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    A Home for Willie

    As an aside for a thread on another forum about cartoon characters in kilts.
    Willie the Groundskeepr from the Simpsons, two lines of thought are is he from Glassgow or Aberedeen? Forgive my spelling - I have a problem with keyboard, I can't hit the right keys.

    So Where is he from?

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    Good question. Check out the Groundskeeper Willie Wiki page. You'll find that there are multiple answers to your question.

    http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    I think he's really from Shelbyville but uses the accent to hide it.
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    Re: A Home for Willie

    I heard he was relocated as part of the witness protection program (explains the beard and bad dye job)... doesn't sound glaswegian (father was) or aberdonian (lived there 20 years) to me...

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    no way he's from Glesga

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidB80911 View Post
    As an aside for a thread on another forum about cartoon characters in kilts.
    Willie the Groundskeepr from the Simpsons, two lines of thought are is he from Glassgow or Aberedeen? Forgive my spelling - I have a problem with keyboard, I can't hit the right keys.

    So Where is he from?
    i thought he was from Aberdeen but was full of good football sense as one episode he said he supported Glasgow Celtic
    An honest man is the noblest work of God

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    In the mad world of Bart Simpson, it is probably appropriate that Willie was a Scot by an accident of the recording studio, and has had so many histories and names that none of them stick – not to mention the number of times he has been killed in fantasy episodes.
    Which is sad when one wants to latch onto a Scottish character, but that is TV cartooning for you.
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    Re: A Home for Willie

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    one episode he said he supported Glasgow Celtic
    atta boy!
    "Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night. Until the stars are all alight..."

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    Re: A Home for Willie

    Shhhh, nudge nudge, wink wink, a source wot knows, tells me that Willie actually hails from Ecclefechan.
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    Re: A Home for Willie

    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Shhhh, nudge nudge, wink wink, a source wot knows, tells me that Willie actually hails from Ecclefechan.
    naw he disnae, jock
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