Good Afternoon Sunday

Good morning/ afternoon from Birmingham, where the sun is rising and it is clear and frosty. I delighted some young Scots in the museum in Inverness with my attempts at Gaelic- there is a “teach yourself” exhibit there. Not all is as it seems: “”mh” is pronounced “v”, and some strings of letters disappear altogether. I think you’re better off with Strine!

Good morning/afternoon Rufus.
How's tha fettle?
I hope you've had a good Sunday. It's a cold, cloudy day here in West Northumberland, currently 0°c. I don't think I'll be going very far from the door today.
Have a peaceful night.

where the sun is rising
That must be a welcome sight in the "Black Country", Dora!
I remember you putting me straight after I appeared (was!) disrespectful of the term B.C., but the excellent websites etc. you put me on to corrected my mistake!
I thought , in my ignorance, that Gaelic was a universal language up there, so I'm anxious to learn the lingo for when I meet a wee lass on GN. First impressions count!
Weather here today unsettled again. Hit 35C until about 4.00pm then thunderstorms rolled in. we welcome all the rain we can get, of course, but not in the form of golf ball and even tennis ball size hail.!
The Gold Coast was almost washed away on Friday. Heartbreaking to witness on TV all the cleaning up in homes and shops.
The Aussie Open tennis starts tomorrow and whilst the main centre court can be covered, the outers could soon like swimming pools in a decent storm.
And to think the players were collapsing with bush fire smoke only a few days ago!
OoRoo

How's tha fettle?
MiniMoon; Don't know! , 'cos I don't know what it is and I'm not game to check Dr.G until I've had my dinner, although I see it's 10.00pm so it might be just a cup of cocoa (or something) and biscuits.
I was composing reply to Dora when No1 son phoned from Brisbane after a week's holiday at Surfer's Paradise; no problems there fortunately, but just as well they hadn't picked the Gold Coast!
So now I'm playing catch-up and hoping not to dream about fettles tonight!
Nighty-night!

How's tha fettle?
I had to look it up! Otherwise couldn't get to sleep!
Phew! Yes thank you! I'm in fine fettle even though it's now 12.30am Monday and I had to forego the cocoa
As a favour, what does this "joke" mean?
OoRoo

2. A Glasgow woman goes to the dentist and settles down in the chair.

"Comfy?" asks the dentist.

"Govan," she replies

?????

Comfy= come from.

Comfy= come from
Dora Thanks, but I thought every one knew it's short for comfortable! A groan-type joke anyway!
I focused on "Govan" being the joke, but checked out on Dr. G and it turns out to be a bit of Glasgow, not an attractive bit, but the tourist blurb makes it out to be a tourist's Mecca
Not sure how I got on to this! Oh yes!! Looking for scotch jokes! Help!
OoRoo

Comfy = Come frae ? Where do you come from?

Or, depending on how strong your accent is: come fae
I was born in Govan?