nova_gteuk
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Previously, the Scottish Government had comissioned the slogan "The best small country in the world" to welcome visitors. This has now been replaced by the the imaginative and "vibrant" slogan "Welcome to Scotland".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7114861.stm
WTF??? Its embarassing. Would it make you want to come back to Scotland?
Just heard, the cost... £125,000!!!
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DannyB
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I heart scotland.
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Lawrah
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I rather like the photos and rabbie burns quotes when you arrive at the airport from being in spain for 2 weeks..
the rain lashing on the windows adds a real homley touch.
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Colin
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Never noticed it before...who cares
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Colin
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Should have something like "Welcome to Glasgow, no fucking about ye k'ent or we'll set aboot ye" And a picture of John Smeaton.
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Lawrah
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"square go ya cunto"
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Martin_C
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prestwick airport as the slogan across the front of it, "pure dead brilliant". foreigners must think wtf.
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Colin
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"Go smell yer maw"
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Ben G
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always found it funny when scotlandshire people say things like the stuff quoted i this thread and think they are right hard-nuts. they all just look like complete idiots who never went to school and have *ginger* hair
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Hammer
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I dare you to say that to one of them, you'd end up with a rip mark down your jaw.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by Hammer
I dare you to say that to one of them, you'd end up with a rip mark down your jaw.
my girlfriends scottish i'v ebeen up there many a time and no ones ever looked scary to me
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Martin_C
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quote: Originally posted by Hammer
I dare you to say that to one of them, you'd end up with a rip mark down your jaw.
well seen you're from glasgow
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Hammer
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
quote: Originally posted by Hammer
I dare you to say that to one of them, you'd end up with a rip mark down your jaw.
my girlfriends scottish i'v ebeen up there many a time and no ones ever looked scary to me
You're not going to the right places, believe me i've been chased with knives for doing nothing more than walking on a street. They don't have to look hard to stab you.
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Hammer
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quote: Originally posted by Martin_C
quote: Originally posted by Hammer
I dare you to say that to one of them, you'd end up with a rip mark down your jaw.
well seen you're from glasgow
Exactly, tell a bam with a knife they look like an uneducated baffoon and stand back and watch what happens i guarantee it won't be pretty
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Ben G
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carrying a knife does not make you hard it makes you a coward.
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Hammer
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I agree with you mate 100% if you could get your hands on 1 of them you'd choke the life out of them!
There are proper nutcases up here though although maybe not the ones that say 'alright shir get tae fuck or ill pure chib ye man'
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Martin_C
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you're best off being a cunt like thats best friend rather than trying to stick up for yourself, getting knifed isn't worth it.
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Hammer
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Best be my friend then 
Seriously though first sign of a knife and i'm away like a young gazelle, can't have a face this pretty with a chib mark down it! Being a fleet footed shitebag FTW
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craig8
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quote: Originally posted by nova_gteuk
Previously, the Scottish Government had comissioned the slogan "The best small country in the world" to welcome visitors. This has now been replaced by the the imaginative and "vibrant" slogan "Welcome to Scotland".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7114861.stm
WTF??? Its embarassing. Would it make you want to come back to Scotland?
Just heard, the cost... £125,000!!!
the sign cost £2000, the rest was for Alex Salmond's lunch and taxi bill 
E36 328
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Edd
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incorrect it was for his lunch bill
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sand-eel
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
always found it funny when scotlandshire people say things like the stuff quoted i this thread and think they are right hard-nuts. they all just look like complete idiots who never went to school and have *ginger* hair
people might not look scary, but if an english person cdame up and said that shit, more than likely you would be floored, followed by more.....
p.s i'm not ginger, there aren't that many either
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mav
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what a load of bull in this thread.....
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Theham85
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quote: Originally posted by sand-eel
quote: Originally posted by Ben G
always found it funny when scotlandshire people say things like the stuff quoted i this thread and think they are right hard-nuts. they all just look like complete idiots who never went to school and have *ginger* hair
people might not look scary, but if an english person cdame up and said that shit, more than likely you would be floored, followed by more.....
p.s i'm not ginger, there aren't that many either, now excuse me while I get my kilt ironed for work
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sand-eel
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*runs away to eat a haggis*
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mav
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Ahhh Haggis on a roll....with brown sauce, i love it......
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