My auld man used to say "Spawny Rangers" everytime they got a soft penalty or a scabby winner.
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My auld man used to say "Spawny Rangers" everytime they got a soft penalty or a scabby winner.
Better being lucky than good.
Never lend money to a Jambo or a Hun ;-)
GGTTH
My old man is the only person I've ever heard use the word abeyance.
"Life's too short for grudges and hatred"
"Slow motion gets you there faster"
"candy is dandy but liquor is quicker" and
"Where's that Latapy chap, he used to make things happen' (he wasn't much of a football fan at all but took me because he knew I wanted to go)
he calls a throw in a shy and a goal kick a bye kick
Gies a sub
Never trust a man that can’t look you in the eye.
Despite being corrected several times, my dad used to say "bear sick" instead of beserk. Couldn't stop himself.
It conjures up an image which is actually almost appropriate.
Every time he ordered a whisky, “Anything but Bells!”
If a man doesn't either drink, gamble or like football there's something wrong with him.
Got a head? Get a hat.
Yea cannae squeeze the toothpaste back intae the tube.
Expanding the thread title a little, my mother's warcry was ....
"The more you do, the less you're thought of"