Education

[Wharton]

A was educated at Oxford.
Govan High masel.

[karenmac60]

Sorry, Govan High's a bit posh for the likes of me :) Where are you now Wharton?

[Wharton]

Maryhill

[karenmac60]

Oh, my pal used to have a flat on Maryhill Road - many's a drunken night I had there :)

[Wharton]

Drunk women in the Maryhill Road? I don't believe it!!

[karenmac60]

We were safely indoors (or elsewhere but staying there) ;)

[Buenchico]

I'm sure that Karen would have remained a 'model of elegance', even if she was 'as nished as a pewt'!

[karenmac60]

Mostly Chris - except for the night we got the late bus back from Edinburgh and I convinced some guy I was an Irish nun. When I told him he needed some 'flagellation' his reply was 'Ah don't huv wan!!'. He did give us his joint to go away though :)

[Buenchico]

Drunken encounters on buses can be interesting.

I once caught a National Express coach in Norfolk, where a very drunken Irish passenger was trying to convince everyone that he was Barry McGuigan's brother. and that he'd take on all-comers. We obviously ignored his claims and, given that he could hardly stand up, assumed that he was really mothing more than a drunken wimp. Then I happened to see a Barry McGuigan fight on TV and there was a very familiar face in his corner . . .
;-)

[Wharton]

indoors or elsewhere? - typical Maryhill woman - ah'm only sayin', ah'm no' askin', jist dae whit ye like hen, nae offence, by the the way yur maw phoned, somethin' aboot yur da an' the polis.

[karenmac60]

Ah wouldnae be surprised Wharton - but she wis fae Bearsden -wooooooo :)

[Wharton]

Bearsden/Maryhill - we could be related or travelled in the same Rolls Royce/bus.

[karenmac60]

Ah, but the accents a bit different. In Bearsden a creche is a car accident and sex is what you carry your coal in (or the man you pay to do it does) :)

[Wharton]

Watch yourself karenmac60 - the Milngavie people might be listening - how the hell that's pronounced as 'Mulguy' I'll never know!

[karenmac60]

I know, but I remember the outcry when the breakfast weather man (Francis Wilson I think it was) pronounced it Millngavvy :) and quite right too - it's our prerogative to have arsily spelled place names :)

[Wharton]

karenmac60 - you reminded me of a time when I was employed by the Housing Department in Glasgow (SE) and had to find Holmfauldhead Road for a reason I can't remember. I asked several people where Holmfauldhead Road was and got blank stares until one guy said "Humfleheid Road? It's second oan the right, jist efter the bookies." I had of course pronounced it HOMEFAULDHEAD, no' noo then!!

[karenmac60]

I know - I remember telling people I'd been to Haywick for the day and couldn't understand why they were laughing :) We do have strange ways of spelling things. I like to put my full address on things cos I live in Tullichewan and it always confuses folk ;)

[Wharton]

Tullichewan? - The pub's handy for the train.

[starone]

What a long joke!

[boxtops]

You are reminding me of a very early Billy Connolly stand-up routine about the late-night bus to Maryhill - when he got up to leave the bus, he found that the bloke sitting in the seat behind him had been sick in the hood of his duffelcoat...

(sorry if that's a bit revolting for this hour of the morning)

[missprim]

Shouldn't this be in the 'Jobs and Education' section?