tamthebam Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I remember combs. Just. Beware the glabrous ctenophile Spoiler There was a competition in the Herald years ago for poems using obscure words and the winner was a poem called "Beware the glabrous ctenophile". The two words stuck in my head. Glabrous: smooth, like Melanius' heid Ctenophile: a lover of combs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down Probably a drunken Geordie "That tree was looking at me funny like, so ah showed the bastud" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down Dead Pool thread for this wid....................... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 21 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down Now renamed Gap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 The bam swedge on Cleppington Road has made the "Edinburgh Live" page for some reason. This is in itself a personal PTTGOYN. As much as I appreciate a local news source keeping me up to date with events in the city of my formative youth, I fail to see what the f**k this has to do with Edinburgh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down Has anyone seen The Onceler since? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 hours ago, GordonD said: Oooft marvellous. Big D had some Barnet ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: The bam swedge on Cleppington Road has made the "Edinburgh Live" page for some reason. This is in itself a personal PTTGOYN. As much as I appreciate a local news source keeping me up to date with events in the city of my formative youth, I fail to see what the f**k this has to do with Edinburgh? If the story was Reach Media they’ll probably just shove it across all their outlets for the sake of filling up inches/bandwidth. There’s quite often stories about some bam getting 18 months for common assault in Liverpool in the Daily Ranger so I presume they own the Echo these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" “We welcome thousands of people each year who look forward to seeing the famous tree. A very sad day.” Thousands of people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Seems to have been made famous due to the Kevin Costner Robin Hood film, where he and Morgan Freeman famously walked from Dover to Hadrian's Wall then back to Nottingham all in a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" It was the lead story on the regional BBC news. Vox pops included: devastating, bereft, angry and upset and can't comprehend. I can actually understand those kinds of reactions. However, the leader of the County Council was interviewed and suggested that it would be like the Kennedy assassination, in that everyone would remember where they were when they heard the news. I've forgotten already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 34 minutes ago, greendot said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. String the little b*****d up from…err…something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I remember combs. Just. Very considerate of @Mrs Mullarkay to hide hers out of respect for your feelings. 6 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. Quite poignant that the post following this was from Granny Danger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. Most would probably say tree destroying -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, greendot said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. Give the wee b*****d bamboo torture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 What is it with teenagers nowadays? First the fire at Ayr Station now this tree. Whatever happened to drinking cheap cider and climbing on top of the local Primary School roof or throwing stones at windows? I blame the parents/SNP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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