Ah Didnae Come up in a Paper Boat.
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- Mal0
A lesser known Burns poem.
When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten a hat and a feather,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush,
We'll over the border, and gie them a brush;
There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
- Mal0
- chossy0
He he I posted a link to all the still game episodes in the other thread there, no-one watched it and no-one commented on the show, shame really cause it's fucking prize.
- blackisle0
where's the title of this thread come from?
I remember this glasgow artist on the clyde...with his paper boat
George Wyllie 'paper boat' launch, 1989
- kelpie0
its just a saying isn't it? same as "I wasn't born yesterday" and slightly less offensive than the common "I didnae come up the clyde on a banana boat" which you used to hear quite a lot, till people realised what it actually meant.
- blackisle0
being a hookter chookter I wouldn't know
- Scotch_Roman0
Yeesh. What have I started. It was meant only as a rant against a pesky developer I'm working with...
Khurram, a Scotch Roman is a style of transitional serif type along the lines of Caledonia, Wilson or Miller (Matthew Carter's homage to several Scotch Roman types). The originals were cut in the late 18th/ early 19th century in Scotland, but became more popular in the U.S. in subsequent years.
I have a fondness for Scotch Roman types, thus my screen name.
There is nothing improper about calling a typeface a Scotch Roman, anymore than there is in calling my uisge single malt scotch.
Ken?
- shut it ye dick.chossy
- HAHAHAHA, chossy7point34
- AWA' AN BILE YER HEED!Scotch_Roman
- Me shoot et? SHOOT ET YEH POOFTEH WANKER! Right, ta.Scotch_Roman
- Scotch_Roman0
I've heard Scottish people say "I didn't come up in a paper boat", which to me seems something along the lines of "I wasn't born yesterday", or "what kind of idiot do you take me for", only better.
- Greedo0
Jist then ah heard the door open n the auld boy came in wi a cairry-oot. –What up, bro? eh sais, then regards Cat Stevens oan the stereo n looks at ays, shakin ehs heid as eh lays the bevvy oan the table. –Nae cunt listened tae Cat Stevens, even back in the day. It wis wankers' music, even back then. Thon 50 Cent boy's the man.
The auld man listens tae the likes ay yon 50 Cent aw day. –How kin ye say that, Faither, eftir raisin me oan Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale n Malcolm X? The black man's loast it; jist wants the bling, the hoors n then tae off ehs brothers. Like the Fifer, ah suppose.
–The black cunt's still goat the anger but, son, that's what we Scots huv loast.
–Ah widnae be sae sure, Faither, the Young Team here are a bit fucking radge.
–Bit it's aw chivs, son, nae shooters like the black man in the USA, eh slurs. –Yi'll never overthrow the white man in Westminster wi chivs.