Is this a humiliation for Glasgow? ?

I didn't want to volunteer you Kalu, in case you felt put on the spot!

Frankie Vaughan Easterhouse?..

I’m a bit slow………

Dunno about tim and teem for empty, but I've encountered toom a few times.
Toom Tabard (derisively meaning empty coat, or no coat-of-arms or history of achievements) was the nickname of John Balliol), King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life, but he was chosen as the new puppet king of Scotland from among several claimants, by a group of selected noblemen headed by King Edward I of England.

I remember a Toom Tammas, too, but not anything about him.

Keep up, Granniesunite!!! ?
Do you want to come to the Burrell too?

I was thinking about the rats, are we sure they are not just timourous beasties?

I didn't know that about Frankie Vaughan. Good for him. Not a Toom Tammas, was he!

Hi everyone, I’m back from lunch! I was chatting with my stepfather (Scottish, West Highlands) who is in his 90th year. Time for me to settle down & read all your posts. Can’t believe this thread has generated such interest!

P.s. he chuckled when I told him I’d started this conversation and with a twinkle in his eyes said something in Gaelic and grinned.
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I can't wait to hear your response, Urms.

Marydoll

I didn't want to volunteer you Kalu, in case you felt put on the spot!

We have been talking about a coffee meet up at some point and being such a pushy besom, I decided to join you both. ?

I only hope some of the rats we are infested with stay away.
Time to call in the Pied Piper or should that be the Pie Eyed Piper?

Elegran. I understood your post for what it was. Why not move to a newly established city? Not intentionally insensitive in the least.

Granniesunite

Frankie Vaughan Easterhouse?..

I’m a bit slow………

"Frankie Vaughan, Frankie Vaughan,
I just come doon to gie yous all a haun"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdeKrF4vINc

You’ll be underwhelmed I’m sure Marydoll ?
After the hype on here anything I say will seem flat!

Petra. brilliant thanks for that. Glasgow humour at its best .I’ll be playing that again.

Thanks Urms, I haven't enjoyed a thread so much for ages. Probably didn't turn out, quite as you expected!

Hope you enjoyed that rib eye steak!

Petera, thank you for the clip!

Why shouldn’t Alegrias Elegran and others reply to the goady OP and defend their country ?

Lucca

Why shouldn’t Alegrias Elegran and others reply to the goady OP and defend their country ?

It's not to do with their country - it's a UK city which has current problems with Council staff which is due to host a United Nations Summit.

Lucca

Why shouldn’t Alegrias Elegran and others reply to the goady OP and defend their country ?

Quite!

We're 18 miles outside of Glasgow and we've been asked to give rooms to two people who'll be here for COP26 ,there are a number using hotels on the lochside ,presumably we'll get their staff.All good. we've had folk from all over the world staying with us before and loved having them.I like to think they enjoyed being here too ,we certainly have a more than a few who kept in touch.

That sounds brilliant and very interesting, paddyann.

And I bet you'll clean your house from top to bottom before they come to stay!
(In fact, I know you will! If it needs it, that is.)

I love it that the Scots get called out for giving snide and touchy remarks, while a disinterested observer might think it was the comments about Scots were in that vein

It's not snide.

I know paddyann is very house proud and I don't think they'll be sending delegates or any others to somewhere that is not up to standard.

I wasn't talking about paddyann's house.

It just happens to be my city in my country the digs and opinions are aimed at from those who have neither been to Glasgow nor Scotland.
It is not about another UK country which I could no doubt find plenty to complain about but good manners stop me doing so when I am aware of the diversity on GM.

Lucca

Why shouldn’t Alegrias Elegran and others reply to the goady OP and defend their country ?

This is where you make a mistake Lucca ....it’s not about their country, it’s about the problems with a city.
Had the climate change meeting been in say, Birmingham and that city had rubbish piling up etc then nobody, even those who live there would have neither denied it/denied it was a problem/made overly combative comments/ treated it as an outrageous attack on England. Why would anybody do that....
Yet that is what has happened here.Even without Elegran’s crass comments about Southend it’s an eye opening thread with the comments from Scottish posters.

I"m sure it will all be fine!!

Just returned to GN (been to the cinema to see the latest James Bond, I can highly recommend it)

I would have thought that any City and it’s citizens wherever it be when hosting an extremely high profile international event would want to show off said City and it’s attributes in the best possible light.