As someone who grew up with Scottish parents I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed your week of Glasgow blogs. I especially loved the part where you said the Glaswegians gave the homeless comedian a standing ovation. That is so typical of Scots. If you go to the tenement museum there is a huge display of local Glasgow “characters” (read:bums) from the 1800s. You don’t have the footage of his stand-up do you? I am dying to see it.
Sincerely,
Janet M
Janet,
Yes we do have video of the bum. How’s this for humorless rambling?
$100 to anyone who can decipher that last part. So far the best we can do is…
“[They say UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown] was called Smacky [in high school] and the reason was, he had a face like a skelped [spanked] arse and he still fucking does. And you know something, you’re not going to have a pension because of this [unintelligible].”
Because of this what?
He had an Irn Bru and a water before his set.
As we said, Scotland loves its underdogs and although this guy made no fucking sense at all and nobody laughed, they gave him a standing ovation at the end. It’s like Scotland is perpetually in that stage where you first start going to bars and you sit with a bum because “All men are equal.” But they never get to the part where the bum tells you he stays at this old queer’s house on cold nights even though it entails an unwanted hand job. Few people have more than one long conversation with a bum.
Love,
SBTVC
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EHHH?
04.15.09 at 12:19 pm
“because of this cunt and [...unintelligible...] and everything”
04.15.09 at 12:35 pm
he distinctly said “gah nan de seg nahban” if that is scottish for buy me a drink or i wouldnt have a pension anyway please let us know
04.15.09 at 1:04 pm
you’re not gonna get a pension because of this cunt and they bagged his senior aide.
I believe that’s what he said. It’s not funny, but I am 95% sure that’s what he said.
04.15.09 at 1:39 pm
My dad was at Edinburgh uni with Gordon Brown – apparently he was one of the popular kids, hung out with all the cool rich people. His girlfriend was a romanian princess.
Wtf happened to that romanticism?
04.15.09 at 2:08 pm
My brother would do just about anything for an irn-bru
04.15.09 at 2:11 pm
fuck the accent alone is heelarious. trainspotting was on the other nite and it all came back.
04.15.09 at 2:30 pm
irn bru! it’s scotland’s answer to big red! it’s gross!
04.15.09 at 2:56 pm
[...] response to this video, I think he said, “You’re not going to have a pension because of this cunt, and they [...]
04.15.09 at 3:17 pm
I think he said “You’re not going to get a pension and Bon Scot invented AIDS.”
04.15.09 at 3:56 pm
“you’re not going0 to get a pension cos of this cunt an’ the banks an’ everything” ?
04.15.09 at 4:53 pm
“you’re not going to get a pension cos of this cunt an’ the banks an’ everything” ?
04.15.09 at 4:54 pm
” It’s like Scotland is perpetually in that stage where you first start going to bars and you sit with a bum because “All men are equal.” ”
That’s hilarious. I did this. At least I’m not the only fucktard out there. Glad I never had to hear about a handjob though.
04.16.09 at 9:42 pm