Scottish Festival Peeves?

[Dr Mac]

Main pet peeve would be the kilt that's 'waaay too long while the hose are too high (an abomination, as someone put it), and a close second would be those who show up in pants.

[wildrover]

"See You, Jimmy!"

I've seen this before...and like the old song "Who the !@$# is Alice", I find myself wondering "who the @#$! is Jimmy?"

if anyone besides me is still wearing contact lenses, they can render you very sensitive to sunlight, almost helpless in fact.

I am, and yes, it's rough. The only lenses I buy are the UV blockers...if I could get them with a dark tint as well, I'd be happy...it's the intensity in the visible spectrum that's so painful.

Main pet peeve would be the kilt that's 'waaay too long while the hose are too high (an abomination, as someone put it)

If someone were to run in the room and yell "kilt check", rather than look for wayward hands, I'd place a hand on the apron to hold it in place on my leg and check where the hem sits in relation to my knee. It only takes a moment, and it's hardly noticeable...and then adjust waist if necessary (usually it's not necessary). One hand width below the bottom edge of the kneecap for the top of the hose, and I'm ready to step out...easy as that! To those gentle souls who may not be aware of this...if your hem is too low (or high), and your socks are too high, it looks like a skirt...don't do that .

[O'Callaghan]

I've seen this before...and like the old song "Who the !@$# is Alice", I find myself wondering "who the @#$! is Jimmy?"

He's the one who isn't Big Yin

[Nighthawk]

He's the one who isn't Big Yin

Oh!! Well, that clears everything right up!

[wildrover]

He's the one who isn't Big Yin

Good answer, but...who the !@#& is...

[O'Callaghan]

For those who didn't get it, in Glasgow everyone is either addressed as Big Yin if they are tall or Jimmy if not! It's said to make it easier when you've had a few too many whiskeys!

[Nighthawk]

For those who didn't get it, in Glasgow everyone is either addressed as Big Yin if they are tall or Jimmy if not! It's said to make it easier when you've had a few too many whiskeys!

That makes sense! I had a coworker who had suffered brain damage in a mountain biking accident and couldn't remember names. He was a big Star Wars fan, so anyone with facial got called Chewie and anyone without, he called Han.

[artificer]

For those who didn't get it, in Glasgow everyone is either addressed as Big Yin if they are tall or Jimmy if not! It's said to make it easier when you've had a few too many whiskeys!

It's funny, I never heard "See You, Jimmy" until not too long ago, I was taught "Stitch this, Jimmy" (typically as the battle cry right before you nut someone and spread his nose across his face), nearly 20 years ago, by a mate of mine who'd spent many a year in various boarding schools all over the UK.

Came in handy once, at uni. THAT'S a different story, for a much different thread.

[macwilkin]

It's funny, I never heard "See You, Jimmy" until not too long ago, I was taught "Stitch this, Jimmy" (typically as the battle cry right before you nut someone and spread his nose across his face), nearly 20 years ago, by a mate of mine who'd spent many a year in various boarding schools all over the UK.

Came in handy once, at uni. THAT'S a different story, for a much different thread.

The Jocks of the Black Watch used to refer to their sporran badge with St. Andrew & his cross as a "Jimmy".

T.

[Bugbear]

Doh! That does it! I'm putting myself on my own ignore list!

* Oh Ruxpins, it won't let me do that...