ONE of the most cheerful days in Glasgow yesterday as the city's hackney cabs went on their annual run to Troon with deserving children. Best pun of the day was the cab with a Star Wars theme and written on the bonnet: "May the fares be with you."
PUB quizzes continued. A reader swears to us: "Fell out with the quizmaster in our local over questions on the top villains in James Bond films. He just wouldn't take No for an answer."
IT could happen to anyone, which is why a reader felt so sorry for the sheepish-looking chap standing at check-in at Glasgow Airport at seven in the morning the other day who had an angry woman jumping around him shouting: "PM! You're telling me it's PM?"
THE world is divided into those who were engrossed by the latest bloodthirsty goings-on in the television series Game of Thrones and those, like me, who have never seen a second of it and know nothing of what's going on. Alison Chiesa is in the latter category also as she tells us: "I was in the changing room of my health centre after having a wee swim. From the other side of my locker came this distraught scream into a mobile phone. 'The queen - oh naw. No the queen!' The voice sounded so pained, that I genuinely thought, 'The Queen's dead! I'm no royalist, but... Next minute I hear 'John Snow's dead,' and I'm thinking, 'Dear God, Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow's gone too - what is is happening out there? And I scroll desperately through my phone trying to find some news, then come across a reference to Game of Thrones."
ANOTHER way to distinguish between Game of Throne fans and people who lead normal lives is to ask the question: "What is your favourite season?" Sensible people will answer "Spring" or "Summer." Beware of people who reply "Season Five."
SO that's what happened to it. Moose Allain sees the news story about poet Philip Larkin following in the footsteps of Wordsworth and TS Eliot by having a floor stone dedicated to him in Westminster Abbey. Says Moose: "So Philip Larkin is to have a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey. (Just ignore the writing on the back, some old pledges or something)."
A PIECE of whimsy from John Mulholland who tells us: "Next time someone you know is on hospital for vascular treatment, try making them smile by sending them a copy of that classic Carly Simon tune 'Your Sore Veins.' I bet they'll think that song is about them."
SPORTS news, and new Rangers boss Mark Warburton makes his first signing - Wigan's Rob Kiernan who has been around a bit. Football fan Davey Crawford looks at the list of clubs that Rob has had spells with, and comments: "Kiernan's had more loans than me - and I'm blacklisted."
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