Scary Bear Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, ICTChris said: The story is that a debtor was abandoned on an island on LInlithgow Loch to starve but his faithful dog, a black greyhound bitch, would swim to his island every night with food to keep him alive. When she was found she was similarly imprisoned on the loch to starve to death. The town took the black bitch as it's coat of arms and those born within the confines of the town are collequally known as 'black bitches'. Lovely people. Ancestors of people who starve dogs to death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I don't know anyone from Linlithgow, but taking this as a free pass to call anyone from there 'a bitch' and they can't get mad. Everyone protesting at the town cross is a whiny bitch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I agree with YG, feat Tyga and Nipsey Hussle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Im going to Linlithgow on Saturday. Well Bo'ness, same thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Im going to Linlithgow on Saturday. Well Bo'ness, same thing. You should say that to a few people, then you will experience some real cancel culture. You should go to the heritage railway in Bo'ness, an excellent little attraction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 20 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Lovely people. Ancestors of people who starve dogs to death. They were both set free alive and well - ish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, ICTChris said: You should say that to a few people, then you will experience some real cancel culture. You should go to the heritage railway in Bo'ness, an excellent little attraction. I'll report back on Monday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, ICTChris said: You should go to the heritage railway in Bo'ness, an excellent little attraction. Done some work there a month or so ago. Quite liked Bo'ness (and the railway place) but the guy literally left at finishing time and locked us in. He knew we were there, he let us in half hour earlier. He wasn't too pleased when he had to come back out to let us out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just now, Mr. Alli said: Done some work there a month or so ago. Quite liked Bo'ness (and the railway place) but the guy literally left at finishing time and locked us in. He knew we were there, he let us in half hour earlier. He wasn't too pleased when he had to come back out to let us out. There's a tuck shop, you should've just stayed there all night. It would be an adventure. You could have had a turn at driving one of the steam trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, FuzzyBear said: They were both set free alive and well - ish. Were you there? How long after this did they both croak? If only Tommy Sheridan was about in those days. Edited January 25, 2022 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Done some work there a month or so ago. Quite liked Bo'ness (and the railway place) but the guy literally left at finishing time and locked us in. He knew we were there, he let us in half hour earlier. He wasn't too pleased when he had to come back out to let us out. Was it a wee mental baldy guy with an English accent? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just now, ICTChris said: There's a tuck shop, you should've just stayed there all night. It would be an adventure. You could have had a turn at driving one of the steam trains. We weren't allowed on the trains. We were in the new shed. Did get to play on the new lift though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just now, Bairnardo said: 2 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: Was it a wee mental baldy guy with an English accent? Nah, there was someone there matching that description. This was a young guy. Early twenties at most. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 This story has been bobbing along for months. There was an interview with some marketing dude from Greene King talking about this and he made two points, only one of which i think is relevant. Firstly, they accept the name isn't racist due to its origins and the local story of the dog taking its master food. However "in these times" people might still get offended. Seemed contradictory. Second was that they tried to add the pub to their social media accounts and the likes and it kept getting filtered out due to bad language. This, I think, is the real issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Not everyone from Linlithgow is bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyBear Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, scottsdad said: This story has been bobbing along for months. There was an interview with some marketing dude from Greene King talking about this and he made two points, only one of which i think is relevant. Firstly, they accept the name isn't racist due to its origins and the local story of the dog taking its master food. However "in these times" people might still get offended. Seemed contradictory. Second was that they tried to add the pub to their social media accounts and the likes and it kept getting filtered out due to bad language. This, I think, is the real issue. It is the BB Tavern on FB for that reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 58 minutes ago, ICTChris said: The story is that a debtor was abandoned on an island on LInlithgow Loch to starve but his faithful dog, a black greyhound bitch, would swim to his island every night with food to keep him alive. When she was found she was similarly imprisoned on the loch to starve to death. The town took the black bitch as it's coat of arms and those born within the confines of the town are collequally known as 'black bitches'. Imagine wanting to commemorate that. Doesn’t it strike them as wrong that they think it’s great their ancestors starved a man and his dog to death “Yeah, let’s celebrate it on our coat of arms and name a pub after the dead dog”. Complete wrong uns 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said: we were even asked to leave for singing One Directions - History Tbf this is absolutely fair enough, unless it was a karaoke night? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Imagine being upset because a pub in a town you don’t live in was changing its name. Wouldn’t be me. steve55 is a very underrated terrible poster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Scary Bear said: Lovely people. Ancestors of people who starve dogs to death. Descendants, surely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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