Glasgow

a mate of mine was up in Scotland a while back, he went to some old famous pub that does a million or so different whiskies,

the barman asks "what dya want pal?"

my mate says, "err, a gin and tonic please?"

the barman was unimpressed to say the least, my mate cottons on and says, "I will a drop of your finest whisky please"

the barman replies " certainly sir, anything else?"

my mate says "yeah, can I have some water with that?"


he was asked to leave.

And so he should've Ad

"Compared to Aberdeen Glasgow is a far friendlier city."

That's probably true, but you also have to consider that Aberdonians are simply more reserved and less outgoing, not the same thing.

Their take on Glaswegians isn't so much that they're friendly, more that they love the sound of their own voice.

"I have no real pride at all in being Scottish, don't hate it but if truth be known I am mostly indifferent about our nation, I look at folk and don't see much I like"

Do you think if you'd grown up in the same circumstances in France, Netherlands, England, Ireland you'd feel any different?

"This self-congratulatory "wur ra friendliest city" nonsense does my nut in."

Precisely.

Every city in the world says it's friendly, Glaswegians seem to actually believe it.

Not knocking the place, I just think the whole "Glasgow patter" stuff is embarrassing nonsense.

"And Aberdonians are the most openly hostile people i've ever met. It doesn't matter where you come from.. If it ain't Aberdeen they don't wanna know you and they make sure you know about it "

Actually, I'll probably agree with that, to some extent. Like Glasgow, there is a mentality that you're nuts if you want to live anywhere else, and you're deficient if you're from somewhere else.

Generally people are utter idiots everywhere so this talk of a "type" of people from one city is baws.

"I got hit on the napperwi a beer bottle in Tokyo Joes in Greenock @ 1987"

Greenock is the worst place in Scotland I've been. That whole area looks like Communist-era Russia.

Last day of the season 1996 i think - Coins, bottles, golf balls, and that was in the ground, during the game. Continued on the street, at the station etc. Utter minks.

I think you are being hard on Russia.