Let's face it
DO some folk spend too much time on social media? We only ask because a reader in Hillhead tells us her friend was sitting at home putting pictures of her children on Facebook, and reading all the positive comments from pals below the pictures when she came across a message from her husband asking: "Have we run out of pepper? Can't see any in the cupboard."
Just the ticket
YES, it's Easter this weekend, but that doesn't mean all the parking meters in Glasgow are free to use. We remember a Glasgow reader going back to his car on an Easter Monday which was being ticketed, and he remonstrated with the warden that it was a bank holiday. "It's no a bank holiday for me pal," he replied, and kept on writing.
Panting dog
OUR tales of B&Bs remind Russell Smith: "After arriving at our B&B in the West Highlands, our dog cased the joint upstairs and appeared from one of the four open bedrooms with a pair of blue knickers in his jaws. As we had not seen which bedroom he came out of we just put them in one of the rooms at random. Anyone on holiday 10 years ago in the West Highlands missing a pair of blue knickers, my apologies."
Punchy story
A GLASGOW reader heard a young chap in his local pub tell his pals: "I pulled up the duvet cover on my bed and my hand slipped and I accidentally punched myself in the face. Not to worry though - I've had it coming for some time."
Flagging
SO a contingent of the Tartan Army was in Hungary this week for the Scotland friendly. One can hazard a guess at the circumstances when a Josh Henderson put on social media yesterday: "El Chico Tartan Army saltire flag lost last night in Budapest. Has huge sentimental value and I’m desperate to find it before we leave today. Last had in Szimpla Kert" which we understand to be a beer garden. Could happen to anyone. Of course Scotland football fans have not always taken flags and banners with them. We recall a Spain v Scotland friendly where someone was seen on the telly holding up a large white rectangle on which was written "Spanish Sheets Make Great Banners".
Barman rubbered him
READER Ian Noble, following on from our machines-in-pubs stories, says: "I was in a pub in darkest Ayrshire and on my way to the toilet I put a pound in the one-armed bandit but nothing happened. I carried on to the toilet, and on my return to the bar told the barman I had lost money in their faulty machine. The barman replied that they had experienced problems all week with it and handed me a packet of condoms. Presumably they were having problems with more than one machine."
Hands up
GROWING old continued. Says a Milngavie reader: "Suddenly realised I was inspecting the state of the front garden while wandering around with my hands clasped behind my back. I have turned into my grandfather!"
Cheesy question
WE asked why defibrillators in public buildings were often labelled as "Emergency Defribillators" as we couldn't think of any other use for them other than in an emergency. However Graeme Stewart asks: "Is reheating the cheese toastie you brought from home classed as an emergency?"
Egged on
A READER emails: "'It's important that we remember the true meaning of Easter', says the Archbishop of Cadbury."
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