St Andrew's Day

To mark St Andrew's Day I thought I'd recall two of my favourite events from Scotland's independence referendum - Kevin Bridges' intervention on the thorny subject of a currency union and Glasgow's 'rickshaw guy' who managed to get right up the noses of the Labour Party establishment.

Who said politics isn't fun?

Glasgow Rickshaw Guy (17 September 2014)

It must have seems like a good idea at the time, but this parade of Labour 'men in suits' came badly unstuck when some chap in a rickshaw followed them around the streets of Glasgow playing Darth Vader's favourite tune.

As these tribunes from the once all powerful People's Party tried to make their way to an assembly point at the top of Buchanan Street.

I was struck by the fact that no one seemed able or willing to engage with their 'tormentor' who suggested that they had all travelled north from Westminster using their generous MPs' expenses.

For some reason, the 'suits' all seemed to have lost their sparkle and sense of humour - an essential commodity when it comes to the pursuit of politics in Glasgow.   

Darth Vader says No!

Currency Union, Ya Bam! (4 September 2014)

I enjoyed this clip of Kevin Bridges and his comments on the Scottish independence debate because if you ask me "Currency union, ya bam!" - is out of the same stable of Glasgow humour as "Take That, ya bastard!".  

Take That! (7 February 20140

I'm not normally too partial to jokes circulated over the internet, but my friend Greg shared this one which certainly made me laugh.  

Scottish Pub Quiz....  And the final question to win the £100 is: The title of Take That's first album consisted of four words, the first two words were "Take That". What are the other two words that complete the title ? There was a long pause then.. A wee Glasgow-man stands up and says : Was it - "Ya Bastard"...? I tip my hat to whoever made that one up, so to celebrate here's a stunning YouTube video of Take That at the top of their game.