GREAT weather in Glasgow, and some people's thoughts turn to DIY. Greg Hope tells us of when his mum got fed up waiting for his dad to paint the laundry room floor and she went out, bought the white paint, and did it herself. The only snag was she wanted to do the laundry so put down newspapers on the just painted floor to walk on. Thus his dad had to spend the next few weekends trying to scrape the paper off the floor. Added Greg: "Even where he managed to remove the newspaper, the print was still there on the floor, so my brother and I used to sit there and read stories from the laundry floor which annoyed my father even more."
SAD to hear of the death of film actor Christopher Lee. We did like his once recounting that his mother, who was a contessa, was mortified when he said he wanted to be an actor. Recalled Christopher: "She said, 'The shame of it! Think of the shame you are bringing to the family!' Then she said something which to this day I cannot argue with. 'Think of all the frightful people you will meet!'"
A READER visiting Dublin was having a drink in a family-friendly pub when two young lads with their dad went over to the barman and asked him what the code was for the premise's wifi. "In my day," the barman shouted over to their father, "we just had a stick and some mud to amuse ourselves when da was having a pint."
RANGERS were represented in court yesterday in a row with Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley. The BBC sports section reported on its website that "Mike Ashley's Sports Direct wins an injection against Rangers."
Reader Michael Bruce comments: "An 'injection' against Rangers? Can we get that on the NHS?"
READERS continue to help actor Billy Boyd who wants to make a Glasgow-based film, and have suggested:
The Glesga Empire Strikes Back (Mike Fagan).
Mission In Possil (Alan Brown).
A Nightmare on Elmbank Street (Danny Goodwin).
Necropolis Now (Ronnie Cameron).
Tradeston Places (Stevie Campbell).
OUR tales of people going too far in Glasgow provoke entertainer Andy Cameron into telling us: "There was a story in the fifties of the guy in the east end who decided to go running at dusk because the roads were quieter. As he set off on the first night he said to his wife, 'Ah'll run tae that rid light up there and back'. Hours later the obligatory search party found him just outside Edinburgh trying to catch up wi' a guy on his bike."
A READER emails: "MPs to debate votes for 16-year-olds. 'Most of them have very little idea about politics', said a 16-year-old."
OUR story about the Duke of Edinburgh a few years ago asking an Oban driving instructor how he managed to keep the locals off the booze long enough to sit the test had Duncan Johnston reaching for a box of old letters. Says Duncan: "His remark inferring that Obanites were boozers really annoyed me. I wrote and told him so, and suggested he should be more careful of what he says in public."
Duncan found the reply from Buckingham Palace, written by Captain the Honourable James Geddes which states: "The Duke of Edinburgh has asked me to write and thank you for your letter, the contents of which have been noted." Well, at least he didn't accused Duncan of being drunk when he wrote it.
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