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Anyone live in the Glasgow, Loch Lomond area or know anything about it?

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arabella2 · 29/05/2003 11:57

I ask because dh and I have seen a property for sale up there (14 miles outside Glasgow in the country). We currently live in London which suits us very well because we are a mixed race couple - dh is Indian and I am white...
We would like to move somewhere more peaceful but are a little anxious about the potential racism we might encounter. Does anyone know of the reactions to outsiders up where we are thinking of going?

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M2T · 04/06/2003 13:27

whispers... Herald

Lambchops · 04/06/2003 13:28

Another good one..... The only good thing to come out of Edinburgh is the M8 heading for Glasgow!!

Bobsmum · 04/06/2003 13:28

you're sitting on the right side of the fence then IMO

Bobsmum · 04/06/2003 13:28

Lambchops LOL!

M2T · 04/06/2003 13:30

LOL Lambchops. Must use that on some of the east coasters to wind them up...

Anyone got a good one for winding up the weegies?

Bobsmum · 04/06/2003 13:35

M2T - try this one! Hope it's not too controversial..apologies in advance

The bartender was washing his glasses, when
an elderly Irishman came in.
With great difficulty, the Irishman hoisted
his bad leg over the barstool, pulled himself up painfully, and asked for a sip of Irish whiskey.
The Irishman looked towards the end of the bar
and said, "Is that Jesus down there?" The bartender nodded, so the Irishman told him to give Jesus an Irish whiskey, too.
The next patron to come in was an ailing Italian with a hunched back, who moved very slowly. He shuffled up to the barstool and asked for a glass of Chianti. He also looked down the bar and asked if that was Jesus sitting
at the end of the bar. The bartender nodded, so the Italian said to give Him glass of Chianti,too.
The third patron to enter the bar was a Glaswegian, who swaggered into the bar and yelled, "Awright Big Man, gonnae gie us a pint o' lager.
Hey, is that thon God's Boy ower thair?" The
barkeeper nodded, so the Glaswegian
told him to give Jesus a lager too.
As Jesus got up to leave, he walked over to
the Irishman and touched him and said, "For your kindness, you are healed!" The Irishman felt the strength comeback to his leg, so he got up and danced a jig out the door.
Jesus touched the Italian and said, "For your kindness, you are healed!"
The Italian felt his back straighten, so he raised his
hands above his head and did a flip out the door.
Jesus walked towards the Weegie, but the Weegie jumped back and exclaimed,
"Dinnae f*in touch me! Ah'm oan disability allowance!"

JanZ · 04/06/2003 13:43

... and as they say in Edinburgh, "you'll have had your tea then!".

Seriously though, one of the things we've only talked about peripherally (or even negatively!) is people's friendliness and willingness to help.

My dad ran a medical conference in Glasgow one year. Half way through it, a delegate approached him, saying they had a complaint. Worried, he asked what it was - to be told "No-one will give you directions - they insist on taking you there themsleves"! And it's true - if you look at all lost, people will ask if they can help, and it's amazing how often they "were going that direction themselves". I used to get into trouble from a previous (English) boyfriend for doing the same thing in London whenever I saw a lost looking tourist!

I would like to claim that this is a Glaswegian thing, but while it may be more prevalent in Glasgow than (say!) Edinburgh, I suspect it's more a Scottish thing.

M2T · 04/06/2003 13:59

ROFL Bobsmum - just forwarded it to all my weegie colleagues!

I'm in hiding for the next hour or two.

Lambchops · 04/06/2003 14:14

Kelvinsayde or Morningsayde?

You know what they say about the Kelvinsiders.....Fur coats and nae drawers!

I am retreating into my bunker

JanZ · 04/06/2003 14:25

... and "sex" is what the coal comes in!

Lambchops · 04/06/2003 15:48

LOL. Bobsmum. Managed to insult loads with that joke!

Tigger2 · 06/06/2003 14:01

My mother comes from Edinbro so heres one of her bits of humour "Whats a creche?, a Road Traffic Accident in Morningsayde!!!!!!!!"

Had a new suite delivered a while ago and the delivery man was from Paisley, phone rings this voice booms "hello doll, ye awright their hen, a've goat a suite of furniture oan the vaun here fur ye doll, ye gonnae be in fur a wee while hen" and so on, I was nearly ending myself when I came off the phone!

A guid word up here "gitters"and of course "shinty"

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