Geography...or Lack Of It

[mrs_overall]

Last weekend I had a stall at a vintage fair. One of the items for sale was a 'trench art' ring my great uncle made in 1917. He made it from the casing of a German shell and engraved "Ypres" on it. I attached a label to the ring giving its history, his regiment etc.
A woman tried it on but it was too small for her. She said it was a shame as she really liked it and then came out with the immortal line:
"I wanted it because we went to Ypres last year when we were on holiday in Scotland."
Can any of you Scots tell me if you had much trench warfare in Scotland in WW1?

[Svejk]

Hey, hello Mrs. Lovely to see you back(in one piece) xxxxxx
I shouldn't start the jocks off about war. We'll have 2 weeks of Bannockbloodyburn rammed down our throats.

[mrs_overall]

Hello sweaty mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
I forgot about Bannockburn.
No doubt someone will pop up and say Robert the Bruce could have dealt with Kaiser Bill single handedly had he been around at that time

[Zacs-Master]

Heeeeeey Mrs O.

What a numpty. Everyone noes Ypres is in Wales. Tut.

[Svejk]

Are you back to full power yet, mrsO. You know you worry some of the other people on here, playing up every little thing, ;o) x

[mrs_overall]

Hiya Zacs.
How is you business doing? ;-)

[mrs_overall]

3 cylinders sweaty

[aelmpvw]

welcome back mrs_o

[seekeerz]

You're back, you're back !! Whoopeeee ...... And are you better, Mrsoverdoing it ??

[Svejk]

Me and my fellow Welsh mate got a taxi in Birmingham.
The driver asked, 'Which part of Scotland are you boys from, then?'
' We're not from 'king Scotland, we're from Wales'!
'Same thing, innit' he said. ;D

[Jackdaw33]

The taxi driver was right.

[gness]

Afternoon, Lanky......I lit candles for you in Portugal......there wasn't a stand under St. Theresa so I stuck the candle between her toes....then there were no matches so I had to light some paper from a candle at the altar and run up the aisle with it.....

My friends left at that point.....they said ripping a page from a Hymn book.... setting fire to it and running through a church crying.....Oh heck....I'll never make it.....was a certain path to Hell.....or a Portuguese cell.....

Of course, if I'd had the sense I was born with, I'd have lit the candle at the altar and walked up the aisle with some decorum......blame the Sangria....

But you know me and St. T....she didn't mind a bit and she's working on you.......☺

[retrocop]

Welcome Home Mrs O.
I always thought Wipers was in Egg Wiped ?

[corylus]

See you're back on form Mrs O!

[Psybbo]

Welcome back, mrs_o, very good to see you x

[mrs_overall]

Thank you all.

Gness....you are doomed x

[janbee]

Can't answer your question but just wanted to say welcome back. You've been very much missed lovely lady xx

[mrs_overall]

Thank you janbee xx

[marval]

Welcome back Mrs.O, how sad not to know where Ypres is.

[mrs_overall]

Thanks marval.
Mind you, I must confess to listening to the radio one morning when the Argies invaded the Falklands and wondering why they were so interested in Scottish islands.
In my defence I was half asleep, much younger than I am now and had a stonking hangover

[marval]

That made me smile Mrs.O