Sergeant Wilson Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 hour ago, LondonHMFC said: Unfortunately due to my job, there is no chance of living in Scotland at this moment in time. Get another job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Unfortunately due to my job, there is no chance of living in Scotland at this moment in time. Beefeater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, Bully Wee Villa said: Beefeater? He should know that Scotland accepts people of all sexual preferences. Well most of Scotland, not Fife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 It's a bit embarassing if anything. A country who sing songs about being brave and defeating england in a battle hundreds of years ago with faces painted blue and white, voting for another country to make our decisions for us.If my kids ever excel in something enough to represent their country, I'll probably advise them to choose the country of their mothers side. Much better to represent a small, ambitious and independent country than whatever the hell this shambles of a situation is. It's been 3 years chief, you have to come to terms with it. The independence campaign was a tremendously positive process for Scotland but it was just too big a step for the older generations (and the establishment had just enough of a grip to hold us back). We'll get it next time (see also 1979, to 1997). It just takes a bit longer and that's OK (the status quo is nowhere near as bad as you're suggesting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, pandarilla said: the status quo is nowhere near as bad as you're suggesting. I can't believe they continued the tour after Rick Parfitt died, that was quite bad. (Pie and Bovril rule 17. Do not pass up Status Quo joke opportunity.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 On 21/08/2017 at 18:55, Bobby Skidmarks said: Scotland is a beautiful country populated by massive c***s. I'm moving up north as I heard it was populated by tight c***s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 On 21/08/2017 at 19:32, ICTJohnboy said: Great Scots.... Alexander Graham Bell, John Logie Baird, James Watt, Alexander Fleming, Dunlop, McIntosh, Telford, McAdam, RL Stevenson, Walter Scott, Burns, McDiarmid, Rankin, Welsh, Alistair McLean,Div McDonald Gerry Rafferty, Jack Bruce, Stuart Adamson, Alex Harvey, Dougie McLean, Archie Fisher, Frankie Miller, Billy Connolly, Jock Stein, Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Jim Baxter, Kenny Dalgish, Joe Jordan, Willie Miller, I could go on and on....Apologies for all those I've left out. Bring a tear to a glass eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerberus said: He should know that Scotland accepts people of all sexual preferences. Well most of Scotland, not Fife. In Fife it's niche, and compulsory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 7 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: This happens all the time. 2015 QF rugby world cup against Oz. Another fine example.. I thought the ref robbed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 22 minutes ago, ayrmad said: I'm moving up north as I heard it was populated by tight c***s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 It's been 3 years chief, you have to come to terms with it. The independence campaign was a tremendously positive process for Scotland but it was just too big a step for the older generations (and the establishment had just enough of a grip to hold us back). We'll get it next time (see also 1979, to 1997). It just takes a bit longer and that's OK (the status quo is nowhere near as bad as you're suggesting). I've come to terms with it and I agree, the status quo, although not great could be a lot worse.I'm just saying that all the 'who's like us' is a bit embarrassing/cringey.I'd like my kids to represent a country that matches their own ideals/ambitions is all.One day that could be Scotland but I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 6 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Have they still got that ludicrous speed limit up there? 12g and for personal use only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I've come to terms with it and I agree, the status quo, although not great could be a lot worse.I'm just saying that all the 'who's like us' is a bit embarrassing/cringey.I'd like my kids to represent a country that matches their own ideals/ambitions is all.One day that could be Scotland but I'm not holding my breath. Yeah I don't like the 'wha's like us' stuff. The idea we're better than other nations is a bit daft (and actually can lead to worse than just daft). But I think we've got a lot to be proud about. Heritage n stuff. It's good to know where you're from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Fife might have some of the grimmest places you'll ever see but it also has some of the nicest places you could wish to visit... I'll give ye the 1st 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 These. 2 great structures that still sometimes have me in awe each time i cross them. And crossing the road bridge on a semi regular basis with work, watching this be built has been interesting.Gutted i wasn't fortunate to get tickets to walk across it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 hour ago, pandarilla said: Yeah I don't like the 'wha's like us' stuff. The idea we're better than other nations is a bit daft (and actually can lead to worse than just daft). But I think we've got a lot to be proud about. Heritage n stuff. It's good to know where you're from... Do a DNA test, a lot of us are mongrels (I've not to be honest, no interest) but while we're the products of our upbringing and culture to assume that somehow 'our' culture is something to be proud or ashamed of is a bit nuts. It 'just is' who we are, to then start waxing lyrical about it because of our personal engagement with it just plays to our egos, the "wha's like us" pish. Rampant tribalism but in all honesty, I've still got a wee bit of that caveman stuff going on in my head too, I just try and reign it in. I'm not targeting this at you Pandarilla, just quoting you because of the "where you're from" bit, we're from the planet Earth, concentrating on the tiny differences between the people from different countries or regions (or Fife) compared to all the stuff we have in common is looking for things to get shitty about. Once you get past sporting rivalries and cheap point scoring off mates, its all a bit wanky and tribal, I think we need to evolve a bit in that regard. Oh and Fife is braw, well, some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I can't believe they continued the tour after Rick Parfitt died, that was quite bad. (Pie and Bovril rule 17. Do not pass up Status Quo joke opportunity.) What you're proposing could be burning bridges with a lot of posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Do a DNA test, a lot of us are mongrels (I've not to be honest, no interest) but while we're the products of our upbringing and culture to assume that somehow 'our' culture is something to be proud or ashamed of is a bit nuts. It 'just is' who we are, to then start waxing lyrical about it because of our personal engagement with it just plays to our egos, the "wha's like us" pish. Rampant tribalism but in all honesty, I've still got a wee bit of that caveman stuff going on in my head too, I just try and reign it in. I'm not targeting this at you Pandarilla, just quoting you because of the "where you're from" bit, we're from the planet Earth, concentrating on the tiny differences between the people from different countries or regions (or Fife) compared to all the stuff we have in common is looking for things to get shitty about. Once you get past sporting rivalries and cheap point scoring off mates, its all a bit wanky and tribal, I think we need to evolve a bit in that regard. Oh and Fife is braw, well, some of it. Mongrels are from somewhere too! That's my point. Find out about your heritage(s) - the good and the bad. When you start to think you're somehow better than others then you're fucked. But we're not all just placed on this planet with no back story. I absolutely believe you can be proud of your roots as well as well as being completely open-minded to every other culture out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, pandarilla said: Mongrels are from somewhere too! That's my point. Find out about your heritage(s) - the good and the bad. When you start to think you're somehow better than others then you're fucked. But we're not all just placed on this planet with no back story.I absolutely believe you can be proud of your roots as well as well as being completely open-minded to every other culture out there. I pretty much agree with you but being proud of your roots/culture or whatever is 'glory hunting', as long as you chose to pigeonhole yourself and then get proud of the achievements of this group you're choosing to associating yourself with is pandering to your own ego. I'm guilty of it myself, I don't consider myself a 'proud Scot' but I consider myself Scottish (although born abroad, go figure) and had run ins over nationalities but that's as much to do with the tribal pish. Look at the whole Trump thing slating the media, I get that he thinks they're "bad", they're not exactly fans of him either but apparently they also hate their country by 'daring' to disagree with 'El Duce'. That he panders to nationalism is scary, a lot of 'isms' are or have the potential to be but while we can spot it in others, some get blindsided by our own "wha's like us" pish, it all comes from the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Yeah but arseholes are going to be arseholes no matter what. It's like saying you don't want to be associated with a football team just because they had some hooligan trouble (like the genuine Chelsea or millwall (or dare I say it airdrie) fans). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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