A bum deal WE recommend that you don’t read the following tale while enjoying your breakfast, as you won’t be enjoying it for long. David Chadwick from Carluke was listening to Good Morning Scotland on the wireless, and the radio doctor was answering a question about a colonoscopy. After a lengthy description of the results of a faecal test, the medic summed up the problem with the wholly appropriate phrase: “The bottom line.
..” Gie us a break THE scars from the Paris Olympics haven’t quite healed, as far as our readers are concerned.
Comedy great Andy Cameron shares his thoughts regarding the exhibition of breaking (sometimes called breakdancing) which was a "highlight" of the Games. Says Andy: “Whilst hiding indoors away from a two-day summer shower, I happened upon the breaking at the Olympics, and it occurred to me that I’ve been in Glesga pubs where about four or five guys, at 10 minutes before closing, would have a right good chance of a gold medal.” Keep on truckin’ THE Diary is making famous music acts edible.
Bob Jamieson imagines an early evening, back in the 1970s, when the dull end to a day on a council estate would be enlivened by the arrival of a trundling sweetie truck, which would announce itself by playing heavy metal music. This would, of course, be the..
. Ice Cream Van Halen. Mind your language STROLLING with his wife in Sauchiehall Street, Matt Watson noticed a chap wearing a T-shirt.
Emblazoned across its front was the arresting message .