GWE Discussion

We now have a calendar - you can post events there.

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:44:22 +0000

A feature of our new forum is the Calendar - which you can access via the link near the top of the page - on the gray bar under the top banner photo.

Use it and it will become useful - or don't use it and it won't. :-)

Jimbo

what's on calendar

Jokes

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:23:21 +0000

6th  Place

It  was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane:

'Would you  like dinner?' the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row.

'What are my choices?' the man asked.

'Yes or no,' she  replied.

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5th  Place

A  flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check  tickets.

As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and  he opened his trench coat and flashed her.

Without blinking an eyelid  she said,

'Sir, I need to see your ticket not your  stub.'

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4th  Place

A  lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at a branch of Sainsbury's but she  couldn't find one big enough for her family.

She asked a passing  assistant, 'Do these turkeys get any bigger?'

The assistant replied, '  I'm afraid not, they're dead.'

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3rd  Place

The policeman got out of  his car and approached the boy racer he stopped for speeding.

'I've  been waiting for you all day,' the bobby said.

The kid replied, 'Yes,  well I got here as fast as I could.'

When the policeman finally stopped  laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

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2nd  Place

A  lorry driver was driving along on a country road.

A sign came up that  read ' Low Bridge Ahead.'

Before he realised it, the bridge was  directly ahead and he got stuck under it.

Cars are backed up for  miles.

Finally, a police car comes up.

The policeman got out of  his car and walked to the lorry's cab

And said to the  driver,

'Got stuck, eh?'

The lorry driver said, 'No, I was  delivering this bridge and ran out of petrol!'

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SMART ARSED ANSWER OF THE YEAR  2007

A teacher at a polytechnic college reminded her  pupils of tomorrow's final exam.

'Now listen to me, I won't tolerate  any excuses for you not being here tomorrow.

I might consider a  nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your  immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!'

A  smart-arsed guy at the back of the room raised his hand and asked,

'What would happen if I came in tomorrow suffering from complete  and utter sexual exhaustion?'

The entire class was reduced to laughter  and sniggering.

When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly  at the student, shook her head and sweetly said,

'Well, I suppose  you'd have to write with your other hand'.

Our Animal Friends

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:22:50 +0000

Dunno, I have always known it as Ruthven St. Why not do a Then and Now with this fine photo of Ruthven St.

So darned cute....

Who is the little loddie TOG? He is kinda cute annol.

The Baby Thread (nae cats or dugs or pandas)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:20:27 +0000

Right girls, get them posted!

Keira. July 2007:

April 2008:

Partick Folk Club

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:27:49 +0000

The Partick Folk Club returns after the summer hiatus in a new venue, St Peter's Church hall, Chancellor St .
Friday the 31st with special guests The Moonshiners (Scotland's premier bluegrass and Old Timey outfit) and outrageous folk club regulars Gavin and Clare Livingstone. Plus Jim Byrne.

Doors open 7.30pm �6/�4 unwaged, hame made soup and BYOB!

Ye cannae go aff topic oan this threid...

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:44:33 +0000

Ye cannae go aff topic oan this threid, coz it disnae huv wan.

Feel free tae take this doon ony road ye like, as long as it disnae involve petty squobblin ur persnil insults.

This wisnae mah ideeya, but ah wiz asked tae create it by a well respektit membur who wishes tae remain eponymous.

So, ah'll kick it aff wi' this deep an' thought provokin piece o' infurmayshin.

The two-foot long burd ca'd the Kea, whit lives in Nyoo Zealind, likes tae eat the strips o' rubber aroon caur windaes!

Ah don't know if ye get thum in Austrailyur tho', but mibbes Oz kin answer that.

Right, go ahead, dae yer wurst.

Gardening & Growing Stuff

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:04:35 +0000

Peony & Wolfie most worthily kicked off what turned into an extended discussion of Growin Things, wi lots of pics, triumphs, and some wailings and gnashings of teeth.

So, We've got a 'weans' topic with pics, and an 'animal friends' topic with pics .....is embdy interested in having a more formal Growin Things topic...?

We've not all got gardens, but it seems lots of us urban and not so urban dwellers are definitely interested in nurturin bits & pieces of nature.

And the best of the summer - and the season of mists and mellow frootfulness - is yet to come....

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Should he stay or should he go ?

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:00:26 +0000

A moral dilemma.
He's apparently not got long to live.
He was convicted over the Lockerbie bombing - it has already been conceded that he has grounds for appeal and this is ongoing but it is thought he will not live long enough to see it through.

Whilst no decision has yet been released it would seem quite likely that he may be released on compassionate grounds. The final decision lies with Scotland's Justice Secretary - Kenny MacAskill.
The American State Dept has just said that he should serve his sentence and this would seem to be in line with the views of the relatives of American victims.

Does al-Megrahi deserve any more compassion than what he showed for the ones he is convicted of killing?
Does he deserve any more compassion than other murderers such as Myra Hindley who were never released?

The 'Nice Word' Thread

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:21:27 +0000

Mellifluous

Yellowhammer

That's two nice words and what's more, they can be used together as in 'mellifluous yellowhammer'. I'm wasted on here (it's the Co-op brandy)

Cuts

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:12:46 +0000

Protests in Ireland, violence in Greece, strikes in Spain and cuts expected here.

Is it going to be a summer of political action and unrest or do we only have to worry about our holiday destinations? What do you think?

Spanish workers' strike
Violence in Greece
Angry protests on Ireland's streets