Jan 7 Gridlock in Stornoway
Posted: Tuesday, 08 January 2008 |
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Great blogs, Calum, good to have a laugh in this Stornoway Grey weather. Your mention of the Wayne Fontana Tribute Tour reminds me of one of my claims to fame - I was at school with Wayne Fontana's cousin. Beat that if you can ...
Jill from EK
Above contribution .Should read 'Donald is pending three days all inclusive at Inverness to see Culloden the Musical . The solicitor and staff have booked three weeks in the Maldives etc etc \\\\\\\crikey it's like the Guardian for errors.
calum from Erratum on Tay
oh my what innocent fun there is to be had wondering what the heck 'haddock hooks' are ... :-) would you care to enlighten me before the imagination goes out of control ...??!!
soaplady from a fit of the giggles ...
I think the haddock hooks, sundried toms, six-inch nails and Sheepdip (which is a fairly decent bottle of Aussie red) are the ingredients for a local dish known as the Shawbost Stew. It takes real women to make it and real men to eat it! (See Peat Calendar 2008 for details).
Flying Cat from Fanny Haddock's back passage
Haddock hooks are what haddocks hang their coats on
calum from ness
When I lived in Shetland we had a shop in the village which could have supplied the entirety of your shopping list ( well tinned rather than sundried tomatoes, perhaps). It, the shop, revelled in the title J M G, General Merchant, which was odd in a couple of ways. The eponymous Mr G had long since passed on and the current proprietor was called Gavin and so the place was always called Gavin's. The "General" element of the title was also odd as generals seemed to be the only item not stocked. Needles and anchors could be had, if not in abundance, at least in certain sizes. 'Scuse me whilst I nod off again.....
Hyper-Borean from Ahhh! nostalgia.
Sheep hooks, of course, are what sheep hang their furs on. Left hooks are what Clinton hangs Obama on. And so it goes ...
mjc from NM,USA
Size 22 haddock hooks are what any self respecting rock fisher(person) ties to their 10lb breaking strain line to catch mackerel, saith or the occasional greedy dogfish. mjc we have a Sheepdip Whiskey here which I think may be distilled/blended/ruined somewhere in England. We have a politican ( term used advisedly here) called Prescott who is famous for his left hook.
captain hook from ness
That's about a 44" chest...
Flying Cat from a Manse field
Daughter tells me that Nigella Lawson will have an authentic recipe for the Shawbost Stew in her next book (autograph thrown in for free). Probably won't stand comparison with FC's genuine heirloomed concoction, and I suspect the photo display will be another case of untruth in advertising.
mjc from NM,USA
If there is a crazier set of comments to a crazier blogg than this in 2008, I will be very suprised (gratefully so). A grand BUrns Night to all anad sundry!
Barney from Swithiod round the bend
Calum always attracts the very highest quality of crazy comments, partly by grooming his commentors nicely, so that they continue to respond...unlike some bloggers who seem to think their work is finished once the original posting goes up...how little they know...
Flying Cat from grooming parlour
Burns night is come and gone. I am now waiting for the lunar new year. More sausages, I fear. But, thank heavens, no crapshot (ooops, sorry, I meant clapshot).
mjc from NM
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