Calling in Walter Scott

It WAS Sir Walter Scott who wrote the quote above. I’ve been to Princes Street, Edinburgh a few times. I HAVE stood in front of this, a few times.   I adore HIS quote and EVERY single connection that I have with it. P.S. I missed out THREE VITAL letters from my late Mum’s maiden […]

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You Can’t Handle the Truth!

It matters not how big the stage. Who the players are. What the scenery is. Or the script. Truth is HATED on so many levels. I totally understand DI here. He’s been banned more times than….? A bit like me :o( Common Denominator – The SE rule Our/Your/MY world with their forked tongues, stolen knowledge […]

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What Has Been Hidden Under the Floorboards?

I’m not a fan of E A P but I know his stories a little too well.   Wiki : The Tell-Tale Heart    I AM a fan of Squarebob Spongepants and Mr Krabs   I may be having an Opposite Day?  

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I Deny Everything

I’ve NEVER watched the X-Files. NEVER listened to and loved Simple Minds. NEVER said a single thing out of turn! Denial is easy :o)  

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CooperMan & BlunderWoman

I’d forgotten just how funny these two were. My BAD :o( British Sense of Humour. Soooooo many will never GET IT! Oscar Wilde GOT IT.  Sarcasm is …… Ooopsies. Done that!  

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SONSIE

Let’s start with Dictionary of the Scots Language.   Dictionar o the Scots Leid   Or go with the Scots Vernacular. When a Scottish man calls a Woman Sonsie – It’s a HUGE compliment :o)    

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SATNAV vs NATional SAViour?

I don’t EVER use SAVNAV. I aced map reading in HM Forces Training (!) I am a pretty hooman good, but not entirely perfect, navigator? That’ll be 3 times I’ve MeNav drivers round the Paris Périphérique using my 17th C French history research on les Portes de Paris (?) Sat Nav Fails Storm Ali Scotland […]

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LAST GB Word of the Day : Wildebeest

Ooops. Sorry. My bad. E. M. Forster – Room with a View (?) E. M. Forster – Where Angels Fear to Tread….which a zillion years ago was one of my Eng Lit exam books :o(   Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander […]

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Galadriel HAS Left This Realm :o)

I’ve left the gesture to MR. Bean :o) P.S. GRR whatever – Take your GoT and stick every stolen “story”………..!?!    

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Napper Wainwright/Food Fight/Lockdown/Porridge

Get this BOXSET…NOW! Oh. Was that an order? Sorry. My bad ;o( Please. Watch the DIVINE Ronnie Barker (Norman Stanley Fletcher) in his BEST comedy role ever. P.S. One of the writers of this wonderful BBC (way back when BBC did REAL comedy) show went on to team up with Ian McShane to write the […]

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Duke of Sutherland

A wee bit of Highland history ?   Wiki : Duke of Sutherland   Wiki : Highland Clearances   Wiki : Clan Gregor   MY father is dead. His father is dead. His father…….etc.   An Act of the Scottish Parliament from 1617 stated(translated into modern English): It was ordained that the name of MacGregor […]

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