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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2013 20:21:37 GMT -1
I was just starting to nod off when wean comes upstairs and says "There's someone in the garden". So being back of 3am, that sounds a wee bit off. First thought was young people from the mews out back partying (normal for Saturday night) so got up, dragged on dressing gown to make sure it was only them. It wisnae though. Looked out front, there's five young men sitting on the roundabout right opposite, having a fag and a beer or three. It was at that point I noticed my garden furniture wisnae in it's usual place. i.e in the effing garden.... Took a minute to check them out and listen to their loud conversation before being tempted to call the polis. Reckoned fairly quickly these are not neds, these are hideously drunk well-spoken young people. SO.......I starts battering on the window, as in WTF? Some big lad, kilted, waves back. 'Is this yours' he yells.' Too effen right' I yell back. So contritely, they put the table and chairs back, shout 'Sorry, missus' and stumble off down the hill. I gave 'em a couple of obscene gestures in return, I think they got my drift.... Entitled, drunken middle class boys. Would they have put the stuff back if they'd not been rumbled though? Bitta respect would be in order.  |
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Post by ozneil on Apr 28, 2013 21:16:12 GMT -1
lol luv it but wouldnt be funny for you rolo.
Several years so long ago I cant remember whether Oz or UK.
Rather think it was Oz.
A lady reported to the cops her favourite garden gnome had been stolen. A month or so later a letter arrived from Bali with a pic of her gnome and a note saying he was enjoying his trip. This happened at odd intervals over the next couple of years or so from all sorts of exotic places varying from South America to Europe then one morning she woke up and found her gnome on her door step a bit worse for wear but unbroken.
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Post by bormes on Apr 29, 2013 9:46:14 GMT -1
Nice story OZ !!
At least they were well mannered Rolo and did no damage !!
There is a Grosvenor Cafe Menu board in a chap's flat in the West End, some day I shall tease him about it!!
Stewart of Belle and Sebastian has a complete Booth, table bench seats ashtrays salt and pepper etc., in his house and we are delighted he has them !!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 22:04:46 GMT -1
lol luv it but wouldnt be funny for you rolo. . Nah, no worries, the wean was very briefly alarmed at seeing a gang of guys in the garden but I sussed them out sharpish, as not a ned-type threat. Just some entitled yahs, 20 yr olds giving it drunken bravado but when challenged, they cave in.... I did wonder if we'd not been aware, they'da left my furniture on the roundabout (guaranteed to have been gone within a few hours...). And I do wonder if they thought that would be ok, like if you live in G12 that means you don't work and pay for, everything you have. Strange mentalities going on just now re the value of work and stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 22:31:16 GMT -1
Nice story OZ !! At least they were well mannered Rolo and did no damage !! There is a Grosvenor Cafe Menu board in a chap's flat in the West End, some day I shall tease him about it!! Stewart of Belle and Sebastian has a complete Booth, table bench seats ashtrays salt and pepper etc., in his house and we are delighted he has them !! Ma dear, I don't have tangible stuff from those days, like booths or menus and stuff.............It's kinda good to know some muso friends do though. Me and my wean (just about to turn 20! eeek!!!) just have the fondest of memories instead. I can see her yet, as a wobbly toddler, standing up in the booth and pointing at the muriel, learning her WE geography, waiting for her half-pizza weekend treat. while Ghis always had a wee sweetie for the wee ones at the cash desk. I guess it sounds a bit daft and sentimental. But hey. ;D |
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Post by notanimby on May 3, 2013 5:41:52 GMT -1
Nice story OZ !! At least they were well mannered Rolo and did no damage !! There is a Grosvenor Cafe Menu board in a chap's flat in the West End, some day I shall tease him about it!! Stewart of Belle and Sebastian has a complete Booth, table bench seats ashtrays salt and pepper etc., in his house and we are delighted he has them !! How did they manage to sneak all that stuff oot without yooz noticin' ? In a similar vein........... Years ago when I was in the BB, we used to attend annual summer camps in far flung places like Torquay, Newquay Gt Yarmouth, Blackpool etc Garden gnomes were a favourite souveneer memento to bring home, or signs, or street furniture etc I knowof many houses in port glasgow with gardens resplendent with gnomes from all over the country Anyways one year in the the early 1980s another port bb company were in the cornwall area on their two week jaunt and they lifted dozens of gnomes from one garden, it made the national newspapers and a reward was offered of a couple of thousand for their return The leadeers of that company approached us as we were heading down there on a wee break ( not BB related) to see if we couldtake them back and claim the reward, they would obviously split it with us - they were tellt to fek aff |
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Post by bormes on May 3, 2013 6:10:14 GMT -1
Menu board was nicked !! However the other stuff we gave to Stewart when redecorating !!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 1:16:28 GMT -1
Remind me to tell you about the Legendary Sandwich, which went on tour with a Scottish band for some 5 years or so.
I'm that effing tired tonight I can't be arsed, maybe tomorrow.........
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Post by bormes on May 4, 2013 6:44:06 GMT -1
Thinking back,,,,,
Years ago there was an Esso advert, put a Tiger in your tank and a big cardboard cut out of the Tiger from the Frosties cereal box. Well like it anyway, it was appropriated by some soldiers for their camp for some nefarious reason. At the same time a Lassie in Brecon became known as Maggie May, from a song by Rod Stewart, can't quite remember why ??
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Post by ozneil on May 4, 2013 22:54:42 GMT -1
memory clicks into gear..... Picnics on roundabouts in the middle of the night : BONG!! Light bulb above head flashing!!!!! Adjacent to the night club strip in Sydney there is a large square, Taylor Square, which was, before underground roads, the intersection of 6 multi-lane arterial roads and the court building, a traffic snarl all day  . Its all changed now with the advent of cross city tunnels However there was in the middle of this mobile car park a traffic island about 20 yards diameter with flower beds, lawn and one ginormous palm tree. It was known far and wide as "Gilligans Island" for 2 reasons. It looked like a desert island in a sea of traffic perfect for cast-aways And If you ever managaed to get on to it , an impossibility, during the day there was no way you would ever get off without the Care Flight Chopper coming to winch you out.. It was however very popular for midnight picnics for clubbers wending their weary way home. Some revellers woke up trapped!!! |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2013 20:53:17 GMT -1
hahahahaaaaa! ;D
Of course I know nothing about a home made rocket that got set off in someone's West End front garden in the dead of night once...oh, it was last century....
Except it was a helluva lot louder than expected, set off house and car alarms for several blocks, while some residents called the polis reporting they'd heard gunfire........oooooooooops!
Cue Polis helichopper and all sorts.
Probably hence why was so relaxed re mobile furniture incident..... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by ozneil on May 6, 2013 21:06:05 GMT -1
Had a friend that lived in Novar Gardens/street or something. He was proud possessor of a Rover. One Friday night/Saturday Morning bout 2am he was wakened by his car alarm going off, Raced to window, car lights flashing but no one about so down he went and switched every thing off. Next week same night same time same thing! Third week ditto. Forth week he stayed up and at 2 am he saw a railway worker obviously going home from work reached friends car, looked round , then shook it off went the alarm and off went the worker like a rat up a drainpipe.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2013 19:36:36 GMT -1
EEK! What was that about then? Politics of envy??? Interestingly when we moved from North Kelvinside to Kelvinside our car insurance premium dropped by half  Yet there's far more car crime where we live now. It's been commonplace to see shattered glass and covered up windows every other week.... Strangely though there's been far fewer incidences since the kids' home down the road was relocated a couple of years back. (Mr Rolo caught two young teens vandalising a car one night and chased them. Guess where they took refuge?). Too many unfortunate kids in the care system |
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Post by ozneil on May 9, 2013 21:53:30 GMT -1
Rolo Rote Dont know here it would have been pure devilment Costs me about £325 for third party and another £450 for full comprehensive...... and Im in a low risk area |
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Yet there's far more car crime where we live now. It's been commonplace to see shattered glass and covered up windows every other week....