No country can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means. Aneurin Bevan web-link
I'm no expert on Scottish dialect and grammar , but should that not end with .... " Ya radge wee hing-oot " ?
no, i would normally just end with, please, pretty please with sugar on top. and if all else fails, i would break out the Buckfast.
Ah yes .... the Buckfast Since this is a quotes thread ... " If alcohol was just invented , it would be a Class A drug " .... didn't think I'd ever be quoting Tyson Fury , but there you go !
"Basic motive? Money. There's an old expression which says, "All work and no play, makes Jack."" Alfred Hitcock
Douglas Adams: The Vogon constructor fleet hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't. Just a discretion is the better part of valour, so Zaphod decided that cowardice is the better part of discretion, and valiantly hid in the cupboard. 'What's so unpleasant about being drunk?' 'Ask a glass of water.'
‘I’m not arguing there are no decent people in the Tory party, But they’re like bits of sweetcorn in a turd; technically they’ve kept their integrity, but they’re still embedded in shit.’ Iain Banks
Mark Twain ... always a goldmine of great quotes " I never allowed school to interfere with my education "
"He was so unlucky. If he fell in a barrel full of tits, he'd come out sucking his thumb" Mrs Biscuit. "More tea Vicar?" Mrs Biscuit (when someone farts). "Well that one must have crept past a turd!" Mrs Biscuit (when someone farts....and it stinks)
Hands up here ... .... my little knowledge of Scots patter ( blether ? ) started with the likes of Alex Harvey and Frankie Miller ( in my teens ) , later from Rab C Nesbitt and later still , from reading Irvine Welsh and Iain Banks . Earliest memories of all .... end-of-the-pier variety shows , on holidays and if Chick Murray was on the bill , I'd be happy . Very dry humour indeed , with a dash of surrealism chucked in !!
Can I be momentarily obtuse & request actual quotes you know or have double checked than pissing websites featuring quotes. Please & thankyou with a cherry on top. Though I suppose we will have to agree too disagree as you started this most fabulous thread. Patrick Lyons aka GunZenBomZ
Like all threads they get bastardised with time,but back on track with this one:- "My muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939". Betty White
