The Ginger Prince Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Oh Hibee84, one has had a tremendous meltdown, exactly what Greggy was hoping for. Well played Greggy, well played indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Why are we called Heart of Midlothian? Sounds like you don't know. QoS is a good name as well. What is the story? Better than writing a whole lot of patchy info. http://www.qosfc.com/history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Why are we called Heart of Midlothian? Sounds like you don't know. QoS is a good name as well. What is the story? It's not that brilliant a tale, so far as I'm aware. A local politician called Dunbar, described the town thus, in a speech. Great name though. Much better than if we'd simply been called Dumfries, with or without some predictable suffix. Did Sir Walter come up with your name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It's not that brilliant a tale, so far as I'm aware. Remind me never to call you when I'm in dire need of support! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 It's not that brilliant a tale, so far as I'm aware. A local politician called Dunbar, described the town thus, in a speech. Great name though. Much better than if we'd simply been called Dumfries, with or without some predictable suffix. Did Sir Walter come up with your name? Not quite, although it was referred to in his novel 'Heart of Midlothian'. The name originates from the old hangmans booth that stood on the Royal Mile which was called Heart of Midlothian. If you walk up the Royal Mile today you'll see this on the site where it was. And as any Edinburgh resident worth their salt knows, you spit on it for good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 The great quote from Albert Mackie's book in relation to this discussion is "And Tom Purdie, if it was he who chose it, had a stroke of genius when he selected 'Heart of Midlothian' as the name of a sport club. It out-dazzles New York Yankees, Boston Braves and even Queen of the South" Now I'm sure the QoS lads will disagree with that, but they are by far the two best names in Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Remind me never to call you when I'm in dire need of support! ;-) Soz. (I've never uttered or written that 'word' before - not sure I pulled it off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The great quote from Albert Mackie's book in relation to this discussion is "And Tom Purdie, if it was he who chose it, had a stroke of genius when he selected 'Heart of Midlothian' as the name of a sport club. It out-dazzles New York Yankees, Boston Braves and even Queen of the South" Now I'm sure the QoS lads will disagree with that, but they are by far the two best names in Scottish football. Indeed. Wonderful, evocative names both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Aren't Queen of the South mentioned in the bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 There seems to be a lot of envy at Hearts current league position given the number of hasbeen bluenoses that are coming out in the media saying "Rangers can still win the Championship". As my Jambo mate at work said "they'll be lucky to last the season"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The great quote from Albert Mackie's book in relation to this discussion is "And Tom Purdie, if it was he who chose it, had a stroke of genius when he selected 'Heart of Midlothian' as the name of a sport club. It out-dazzles New York Yankees, Boston Braves and even Queen of the South" Now I'm sure the QoS lads will disagree with that, but they are by far the two best names in Scottish football. Whit? One of you was named after a penny dreadful by a tawdry novelist and the other by other by some misquote in the NT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Whit? One of you was named after a penny dreadful by a tawdry novelist and the other by other by some misquote in the NT? Rangers were named by the administrators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Whit? One of you was named after a penny dreadful by a tawdry novelist and the other by other by some misquote in the NT? Rangers were named by the administrators You do know that this is one of the most stupid retorts ever seen on the board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I was feeling for Greggy, putting a big meaty bit of bait on and looking for big fish, only to get wee bits of plankton. But then... Rangers were named by the administrators STRAIGHT OUTTA NOWHERE!!! Sit doon Kincardine, you Fifewegian fanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 You do know that this is one of the most stupid retorts ever seen on the board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Soz.(I've never uttered or written that 'word' before - not sure I pulled it off). It was a well timed debut. Used very effectively there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloop John B Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Aren't Queen of the South mentioned in the bible? "The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Hearts is here." (Matthew 12: 42) Jesus > Walter Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 #standardhibs Is that SJC at 0.15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylo vanal Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Rangers were named by the administrators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Churchill Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Rangers were named by the administrators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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