ANTI-sectarian group Nil By Mouth has provoked some ire by saying that west of Scotland golf clubs have been guilty of religious discrimination.
We hope they don't pick on the very prestigious Glasgow Golf Club, one of the oldest clubs in the world, because it has just announced to members what the annual membership fee has gone up to - £1690.
Oh la la
FRENCH translations continued. Cora Snyder tells us: "My mother was amused at a pupil's translation of 'un grand châtaignier agité par le vent' (châtaignier - chestnut tree) as 'a large tom-cat troubled with wind.' She said she wished she could give an extra mark for the sheer entertainment value."
Stepping up
CONGRATULATIONS to Renfrew-based 1st Dance for being named Wedding Entertainers of the Year in the Scottish Wedding Awards. Christopher Matthews at 1st Dance fondly remembers a civil partnership in Glasgow's West End where the couple held the ceremony in converted church Cottiers before bussing their 180 guests to Harry Ramsdens for a fish tea before returning to Cottiers for the evening reception. Says Christopher: "When we met to discuss the music on their big day, the grooms didn't want to do a first waltz - as they didn't know who would lead."
Setting the tone
OUR mix-up over spaghetti story reminds Ian Forrest in Laurencekirk: "A woman my wife knows ordered a garment whose colour was described as cornflower. She was most indignant when it arrived and was blue, as she assumed it would be white like the cornflour she used in her kitchen."
A real pasting
POSH folk in shops, and Patricia Dunbar tells us about a lady from one of the more desirable enclaves on the south side who was shopping in the Laura Ashley store in Glasgow and remarked how hard work it was redecorating a room. Says Patricia: "The assistant empathised saying she had just finished painting and papering her bedroom herself and it was indeed hard work - and the lady had her work cut out before her. 'Good heavens!' replied the good lady of Newton Mearns, 'I just meant choosing the wallpaper, I don't do manual labour'."
It's a keeper
OUR reference to hapless Scottish goalkeeper Frank Haffey who let nine in against England, reminds entertainer Andy Cameron: "The great Denis Law told me at a dinner in Aberdeen once that he was speaking at a dinner in Sydney when he seemed to recognise the chap approaching the top table, and sure enough it was Big Frank who asked The Lawman, 'Denis, is it safe for me to come hame noo?'"
Strip teased
WE mentioned the fans' ambivalence over the new gaudily striped change strip for the Scottish football team. As Stephen Henson explains: "It should be remembered that it is based on a strip from the early days of Scottish football. Therein lies the problem - it looked OK in black and white."
Hooked on politics
READER Imran Azam heard boxer Ricky Burns, ahead of his world title defence against Terence Crawford this Saturday in Glasgow, say that he had a Plan A and a Plan B for his tactics in the fight, and Imran wonders: "Do you think he has one eye on the referendum debate and is giving Alex Salmond a hint?"
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