A Brush With Destiny

Via C & A Wee Shuggie – the Dumbarton-based painter and decorator – was apt to make savings. Sadly this included doing naughty things like thinning down the paint to make it go further. The day came when Shuggie won the contract to paint the Baptist Church. Off he goes to buy the materials including [...]

Most Stupid Goal Celebration

Thanks to Robbo for this one.

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Fishy

Russell sends me this amazing goal celebration:

Oxymorons

I had it suggested to me today by a smug git friend, that the unassailable oxymoron, ‘French Resistance’ had been supplanted by ‘Scottish Amicable’ So dear reader, it set me thinking about oxymora and I have come up with the following. How about: United Kingdom Equal opportunity Seriously funny Sensitive guy Poor little rich girl [...]

Hard to Thrill

This is from the 2006 album The Road to Escondido by Eric Clapton and JJ Cale. Premium, gold plated blues. It came on the MP3 this morning when it was set to shuffle. I had to share it with you.

Scottish Railway Posters (7)

And speaking of Staffa, the clip below is Fingal’s Cave from the Hebridean Suite by Felix Medelsson. The story goes that Mendelsson having enjoyed his trip to Staffa on a Saturday, returned to his hotel on Iona desperate to develop his musical ideas. Unfortunately the hotelier was a devout follower of the Free Church and [...]

Now and Zen

During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt. On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took out a coin and said, [...]

The Reward For Messing Up

Imagine you messed up big time at your work. Your misdemeanour was just about as bad as it could get. The results of the original incident were worsened by your subsequent actions. This resulted in the halving in value of your company. What would happen? This is Tony Hayward The BP chief executive has “resigned” [...]