House talk
PLANET Earth is a cruel and heartless neck of the woods, and we wouldn’t recommend loitering in such a disreputable neighbourhood for any amount of time.
Though occasionally the relentless nastiness is rudely interrupted by a small act of kindness.
Scottish broadcasting legend Paul Coia says: “Daughter number two spots a bird on our balcony that’s stunned after flying into the window. She decides to ‘build it a wee house’ while it recovers.”
The "wee house" was a rather large umbrella, which she adapted to shelter the walloped warbler.
After a couple of hours the bird had fully recovered. And without even a casual ‘Cheers, hon!’ for Paul’s daughter, it flew off.
(We told you the world was a terrible place.)
History for beginners
AN educational tale.
Neil Muir used to work as an estate agent and he was once showing a couple round a Tudor-style house in the posh southern outskirts of Glasgow.
The woman, anxious to appear knowledgeable, said to her husband: “Did you know that they had mock-Tudor houses in Shakespeare’s time?”
“That’s true,” interrupted Neil.” Though in those days they were just called Tudor houses.”
“Why?” inquired the intrigued lady customer.
Train of thought
VISITING a hostelry in Glasgow’s East End, reader Mike Reddington overheard a heated conversation between two booze-addled blokes.
It proceeded in the following manner…
Boozy Bloke Number 1: Y’know, I’ve always wunnered. Dae ye need a car driver’s licence tae be a train driver?
Boozy Bloke Number 2: Dinnae be daft, man! That’s like sayin’, ‘Dae ye need a hundred metres swimming badge tae be an astronaut.’
Boozy Bloke Number 1: (suitably chastened) Aye, right enough. Silly me.
Blowback
ANOTHER daffy dialogue.
Visiting Inchinnan Community Centre, reader Jim Morrison overheard two senior members chatting at the next table.
"The wife said I woke her up, passing wind, the other night," revealed one chap.
"Were you in bed with her at the time?" enquired his curious chum.
"No,” said the first chap. “She said I was in the bathroom doing a pee at the time. I was quite proud."
The name game
ONE of our correspondents, Ian Noble from Carstairs Village, recently recalled his granny washing clothes with a wringer.
Responds reader Charles Currie: “Swanky! My granny only had a mangle to dry her sheets. How the posh folk of Carstairs Village live…”
Cash crises
ECONOMICS – the bitter truth.
Reader Ben Morton explains: “The easiest way to figure out the cost of living is to take your income, then add twenty per cent.”
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