Them’s the breaks THE horrifying consequences of allowing guns into public events was in the news this week. The gun in question being a Raygun from Australia, which is how Rachael Gunn markets herself. Rachael, a middle-aged academic from Sydney, enjoys wriggling around on the floor, wacky face-pulling and boing-boinging like a caffeinated kangaroo.
She claims all of the above make her a breaker, or breakdancer, as the less cool kids call this particular exercise. The twitchy lass performed one of her funny wee dances at the Paris Olympics, and everyone laughed appreciatively, before PhaserFace - sorry, Raygun - said: “Hey, I’m being serious, ya know, I’m an arteest!”, or words to that effect. Which just made everyone laugh harder.
Raygun is pure ragin’ about all of this, but the Diary advises her to enjoy the notoriety while it lasts, and not take herself so seriously. We haven’t taken ourselves seriously for decades, after all, and it hasn’t done us any harm, as the following classic tales from our archives prove..
. Deer oh deer WE’RE often told tales of immigrants to the North of Scotland who don’t always blend in well with the more established population. A northern reader claimed that a new neighbour rang Highland Council to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on the road.
The reason given was that too many deer were being hit by cars and he no longer wanted them to cross there. Romantic inclination COUNCILLORS in Renfrewshire were delighte.