on Sept 16, 2013 17:22:26 GMT -1
The group met on the South Inch. Not a large number but far more attendees than usual, this down to the "man", the man frae Dumbarton has promised tae appear and he would; Harlan Holericht, the man's best friend was already in town. So with representatives from Perth, Dumbarton and Paisley, this independence campaign might, just might, be taken seriously.
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Post by lachlan on Sept 17, 2013 1:24:09 GMT -1
This meeting out of doors was new tae the Perthians. Indoor meetings were the norm, offering a bit of privacy; fear that a man could lose his position if he voted the "wrong" way made for more prudence than one would admit to; but still it was guid that so many were here to hear the man. A wee bit afore nine and a tall stranger approached the group. Maist of the group wur sitting on the grass but there were some had brought lawn chairs and whether on chairs or no, curiosity aboot the stranger was evident. He stopped in front of the group, nodded and said tae the man closest tae him, "Angus Souter I believe, ustae play in the band at the Saint Johnstone club". "Ay, ah did" came the reply, "but who are you" ? And the tall man smiled said, "am Harlan Holericht and it's no my furst time in Perth, I ken fine the brother of the man who led yur band, and I brought a few sausage rolls and current buns and afore anyone asks, of course these are frae Murrays". He distributed the food and another man approached we two very large flasks, one we tea and the ithur we coffee and Harlan said, "and this is the man, the man frae Dumbarton, the man am hoping yees wull gie an ear tae". A couple of big men stepped forward and one addressed the man. "Ay, they wull listen or answer tae me" and he turned tae thais seated and said, "yees ken who I am and for those that don't, am Coop, Coop the third, the furst was Coop the Hearse, my grandfather, because he and the bandleader's faither dropped a coffin doon Kinnoull Hill the night before it was supposed to be buried in the cemetary, the dead man was a local solicitor so I wull leave ye tae yur ain conclusions...the man yur going tae listen tae is Hugh and Hugh has a few medical problems, problems that wid make a lesser man stay at hame, but I have heard him speak and he speaks for something he believes in, a free and independent Scotland.....so when yees are finished eating am inviting yees tae gather aroond a bit nearer the Silver Tay,,,listen for a bit and then ask yur questions.
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Post by lachlan on Sept 18, 2013 14:56:31 GMT -1
Those gathered to hear Hugh settled around him, seated or standing on the grass. No platform, no dais, no microphone, a man, no a big burly man jist a man mibee a wee bit below average in height but a man one would be inclined tae listen to. He was introduced by Harlan and before Hugh could say a word a man said, "what sort of a bloody name is Harlan, are ye no one of us, are ye American by any chance" ? Harlan smiled, "no, no American, A Scot, born and bread, and as for my name, I chose it myself.....my Faither was a drinker and the day I was born he was in his cups, celebrating, overjoyed because HE had produced the first grandson... two of his friends went with him to register my birth and between the three of them I was named after English Kings, but not really; my birth certificate showed Georgie as my first name, followed by Dick and Harry....at ten he decided I could choose any name and he asked what I would like to be when I grew up....I told him, a basketball player like we had seen when a team visited Glasgow....he said "a glodetrotter" and I said "yes, a harlan globetrotter" and if I had paid more attention to what was written on the programme, you would have been able to say, "Harlem, what sort of a bloody name is Harlem" ? And with that....here is Hugh.
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Post by lachlan on Sept 18, 2013 22:24:46 GMT -1
Hugh nodded, said, "thank you Harlan, and now the reason am here. The vote; they can call it a referendum, a plebiscite or anything they want but at the end of the day I would love tae be able tae look at my grandchildren and say, this country is yours, free and clear and a gift from my generation. The lead up to that is going to be a journey with side shows galore, debates, mud slinging, attempts tae bully, coerce and threats aplenty. I cannae see it being a pleasant journey unless we can side step the so-called issues". A man on the periphery, stood up, arm in the air and said, "is this you saying there are no issues, nothing we should be concerned with, just vote for dissolution no worries (?) because that is what the Bonnie Prince did, is it no; he was another promising a Scotland which was independent and we have been totally dependent ever since".
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Post by lachlan on Sept 23, 2013 11:53:22 GMT -1
Coop stepped forward and turned to address the questioner, said, "ye've been telt, ye listen tae the speaker and thair wull be time enough for questions, interrupt again and am gonnae bash yur face, issat clear". Hugh called for quiet, addressed Coop, "nae need for bashin" then he looked at the man we the concerns, said, "see yur question, important tae you but tae introduce the failure of Culloden wid be an aside thit diverts us, wid it no, ah mean thur isnae a comparison, want a comparison look across the Atlantic, and the reason I say that is because the the folk who wish tae maintain the status quo have introduced currency as a diversion, see thais laddies across the pond took a paper frae Abroath, adopted much of that as a guideline and didnae gie a fig aboot pounds sterling, no they didnae, jist went and invented thair ain money and it seems tae have worked quite well; see thone is jist one of the side streets we should avoid; my een are firmly fixed oan the folk of this land making governing laws we can all live we....and afore anyone brings up euro, that shuidnae be a concern for us until we have the power tae decide for oorselves and if that sounds like am sayin tae hell we Westminster then I am, BUT, am no sayin tae hell we the English, we all have far to many ties tae many folk who live south of Hadrian's wall.
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Post by bormes on Sept 23, 2013 13:05:53 GMT -1
Good story !!
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