WORD reaches of us a police officer who liked to amuse himself whenever he found himself on duty accompanying Orange parades as they made their way through Glasgow city centre.
Normally the person at the head of each band hears a number of a tune from in front and shouts it out to his colleagues behind him. Our man in blue would call out numbers at random so that the bands would all end up playing different tunes by the time they reached George Square, prompting spectators to enquire loudly, "Do you guys no' practice?"
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