A bit council (Vol 4)

[Toaster Pilot]

technodup said:

Fighting over a sausage supper. Only in Glasgow.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/s...

You don’t mess with a man’s sausage supper to be fair

[kev1974]

Toaster Pilot said:

technodup said:

Fighting over a sausage supper. Only in Glasgow.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/s...

You don’t mess with a man’s sausage supper to be fair

"A thug started a rammy" ... that's a phrase i've never seen in the London Evening Standard ..

[eldar]

kev1974 said:

"A thug started a rammy" ... that's a phrase i've never seen in the London Evening Standard ..

A rammy over a sausage supper, sounds quite, er, intimate.

[Frank7]

kev1974 said:

Toaster Pilot said:

technodup said:

Fighting over a sausage supper. Only in Glasgow.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/s...

You don’t mess with a man’s sausage supper to be fair

"A thug started a rammy" ... that's a phrase i've never seen in the London Evening Standard ..

Quite, it’s not hard to work out that it’s a Scottish colloquialism for scuffle or fight, rather like the word “bundle” which was in use in London at least, in the Sixties.
I was more surprised to learn that Glasgow has a branch of Tim Horton’s there.
I knew that TH had made inroads from Canada into the Northern U.S. states, and I’ve seen some branches in Madrid, Spain, but I had no idea that Glasgow had one.
I’ve always liked Scotland, and the Scots, but they’ve become even more likeable, now that I know that I can get a good cup of Canadian style coffee there.

[Toaster Pilot]

There’s one in Ayr too, next door to the Travelodge on the A77.

[kowalski655]

And one in Paisley Phoenix park

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Frank7 said:

Quite, it’s not hard to work out that it’s a Scottish colloquialism for scuffle or fight, rather like the word “bundle” which was in use in London at least, in the Sixties.
I was more surprised to learn that Glasgow has a branch of Tim Horton’s there.
I knew that TH had made inroads from Canada into the Northern U.S. states, and I’ve seen some branches in Madrid, Spain, but I had no idea that Glasgow had one.
I’ve always liked Scotland, and the Scots, but they’ve become even more likeable, now that I know that I can get a good cup of Canadian style coffee there.

I know you love your Americanisms, but why is it 'Madrid, Spain', and not 'Glasgow, Scotland'?

And Horton's coffee is barely any more drinkable than the rest of the North American muck they laughingly refer to as coffee.

[nonsequitur]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I know you love your Americanisms, but why is it 'Madrid, Spain', and not 'Glasgow, Scotland'?

And Horton's coffee is barely any more drinkable than the rest of the North American muck they laughingly refer to as coffee.

Geography is not at the top of an American's list, so the the double 'Paris, France' etc. helps out the uninitiated.

[Mafffew]

Jbeale96 said:

Just to confirm I’m not losing my sight, is that the Queen...?

Indeed it is. To be fair it did make me chuckle

[borcy]

nonsequitur said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I know you love your Americanisms, but why is it 'Madrid, Spain', and not 'Glasgow, Scotland'?

And Horton's coffee is barely any more drinkable than the rest of the North American muck they laughingly refer to as coffee.

Geography is not at the top of an American's list, so the the double 'Paris, France' etc. helps out the uninitiated.

Better known as London England syndrome.

[CanAm]

nonsequitur said:

Geography is not at the top of an American's list, so the the double 'Paris, France' etc. helps out the uninitiated.

Obviously to avoid confusion with the rather better known Paris, Texas.

[talksthetorque]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I know you love your Americanisms, but why is it 'Madrid, Spain', and not 'Glasgow, Scotland'?

Don’t you mean ‘Glasgow, United Kingdom’?

[MartG]

Not exactly bright getting yourself plastered all over the media while falsely claiming benefits :/

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/blac...

[NapierDeltic]

Frank7 said:

Quite, it’s not hard to work out that it’s a Scottish colloquialism for scuffle or fight, rather like the word “bundle” which was in use in London at least, in the Sixties.
I was more surprised to learn that Glasgow has a branch of Tim Horton’s there.
I knew that TH had made inroads from Canada into the Northern U.S. states, and I’ve seen some branches in Madrid, Spain, but I had no idea that Glasgow had one.
I’ve always liked Scotland, and the Scots, but they’ve become even more likeable, now that I know that I can get a good cup of Canadian style coffee there.

As an Edinbugger who has been exiled to the hinterland between Glasgow and Auld Reekie, I think we need to establish plainly that:

Glasgow = Council with bells on.

It bothers me greatly that so often Scotland as a whole is tarnished with Glasgow's problems. Myopic sectarian bigotry, violence, obesity, underage pregnancy... name your typical Scottish societal ill and basically you are looking at a bizarre hotspot hovering over the Clyde valley.

I used to work in our Edinburgh office, where breakfasts among colleagues were typically granolas or post-gym protein shakes. In Glasgow you hear coke cans being opened at 8:45 am, and see 'Big Davey' (he's some buoy, aye?) waddling off for his second bacon sandwich or "roll and sausage" (I hate that term) before 10:00 am. Riding the lift the two floors down and back to the canteen.

I've also noticed that a bigger (literally and figuratively) swathe of the population smokes in Glasgow. Young, old, high income and low income. Toddle past one of the NHS administrative buildings past Glasgow Central and you see obese office workers in their early twenties shivering on the pavement while gasping down a cigarette.

Walk further along to 'Four Corners' where Union Street meets Argyle Street, home of the sainted Tim of Horton, and you encounter junkies everywhere and open drug dealing. Stand in excrement on the pavement down there and you can't be sure if it came from the junkie's 'staffie dug' or the junkie themselves.


Moving on to coffee, Tim Hortons is bland. It has no acidity profile to speak of and there is a pervasive watery quality that cuts through whatever potent combination of milk/cream/sugar you decide to add. The numbered and ticketed ordering system is convoluted and half the staff struggle with basic English. Even the 'dark roast' is a timid chirrup of a cup of coffee compared to the 'Glasgow Roast' available round the corner at Gordon Street Coffee.

When I think of Canadians I don't think of them as foodies. I don't think of culture in general, in fact. Why would I trust them to know their stuff when it comes to coffee? Overweight people wearing too much denim driving three hours in a straight line through the wilderness to buy a 2 gallon bag of UHT milk, while listening to Hemispheres by Rush on repeat. Every Canadian I've met has had an insular 'everything back home is better' chippyness about them.

In order of play:

Glasgow = Council.

Getting excited because some bland North American fast food chain has opened on Scotland = Council.

Emigrating to Canada so that you can list "travel" on your 'interests' in Facebook, but winding up working in a Tim Hortons in a blizzard in Winnipeg for six months = Council.

Emigrating to Australia because "the weathers much hotter there, ken? And your hoose is like five minutes fae the beach ken?" = Uber Council.

[Sophisticated Sarah]

Eating food in the supermarket as you shop, then discarding the rubbish on the floor before getting to the till. Witnessed in Swansea this morning.

[NapierDeltic]

Sophisticated Sarah said:

Eating food in the supermarket as you shop, then discarding the rubbish on the floor before getting to the till. Witnessed in Swansea this morning.

Agreed. Eating it, producing the empty packaging at the till, paying for said item and disposing of the packaging in an environmentally friendly manner? Still ultra council. You shouldn't get so hungry that you need to refuel on the move like that, and you shouldn't have such a high degree of boredom that you need to stuff food in to stave it off.


On a similar note, giving your kids unpaid-for food in the supermarket "cos its the only way I can get him to shut up", then hiding the packaging behind other goods in a different part of the store, is mega council.

And the cousin of that Council move is taking some perishable goodies out the fridge section (say a pack of chicken breasts), then changing your mind later on and dumping the chicken somewhere in the homeware section of the shop.

[borcy]

I've seen supermarkets have a free fruit box to give to kids whilst they are out shopping with their parents. Never seen anyone take anything from it though.

[MikeT66]

talksthetorque said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I know you love your Americanisms, but why is it 'Madrid, Spain', and not 'Glasgow, Scotland'?

Don’t you mean ‘Glasgow, United Kingdom’?

However, why are some people labelled British and others Scottish? Tim Henman was always 'British', Andy Murray is always 'Scottish'. Even Wikipedia says Lewis Hamilton is British and yet David Coulthard is Scottish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coulthard

Anyway, what's the chance of some council fame-desperadoes on Channel 4's forthcoming "Bring Back The Bush", as highlighted by vixen1700 in the TV thread? Hopefully high...
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bring-back-the...

[Jonno02]

NapierDeltic said:

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As someone that's neither from Glasgow or Edinburgh, but has spent loads of time in both - I actually think Edinburgh is worse. The amount of beggars in Edinburgh is crazy. Yes ok, Glasgow has a few outside of Central, but that's where they seem to be concentrated. Edinburgh is full of people on average wages that would like you to think they're a millionaire; council. Another thing that I observed, people in Glasgow are very friendly. Although it is pretty well known for having the 'Scots-welcoming-attitude.' Edinburgh is far more hostile. People seem to think they're too good to acknowledge anybody else.

[Shuvi McTupya]

MikeT66 said:

However, why are some people labelled British and others Scottish? Tim Henman was always 'British', Andy Murray is always 'Scottish'. Even Wikipedia says Lewis Hamilton is British and yet David Coulthard is Scottish.

British = Good
Irish = Good
welsh= good
Scottish = good

English = racist zenophobic elitist.

HTH

(I'm English)