Glasgow buses can be very sociable places.

Jim Campbell from Stepps was on a local bus when a police car stopped in front of the vehicle. Two officers got out, boarded the bus and went upstairs. Says Jim: "They came down with a male passenger in tow, at which point another man called out, 'Hey Jimmy, do you want me to tell yer ma?'"

A right fright

GLASGOW has apparently been named the UK's most violent city. We don't know if there is any connection but the Glasgow firm of defence lawyers Livingstone Brown posted on its twitter account yesterday, one imagines with a sorrowful shake of the head: "Defence witness comes in to court to give evidence today with the slogan Weekend Offender on his jumper."

Waiting game

THE R&A has defended all-male golf clubs as it gears up for the Open in Muirfield. It reminds James Miller in Orkney of the male club captain who received a complaint from female golfers about men on the clubhouse balcony laughing at ladies playing on the 18th green.

Said Jimmy: "He told the ladies it was intolerable and promised to take action.

"Next day a new rule was posted on the noticeboard intimating that if there were men on the clubhouse balcony, the ladies could not play the 18th hole."

Speed of sound

OUR tale of what to say to police officers when they stop you leads to reader Jim Hair claiming one woman who was stopped told the officer she believed 40 was the new 30.

Sky high

THISTLE winning the league continued. Tom Law was at Firhill, he tells us: "When a very inept clearance appeared to be heading for Firhill Basin on the nearby canal, a fan in front of me screamed, 'That's how you never see us in Spot the Ball'.

"He was correct. I never saw a Thistle game in the competition."

Taste of local colour

WE mentioned St George's Day in England this week, and Tom Rafferty tells us: "Work canteens are always looking for themes, ways to brighten up the eating experience. A friend of mine works at a small engineering company in Renfrewshire where their menu to celebrate St George's Day was haggis, neeps and tatties."

Boy band with X Factor

BOY band JLS has announced its demise after a farewell tour this year. As James Martin commented, with tongue no doubt in cheek: "If only there was some kind of annual contest to find a boy band to replace JLS."

What makes city great

GLASGOW City Council is asking the public to help find a new slogan for the city to replace Glasgow: Scotland With Style, although many folk would be happy with the old Glasgow Smiles Better one. The council has even set up a webpage for folk to make suggestions. Most of them are very positive, although one chap, named Bennie, put forward: "Glasgow. Good transport links with Edinburgh."

Any better suggestions?