GLASGOW'S posh Craigholme School for girls was in the news for one of its former pupils joining the jihad in Syria.
A current pupil at the school had perhaps not grasped the seriousness of the situation when she tweeted her annoyance yesterday: "Wasn't allowed outside school at lunch cause apparently this girl who used to come to Craigholme is now taking part in the war in Syria?"
Or as a reader phoned to tell us: "I hear that Craigholme School is introducing a new prediction for the year book - Most Likely To Be A Jihadi Wag."
New hobby
A CONFUSED reader phones to ask us: "So Tony Blair has been named Philanthropist of the Year by GQ Magazine. So is that what he's been doing since he left office? Collecting stamps?"
Palate cleanser
McDONALD'S the hamburger emporium is celebrating 40 years in Britain, and has created a rather fetching web page where people can record their warm, fuzzy memories of visiting there. The one we liked, before it was quickly taken down by McDonald spoilsports, was by a lady who wrote: "I only go to use the toilet. The food tastes like Goblin wee."
In the clear
A GLASGOW reader was much taken with the prim older lady sitting near him in a city centre coffee shop who told her pal: "So glad I was young and stupid before there were mobile phones to record the evidence."
Peer pressure
MEANWHILE the referendum is fast upon us. Author Irvine Welsh remarked: "If there's a Yes vote will we still be able to keep the House of Lords? - asks nobody."
Exit strategy
DOWN in Troon, reader DJ Hodge spots an advertisement in the window of his corner shop that he feels may not be altogether genuine. It states: "Accommodation Required. Long Term Rental. Three Cottages on St Kilda. Please Phone Salmond, Sturgeon and Jenkins."
Playing away
AND Let's not forget that amidst all the politics, Scotland are playing Germany in a football international this weekend. A football fan in England gets in touch to tell us: "I bet the Scotland team will wish they could put a cross in the box as easy as it will be for the voters."
Talking of football and the referendum, this one is for Old Firm fans only. A spoof Twitter account for former Celtic player Frank McAvennie argues: "The fact that 'No vote' sounds like Novo should be enough to vote Yes."
Bag lady
OUR story about deteriorating supermarket plastic bags reminds Gerry MacKenzie: "There was the Glasgow wifie who went into Asda and asked her pal who worked at the checkout for a pile of bags as she had killed her man, dismembered him and needed to dispose of the body parts. She returned later in the day and asked her pal for one more bag. When asked why, the wifie reported the bottom had fallen out of one of them."
Blame Gerry, not me.
Sting in the tale
AND despite trying to look busy, I am interrupted by a colleague who comes over to tell me: "Originally, God wanted wasps to pollinate flowers but that didn't work so he resorted to plan bee." Dear oh dear.
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