A bit council (Vol 4)
Discussion
HTP99 said:
Rewe said:
alorotom said:
Road2Ruin said:
Went in to McDonald's last night, council already I know, and a mother was buying her child (age 3 maybe) a big Mac meal! With shake and medium fries. What the juddering is going on where a 3 year old eats a very poor adult meal....
where does that child's future lie?
Obesity, heart disease, TIA and then an early death ... where does that child's future lie? Then discover NP&E on piston heads and find that they are one of the saner ones!
EarlofDrift said:
I came out of work one evening to see a woman with a toddler in a buggy at a bus stop, the toddler was swigging from a 500ml bottle of Coke, I had to do a double take. That kid probably spent the rest of the evening swinging from the ceiling.
A quick swig of methadone will get them off to sleep...CharlesdeGaulle said:
Shuvi McTupya said:
Dog Star will be all over that.That Daily Mirror link - the mum looks off-scale filthy so I suspect she goes like a train.
MG-Steve said:
EarlofDrift said:
I came out of work one evening to see a woman with a toddler in a buggy at a bus stop, the toddler was swigging from a 500ml bottle of Coke, I had to do a double take. That kid probably spent the rest of the evening swinging from the ceiling.
A quick swig of methadone will get them off to sleep...this is never ever going to happen.
everything internally was coated with mud.
one lad sat perched like a bird of prey on top of the sofa back.
a toddler, naked, working his way down a 500g bar of cadbury's chocolate.
smashed up dining table, pizza boxes on the floor
some fat teenager on a sofa- telling me she wants a house- apparently she's got herself pregnant when she went to the seaside recently- doesn't know who the father is
bodies. bodies everywhere. that's what you see when you go in these homes- just acres of bodies strewn across surfaces, just barely existing.
in a cloud of vape smoke, fag smoke, dope smoke and deep fat fried orange/brown coloured food.
I was in another house last week- the carpets were so thick with some sort of black tar like matter, my feet stuck to them as I walked across it.
one of the bedrooms has suitcases and a mtb in. "that's my grandson's- he's in prison at the moment for beating someone up- but he didn't do it".
well clearly he did, having been found guilty and sentenced !
BrabusMog said:
This one made me chuckle after clicking the first Mirror link
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bride-rui...
Off-topic, but at least following on from the link above....https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bride-rui...
I was with Mrs DS yesterday at Marbella bus station ("Marbs" and "bus", yes, yes, I know) and I nipped to the loo before our ride to the airport. Quite decent loos they would have been too.
Except what greeted me when I walked in. There was a quite portly old bloke standing at the washbasins, stark naked from the waist down. He was apparently washing clothes in the basins and then it became apparent when the smell hit me what was going on. He was covered in s
t - not a thin smear, it was everywhere. The smell! 
and it looked like the cubicles had had some kind of st explosion in there. It was horrendous.I doubt it was council - the chap was possibly mentally ill, senile etc. Sort of scared me in middle age - imagine that happening when you're old?
Anyway I was sat outside with Mrs DS when the rozzers turned up, so I hope they managed to sort the old boy out.
austinsmirk said:
MG-Steve said:
EarlofDrift said:
I came out of work one evening to see a woman with a toddler in a buggy at a bus stop, the toddler was swigging from a 500ml bottle of Coke, I had to do a double take. That kid probably spent the rest of the evening swinging from the ceiling.
A quick swig of methadone will get them off to sleep...this is never ever going to happen.
everything internally was coated with mud.
one lad sat perched like a bird of prey on top of the sofa back.
a toddler, naked, working his way down a 500g bar of cadbury's chocolate.
smashed up dining table, pizza boxes on the floor
some fat teenager on a sofa- telling me she wants a house- apparently she's got herself pregnant when she went to the seaside recently- doesn't know who the father is
bodies. bodies everywhere. that's what you see when you go in these homes- just acres of bodies strewn across surfaces, just barely existing.
in a cloud of vape smoke, fag smoke, dope smoke and deep fat fried orange/brown coloured food.
I was in another house last week- the carpets were so thick with some sort of black tar like matter, my feet stuck to them as I walked across it.
one of the bedrooms has suitcases and a mtb in. "that's my grandson's- he's in prison at the moment for beating someone up- but he didn't do it".
well clearly he did, having been found guilty and sentenced !
EarlofDrift said:
I came out of work one evening to see a woman with a toddler in a buggy at a bus stop, the toddler was swigging from a 500ml bottle of Coke, I had to do a double take. That kid probably spent the rest of the evening swinging from the ceiling.
I was in tesco recently and saw a not so small couple with a baby in their trolley, the kid couldn’t have been more than 12 months old but quite possibly younger as it couldn’t hold its own bottle, now the ever helpful parents had propped up its bottle with a blanket so they didn’t need to feed the baby.God knows how the child will end up as it appear they were feeding him chocolate milkshake!
NapierDeltic said:
Big Easy said:
Agreed.
I'd say Mr Deltic has provided a good example of the attitude often found in Edinburgh, I haven't read anything as arrogant for a while.
Aw'right big man, hows it goin' by the way? I'd say Mr Deltic has provided a good example of the attitude often found in Edinburgh, I haven't read anything as arrogant for a while.
Glaswegians take cheap shots at Edinburgh all the time, but can't take any sort of criticism of their supposedly better city in return. Like Scousers and Cockneys. Professional underdogs.
I will say this about Glasgow:
-Glasgow has a much better shopping scene and experience. Princes Street is a joke of boring chain shops (mobile phones, birthday cards, tartan tat) and empty shops whereas Buchanan Street has international brands and local businesses. Agreed, though Sauchiehall Street is letting the side down with so many empty shops and empty spaces where buildings have been taken down / burnt down.
- Glasgow has an impressive music scene, fostering numerous independent artists across many genres. Edinburgh has nothing beyond George Ezra clones in pubs and old folk musicians propping up the bar in the Royal Oak. Shame the busking on Buchanan Street isn't reflective of the overall music scene and is now almost exclusively 18-21 year old guys singing depressing ballads, often from Lewis Capaldi's album.
- Glasgow has far more music venues across a broader range of sizes, whereas Edinburgh goes straight from fleapit bar venues to Murrayfield. I agree to an extent, there is the Corn Exchange.
- Glasgow has given the world far more artists and musicians, and artistic movements, than Edinburgh. Agreed.
- Glasgow has a bigger number, and variety, of restaurants. Edinburgh has a lot of restaurants serving Balmoral Chicken to tourists, and more exciting restaurants tend to fail. Glasgow is definitely better for restaurant variety but I think you've been unfair to Edinburgh here, it's still really good compared to a lot of UK cities.
- Most of the tartan tat shops in Edinburgh are run by the Gold brothers, who are borderline crooked and openly flaunt employment regulations. Many, many businesses of all types in Glasgow are run by people with questionable backgrounds. Also, Glasgow's nightlife is dominated by the G1 group who have a history of underpaying staff, among other things.
- You can't see Fife from Glasgow. I like Fife.
- The architecture in Glasgow is far more varied and interesting. Bits of it are like 1930s Manhattan and the entire Merchant City is fascinating. Agreed.
- Glasgow Green is a much more pleasant example of urban green space than the Meadows, and green space provision seems to be slightly better generally in Glasgow.Green space provision in Glasgow, at least in the city centre, is non-existent. The only green space, Blythswood Square, is locked to the public.
- Glasgow has better concert halls for classical music. I'm too council to care about that.
- Edinburgh is increasingly run for profit by private enterprises such as Underbelly, leading to a cheap, tourist-centric Disneyfication effect. Agreed.
- Edinburgh has a rich history of expensive, failed projects coming in late, short of the brief and horribly over budget. Agreed, though it's hardly alone in this
I'm not even slightly bothered by criticism of Glasgow when it's fair and reasonable, I live in Edinburgh now and have a balanced view on the good and bad points of each city. Your points seem to have been based on a blinkered view of your surroundings and included some huge generalisations. Suggesting that Edinburgh is all granola and protein shakes is laughable.
Lastly, tell Big Davie that Big Easy says 'awrite', he's some lad.
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