Couuple of Old Scottish drunks disrupt Andy Murray press conference

[Gromit]

A lapse in security perhaps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUYH8hZ90S4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[mike11111]

I am trying to get my head around the words "old", "Scottish", and "drunk". Surely such a combination cannot exist!

[wolf63]

I used to like the one in the orange top - he seemed to be a good ambassador for Scotland. These days he is just old (and badly dressed) and slightly creepy.

[anotheoldgit]

That's really 'big news' so I won't waste my time contributing any further.

[Kerosene]

You missed out some words in the heading: "A couple of old, Scottish, ultra famous, highly successful, world renowned, drunks disrupt Andy - the best male tennis player Britain has ever had - Murray press conference"

There! That's more accurate - isn't it?

[wolf63]

I think that Gromit was thinking 'Scottish'. If he had to pay to have the title printed (old telegrams?) he would have to use the abbreviated version to save money.

A couple of old, Scottish, ultra famous, highly successful, world renowned, drunks disrupt Andy - the best male tennis player Britain has ever had - Murray press conference would cost a fortune.

[Gromit]

Better call 'Fergie Time' onthis post.

[mike11111]

Wolf's post reminded me of the Jewish lady who sent a telegram to announce the passing of her husband. Not wanting to splash out she restricted herself to two words; "Hymie dead". When told that the minimum charge was for five words and that she could have another three at no extra cost she added: "Volvo for sale".

[grffindoor2011]

Interesting. References here to the stereotypical scottish = drunk and a joke about jews. Yet if it had been something to do with 'black', there would be uproar and prison sentences to follow.

For the record, I've no problem with what has been said here, just that if race had been used in a similar vain the moralists would be having a field day.

[jackthehat]

Gosh, you *are* grumpy today, grffindoor.......

[wolf63]

>> grffindoor

I am Scottish, surely it can't be wrong to laugh at yourself!

mike - I heard the doric version of your Jewish lady joke - it's a good joke.

[anneasquith]

it was nice of them to ''pop in ''

[dotty.]

is sean connery ill? i hardly recognised him, he's gone so thin and frail looking.

[ABerrant]

Shouldn't the title read "One old Scottish drunk and one old Bahamian drunk disrupt..."

[wolf63]

dotty - I agree he is looking old (he IS old) but unhealthy too. Tucking his top into his breeks was not a great fashion decision; and the cream trousers - not 'him' at all.

I used to really like him but I think that his public persona is nicer than his real personality.

[grffindoor2011]

@jackthehat I have days like that, well spotted. But my views are the same, I just express it more. I say it like it is, I always have done, even as a kid.

@wolf63 It's a shame others cannot be like yourself. I found this thread funny and It would not matter what the group it was targeting.

[mike11111]

The Doric version is usually", Come away in, ye'll be wantin' yer tea! unlike the Edinburgh version which reads, Come away in, ye'll have had yer tea!

[Kerosene]

Naw...naw...the doric version would be more like:

"Och, fit's up mon, ya wee tcheuchter, ye? Ah'm awa doon tae Pittodrie tae see the michty Dons!!!" (NOT!)

Hee hee hee

[wolf63]

On the first day of my working life I was asked "fit are ye daeing?" and "furrybits ye fae?" I was ever so slightly confused and I live in Perth.

"Come awa' in - ye'll have had yer tea" is a classic.

[Duncer]

Andy - the best male tennis player Britain has ever had ????

Kerosene - Fred Perry perchance?

[Kerosene]

Duncer,

Aye, right! That's like saying Old Tom Morrish and his son are two of the greatest golfers ever for each winning 4 Open Championships in the 1860s/70s? Would either have beaten Tiger Woods?

Or Bobby Jones, also a golfer, for having won majors as an amateur in the 1920s? Would he have beaten Jack Nicklaus?

OR Sir Gordon Richards for being champion jockey in the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s? If you owned a racehorse would you prefer him as your jockey instead of Piggott or Dettori?

There are loads of other examples, and it all boils down to personal preference. You simply cannot compare today's superstars with those of yesteryear for all sorts of reasons, no matter how many tournaments/cups/matches they won?

There is a mega difference in kit and equipment as well, plus how can we gauge the true merit of Perry or some of the above I've mentioned, simply because we didn't have the awesome benefits in years gone by of banks of televisions covering every angle of every tournament.

I know who my money would be on, though, between a Perry at the same age as Murray is just now - 25 - no contest as young Andrew sails through in straight sets!