RECOLLECTIONS of the Kennedy assassination, continued.
Peter Farmer in Johnstone tells us: "As the news hit our television screens on that fateful Friday evening, our household was distraught, especially my late mother when it was announced that 'Emergency Ward 10' was being pulled because of the gravity of the situation."
Pilot error
OUR story about the pilot's announcement reminds David Stubley in Prestwick: "On a flight from Heathrow to Glasgow the first officer was doing the in-flight announcement which he finished by saying we would be landing in Edinburgh in 40 minutes. Long pause as concerned passengers looked at each other in some confusion and then: 'This is the first officer again. The captain knows where he is going, even if I don't'."
Full-time please
AFTER our tale of the referee who changed the score in his report when he read the correct result in the Evening Times, Jim Slavin in Linlithgow tells us of the evening newspaper sports writer who would finish his match report from the pub if the game was particularly boring and he decided to leave early. Says Jim: "He would obtain the final part of his copy from the first punters through the door. This was way back in the mists of time when said punters had often drank deeply and well since 11am resulting in copy which occasionally had wrong scores or scorers, and buyers of the paper wondered if they had been at the same match."
Crowd pleaser
AND a retired journalist in Aberdeen who refereed amateur football confesses that on two occasions he actually missed seeing if a vital goal had been scored. He disallowed one, and gave the second, purely on the reaction of the crowd.
Tweet nothings
DUNDEE has been pipped by Hull to be the next City of Culture in Britain. There were echoes of the incredulity expressed when Glasgow won the title all those years ago. This time, though, people had Twitter in which to express their reaction. Comedian Omid Djalili tweeted: "Bravo Hull named City of Culture 2017 - in other news Syrian leader Assad awarded Nobel Peace Prize." Another Twitter user opined: "I'm not going to upset the people of Hull by being rude about their city - they're probably quite violent."
But we did like the double insult of a Scottish user who said: "I went to Hull once. It was grim. The fact I come from Paisley really puts the second sentence into context."
Getting fizz-ical
A READER getting a bus into Glasgow heard a science student sitting in front of him tell his pal: "Did you know that 60% of your body is made up of water? And, in your case, still rather than sparkling."
Funny money
THE debate about which currency Scotland should adopt if it became independent rages on. A Bearsden housewife tells us: "If Alex Salmond chose unmatched Tupperware lids as the new currency then I would be rather a wealthy woman."
You must be soaking
A READER phones to claim: "Did you know that the inventor who named the umbrella meant to call it a brella, but he hesitated."
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