WE liked John Quigley's reaction when Sir Chris Hoy, dining in John's Red Onion restaurant in Glasgow city centre, came to the aid of a fellow diner.

Said John: "What a gent, as you would imagine. Lady at table next to him left her bag, and he sprinted down Bath Street to reunite her with it. Dipped it first mind you. Joking!"

And for you foodies out there who want to know these things. Sir Chris had scallops and monkfish - and loved it apparently.

Capital punishment

AND still the visitors stream in to Glasgow. Anne Paterson tells us: "You hear all sorts of accents when crossing from Queen Street Station to George Square. I heard a mother with pushchair and several small children announce, 'Now Rory, if you are going to get hysterical, we'll just turn round and get back on the train to Edinburgh'."

Bolt 'n' the blue

POOR Usain Bolt getting pelters over whether he did or didn't say that the Commonwealth Games were "a bit s***". As one reader commented: "Coincidentally, I was just saying the very same thing about his adverts on the telly for Virgin."

One of the volunteers at the Games who ferried Usain to an event, asked if he could get his picture taken with the great man - but only got a growl in reply. Man needs a night out in Glasgow to cheer up we reckon.

A bit of a flop

OVER at Hampden, comedy writer and actor Sanjeev Kohli, above, was taking in the athletics. "I refuse to join in," he tells us, "the sarcastic handclapping for the high jumpers. How can that possibly be helpful?"

Forced into submission

BEWARE the immediacy of modern technology. BBC Scotland on-line reporter Jamie Ross was at the Games wrestling, and tweeted: "They're zooming in on audience members and forcing them to dance. So afraid. This is why I don't leave the house."

Minutes later a worried Jamie tweeted: "Oh my God! The commentator just read my 'this is why I don't leave the house' tweet out loud, and then tried to identify me. I might leave."

Maybees aye ...

THE volunteers at the Games, rightly praised for their helpfulness, don't just come from Scotland. A young lass from Yorkshire who was volunteering at one of the events saw a number of folk pointing over at First Minister Alex Salmond on a visit and asked who he was. When she was told he was a politician she asked: "Do you think he'll be supporting the Yes lot?"

Chips rapt

TALKING of the volunteers, many of them have a nice line in chat. A reader getting a train from Dalmarnock after being at the velodrome heard a Clydesider who was helping ferry the crowds in the right direction shout out: "Any spectators eating chips on the train must be ready to share them with everyone else on the carriage."

Any other good shouts from the Clydesiders?

On track ... home or away

WE read that Scots band Deacon Blue are to perform at Sunday's closing ceremony of the Games. It reminds us of when we asked readers what it means to be Scottish, and an expat in America opined: "Even if you normally hate the Proclaimers, Runrig, Deacon Blue, Big Country, and so on, you still love it when they are played in a club abroad - in fact, you'll probably ask the DJ to do so."