The true cost

[j.sabourn]

#29 What’s a jobbie Weecha ? Or have you decided to learn Arabic ? JS

[James Curry]

No John , That is a job description by a world famous Scotsman. Just be aware some may find Mr Connolly has a bit of a potty mouth

https://youtu.be/lN-7D5x4Vmc

[Tony Taylor]

#29 What’s a jobbie Weecha ? Or have you decided to learn Arabic ? JS

John, you must have wasted your time in Glasgow.

[j.sabourn]

I know Bettys bar that should be enough . Also spent a couple of weeks in Shettleston during the war , so know the disadvantages of being a dirty redcoat. Also spent some time at Dingwall Castle during the same period . And to crown it all my mother was a Scot surname Douglas, she always assured me though of the two clans of same name she was of the White Douglas clan and not the Black , she also spoke Gaelic in competition to my fathers broad Geordie, so had to marry a girl from Gateshead to translate for me. I know when to haid my wish .in Geordie the equivilant is hold your gob. Hinnies ,ducks , and hens as terms of endearment I grew up with. Cheers JS
PS as said in a much previous post an Aunt who was losing it reckoned she was related to Mary Queen of Scots and used to refuse to pay the bill in restaraunts as was beneath her standing. To show how far gone she was she used to write to Ted Heath as well, and to also show how thick he was ,he used to answer . JS...

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
I will have to try that at the local Chinese, but I don't think I look enough like a woman to get away with it.
Des

[j.sabourn]

Just tell him your great great great grandfather was Kubla Khan Des , should at least get you an extra spoon of flied lice . Or if he is a young fellah try him with Charlie. Chan . JS

[happy daze john in oz]

I learned today of a Scottish dish by the name of 'Crappit Heid"
I have no idea what it is but with a name like that one has to wonder.
Is it Brains a la Kilt maybe??

[j.sabourn]

#37 When I used to come in from school as a kid and used to say Mum what’s for tea, if she hadn’t put too much thought into it she would say , Stewed Bagpipes and Fried Umbrellas, never be surprised John what you might get in Scotland to eat. When the boy stood on the burning deck did you not hear he had a jelly piece in his hand. If you’ve never had a jelly piece in your hand you’ve never lived . In England one might say up your knicker leg but in Scotland would probably be up your kilt, especially if it was a Black Douglas tartan. JS

[Tony Taylor]

#37 When I used to come in from school as a kid and used to say Mum what’s for tea, if she hadn’t put too much thought into it she would say , Stewed Bagpipes and Fried Umbrellas, never be surprised John what you might get in Scotland to eat. When the boy stood on the burning deck did you not hear he had a jelly piece in his hand. If you’ve never had a jelly piece in your hand you’ve never lived . In England one might say up your knicker leg but in Scotland would probably be up your kilt, especially if it was a Black Douglas tartan. JS

When visiting my grannie and enquiring what she was cooking, invariably the reply would be s--t with sugar on. She would got well annoyed one day when I said, smells like it an all. She was doing a sheeps head or similar.

[j.sabourn]

With or without the eye Tony .? My old man used to love sheep’s head . The only thing he wouldn’t allow on the table when he was there was chicken . Used to say it tasted the same as rat and was often used during the war when he was in the army in Burma. Never saw him drinking cider either , don’t think he knew though about the piece of meat put in the fermentation barrel which I was told could be a dead rat if nothing else available..Never put me off though. The only meat I couldn’t eat was potted meat made in the butchers , as working in a butcher shop saw what went into it , and during the war and after finding out the hard way have never eaten since. Whale meat and horse flesh and potted meat , during the war people used to queue up for. JS