Re: FAO Patrick
> Get some work done you lazy,work shy fop
> Shocking news in todays Metro, Patrick.Glasgow City Council are urging the
> Benidictine Monks, who make Buckfast Tonic Wine,to bottle their wine in
> plastic rather than glass bottles.
> They feel it will help to cut down on the amount of "bottling"
> incidents that are taking place in the City Centre.
> Glasgow....don't you just love it
Here was me thinking it might have been for environmental reasons. *slaps heid*.
If they change the bottles to plastic, their sales will plummet. It's an age-old tradition to finish your cheap wine, then smash the empty bottle over the head of the nearest stranger. Don't these people know that?? Who does their market research??!!?
> P.S. Whilst I am at it. To all those middle class twats from Surrey and
> Cornwall(usually called Tarquin or Crispin) who are up at the Festival let
> me give you a piece of advice.
Well....erm.....don't tell anyone, J, but my real name is Crispin Tarquin Frobisher. That's just between you and me.
> Spraying yourself in gold paint and then standing motionless on a box for
> hours on end is not "art". It is NOT "street theatre"
> and it is not acting.
> It doesn't make you "bohemian" and it does not mean you
> are"getting back to the core values of the Festival".
Sounds like Covent Garden seven days a week. Bawbags.
I've usually got a few washers from that day's work in my pocket, and I often throw them in. Well, it's good to share.
> If I walk passed you on the way home tonight I am going to check your
> collection box.
> If I see ANY money that has been given to you by some hapless,white slacks
> wearing American who thinks he is Scottish because his great,great great
> Grandfather "Wild Jimm McTavish sailed from Leith in 1720 to the
> USA(sorry Dumbles x) in it I am going to take it and pass it on to the
> first homeless person I see. You are not"roughing it" for the
> month of August. We all know that you are staying at your Uncle Fred's 4
> storey townhouse in Stockbridge.
> So be warned.
> Johnny
> Guardian Of The Streets,Champion Of The Underdog and regulator of all
> things shite at the Edinburgh Festival.
You've got my vote, J. Vote J, everyone!! ( I'll come up with a campaign slogan later) because you're right - I better get back to work.