Our man struggling among the Pimm's at Henley Royal Regatta (£8.40 a pint, since you ask) reports the astounding development that, because of the sweltering weather, the stewards have allowed gentlemen to remove their jackets within the stewards' enclosure.
Our man struggling among the Pimm's at Henley Royal Regatta (£8.40 a pint, since you ask) reports the astounding development that, because of the sweltering weather, the stewards have allowed gentlemen to remove their jackets within the stewards' enclosure.
Lest we give the impression that standards may be slipping though, it was emphasised that ties and cravats must still be worn, and the dispensation was for only one day, and will be reviewed on a day-by-day basis.
So not like Glasgow parks at all, then.
Generation gap
More fears for the Scottish education system as we hear a young girl on the steps of Glasgow Concert Hall ask her pal: "Are you still in your teens when you're 20?"
And her pal replied: "Ah think it goes up to 21."
Mistaken identity
And someone not completely au fait with current affairs was the office worker in Grangemouth who declared to her colleagues yesterday that she couldn't understand why people were cheering for Lleyton Hewitt, pictured, at Wimbledon after the way he treated Princess Di with his "kiss'n'tell" stories.
Open to criticism
We thought the chap was being particularly louche in the pub the other night when he was discussing the hot weather with an attractive blonde. When she said she fancied a car with a sun roof, he told her with a straight face: "Yes, it would give you a bit more leg room."
Have a heart
We are used to the rude and the feckless texting poor-taste gags about Michael Jackson, but we were surprised that even chaps in one of Glasgow's poshest golf clubs were trading remarks about the late singer.
As one chap declared: "I always thought that one way or another, Michael Jackson's career would come to an end after some form of arrest."
Reduced circumstances
Brian Chrystal cheekily notices that the letter in The Herald yesterday about the dangers of climate change caused by deforestation was written by a Peter Spinney, and Brian wonders: "No doubt before the logging started he was Peter Forrest."
Not funny
An Aberdeen reader holidaying in New York watched as a leafletter outside a comedy club shouted at a passer-by: "Do you like stand-up comedy?"
The passer-by, probably a New Yorker, ignored him and kept on walking. So the chap tried shouting: "Do you like free drinks?" but still no response from the passer-by, now disappearing.
Finally the chap shouted: "Do you like ignoring me?" and at that the passer-by turned and nodded, before walking on.
Age related
Reader Karen Laurie was in a clothes shop in Aberdeen when a little girl was helping her mother buy some new clothes. Not realising the size classification for women is different from that for small girls, the little one had the rest of the shoppers listening intently when she shouted out: "Mummy, Mummy! This would do! How old are you?"
