Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 You need to step up more than that. Grow a huge sailors beard, ride a unicycle and take a bird that looks like the receptionist from Ghostbusters. Ooft Gus, again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottboy Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Watched a band from Shetland who were pretty decent and spotted an absolute protégé in the kids football tournament. Who were the band? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Who were the band? The Revellers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Meadows Festival picked up on Day two 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Well that was, interesting. Go on .... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 The hipster quotient was very high. Me and the missus spent most of the time trying not to laugh at the black-watch-tartan-blazer-skin-tight-knee-length-denim-short-brown-ankle-boot brigade. Big Gus was right you know. It's all this city of culture stuff, they have become emboldened. I'd like to see a few more hidings dished out to get the west end back to our bucket hat, adidas original trackie top, stone roses blasting out the motor best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gus Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The hipster thing is a strange one I think even a few Goths, punks and metalheads took a kicking or two for reasons of 'being different' back in my day. Saying that a hiding for the wrong postcode area wasn't unusual in the late 80s. A big beard, a strange animal on a bit of rope (similar to a ferret) and a sailors outfit was the best recent effort I've seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gus Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Also art college. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Can't believe none of my fellow Ayrshire residents has put forward Irvine's (in)famous Marymass festival or Murmus as the locals like call it. Its a cringe inducing shit cluster of debauchery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Marymass sucks, although it does give everyone an excuse to get drunk out their face while horses s**t around your feet and little kids scream their faces out when at the shows, which seem to be heard the other side of town. The fact they keep the music from the shows on till late in the night and have the music so loud, that my house seems to experience an almost earthquake of music. The rubbish left on the moor, seems to be left for weeks before being tided up and the greazy pole is kept up for weeks and then the council wonder why neds cut it down and try to set it a light. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I know a lot of people like it, but the Glasgow West End Festival ended up being a royal pain in the arse for a few years back there before they scaled it down and moved it to Kelvingrove - if you actually lived there. It started off fine, just a few small scale events, the boozers open late and the parade, but over the years it grew arms and legs until it seemed the organisers thought they owned the entire district and it was almost like a virtual lockdown. I remember going out for the paper the morning of the parade one year only to have some wee comestain in high-vis trying to tell me I couldn't go back up my own street. Forget even getting out of the area for the day, as the minute you drove off some tourist looking for rock star parking would be hovering to take your parking space. It didn't even do much for the local economy apart from the boozers either - a lot of shops didn't bother opening as any extra they made would be offset by the amount of neds shoplifting. Watched a bit of the parade yesterday; a strange collection of bods taking part. However, some girls dressed up as Brazilians with one of them wearing almost nothing and quite possibly the best-looking chick that I've ever seen "live" in a bikini. There were some women who shouldn't have tried it, though. Listened to some terrific ska and reggae in the Record Factory pub; prices tear-jerking, but the day was made when one stunning wee barmaid jumped up onto the counter below the gantry to get a bottle of malt that was ridiculously high on the wall. You could hear all the middle-aged guys gasping for breath. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The hipster thing is a strange one I think even a few Goths, punks and metalheads took a kicking or two for reasons of 'being different' back in my day. Saying that a hiding for the wrong postcode area wasn't unusual in the late 80s. A big beard, a strange animal on a bit of rope (similar to a ferret) and a sailors outfit was the best recent effort I've seen. Dundee has softened in its old age. A couple of years ago I witnessed these cosplayers here walking around the city centre on a Saturday afternoon with complete impunity... I nearly got lynched just for wearing a leather jacket back in the mid '90s and now this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Dundee has softened in its old age. A couple of years ago I witnessed these cosplayers here walking around the city centre on a Saturday afternoon with complete impunity... I nearly got lynched just for wearing a leather jacket back in the mid '90s and now this... If it's any consolation at the whatever geek convention was on in the city a couple of months ago me and 3 mates gave them a right good staring down whilst in our United scarves and smoking outside the globe. I imagine they felt most uncomfortable as this display of naked aggression and almost hooliganism and won't be back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 It was my town's Common riding a few days ago, a top weekend as usual. If you're not from the borders i'd imagine the whole Common Riding idea would seem quite odd, and it is a lot of pish tbf but it's a great laugh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woolshed Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Now that I work up here I don't get down for the Common Riding anymore. Was always a good piss up although the actual events don't particularly interest me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambunctious Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Strathaven gala week is upon us at last! Plenty of events on throughout the week for kids and adults alike. The big day on Saturday always involves am to am boozing, again for kids and adults alike. One for all generations. Strathaven is currently down to 4 boozers right now so they'll all be absolutely bursting. It'll be a crate of lager and a bottle of tonic round my mates house for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Dundee has softened in its old age. A couple of years ago I witnessed these cosplayers here walking around the city centre on a Saturday afternoon with complete impunity... I nearly got lynched just for wearing a leather jacket back in the mid '90s and now this... I've came across big groups of these types on two separate occasions in Dundee. I'm pretty liberal-minded but why do people think it's acceptable to walk about like this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paris Hilltoon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I've came across big groups of these types on two separate occasions in Dundee. I'm pretty liberal-minded but why do people think it's acceptable to walk about like this? It will be the stupid games convention thing. Folk dress up like folk from Final Fantasy or Pokémon. It is indeed tragic. Couple months back I was on my way through town, Saturday morning about 8:45, and already there were Mario, Luigi, Picafuckingchu and loads others knocking about. I was playing football so hadn't been out the night before, so I had a dilemma. Was it a delayed flashback to some of the hallucinogenic tests I've conducted? Or worse, were these utter c***s and fucktards real? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This house, a 2 minute walk away, somehow won an award in the wallyford gala day. The painter guy from the fast show would be going mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 It will be the stupid games convention thing. Folk dress up like folk from Final Fantasy or Pokémon. It is indeed tragic. Couple months back I was on my way through town, Saturday morning about 8:45, and already there were Mario, Luigi, Picafuckingchu and loads others knocking about. I was playing football so hadn't been out the night before, so I had a dilemma. Was it a delayed flashback to some of the hallucinogenic tests I've conducted? Or worse, were these utter c***s and fucktards real? The festival is called Dee-Con. I've no idea if it's shite or not as I've never actually been, but The Courier's picture gallery suggest I wouldn't quite fit in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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