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I've experienced that on ocassion. Infact, I wrote a whole song about it. Unfortunately I was so rummed-up that I just replaced the banana bunch theme tune lyrics with the words "rummy rum".

Ewenutz, has du seen da een we da presenter gaffin we subtitles? Holy hell it's funny. Leaves me helpless nearly every time. Should I post it? Also, fantastc avatar! Ders somethin entirely pleasin aboot it dat I canna pit my finger on.

What's that meant to mean!? Anyway, I've found out where du plagiarized dy neem fae! http://static.flickr.com/120/303719454_f0a0f408c4_o.jpg That's right. The counter of the Tasty Tattie, right here in Aberdeen!

The kilt thing is a bit odd. It's not even a particularly Scottish thing to do. They were originally only worn by Scottish people in the highland regions. A lot of the time, different families would share tartans, and the tartan would change depending on the local area. Those kilts looked absolutely nothing like the kilts people wear to weddings today, or have any real historical ties. The "new" kilt is purely a fashion item, nothing more. Traditional kilts were like big curtains that were worn around you, and were fastened by a piece of crudely forged metal at the shoulder. They were designed like this so that the highlanders could lift them if they were wading through burns or whatever, and take them off and use them as a blanket at night, especially if they were going to do battle. Effectively it was just a big, multi-purpose piece of cloth. Tartan only really became popular with the Scottish masses when George IV made a special visit to Edinburgh in the early 19th century. There is a really famous portrait of him wearing the full outfit on that occasion. So basically it's a fashion thing that stems from that visit in the 19th century. If it wisna fir that, it would be as forgotten aboot as the Picts tottie bags or whatever it was they covered themselves with. The same could be said about the 60's/70's retro fashion that's on the go eenoo. It's all based and modelled around 70's designs, but when you look closely at it it's a completely different thing. People would look ridiculous if they wore the real thing in today's context.

Have you seen the full version of yin video? My god it's funny. I wis in da library today we my heedphones on, sprootlin' everywhere. Da library staff must think I'm a complete nutter by now.

Holy hell yuns funny.... Oooh me sides.

What's the worst or the most embarrassing fit of the giggles you've ever had? Mine was definitely during my manual handling course out at Train Shetland. The woman had just handed out a slightly dodgy looking diagram of a man holding boxes in various positions. As if that wasn't bad enough, I looked over to the guy next to me, who was in his mid 30's, to find he had drawn a hat with a flower in it and a pair of flares on his man. I had drawn something on my guy too, which the guy next to me noticed. That was when the giggling started. I simmered away fir aboot 10 minutes, with the guy next to me doing the same. Everyone else was taking the course very seriously, and the poor woman was trying to get through a PowerPoint presentation. After a few near misses, the guy next to me just errupted. It was the loudest laugh I have ever heard. I immediately started laughing, but trying not to at the same time. It was soooo painful. After about 1 minute of uncontrolable laughter, I managed to compose myself enough to blurt out something to the tune of - "I'm *tee hee hee* really sorry.... *ccchhhhhhssshhhee heeee heee*.... we're just laughing at a joke we heard earlier....." which, of course, set us off again. As if that wasn't all bad enough, my boss, who was putting us through the course, was there too.

I make up for the size of my small car with the MASSIVE shotgun I carry around in the passenger seat.

WHY??? I thought it was damn good. Especially the last track by That One Guy. Put it back up so everyone can go and listen to the That One Guy track, and therefore the other tracks!

I'm just listenin tae it noo JA. I have tae say, du dusna soond lik whit I thought du wid soond lik. I thought du wid have a really shrill high-pitched voice and some kind of comedy lisssp. It's good though JA. *P* <-- a very plosive "p"....

Yeay! I did it. *Still shaking*

I've just spent the entire night playing it.... so nearly got it! I think I'll start taking notes. I've got red eyes now.

There's a huge difference between poor driving and downright dangerous driving though DarkstarIII (if that is even your real name!?). Right, back on topic. I once bought one of my cheekey monkey co-workers a really nice lunch at the cafe in Scalloway. He never bought me lunch ever again... from the cafe in Scalloway. I probably still owe him a good few pints though, so that probably cancels it out. Never mind.

You're correct McFly. Njugle's sentences are abhorrent! Ahhhhhhhhhh... sweet sweet Karma.

Doh! I wish I'd noticed yin afore du did! *No effort here!*

I think it's a nice comforting image that I've conjured BigMouth. See! http://static.flickr.com/101/296606624_eded7c6529.jpg Sorry again. Procrastination. I have a rather long dull paper to write.

Q. What's pink and red and gets smaller and smaller in front of a mirror? A. A midget combing his hair with a tattie peeler. sorry.

*cough cou-spikkin-gh co-sharn-ugh cough* Please tell me du's hayin joost a very peerie fun! I didna learn yin kindo thing in my advanced driving!!! And I regularly go fir ferries...

That's true, but until the council actually utelise any of it, they have effectively paid 123 grand for a fairly basic, slightly awkward logo. Could the design side of things and the marketing side of things not have been done seperately? The Fonts, Logos, Layouts, Colourschemes etc. could have easily been done by a local firm / artist / designer. And, probably for a fraction of the cost. The marketing side could have been handled by an outside firm... ...when the council was actually ready to take that step.

*thinking cap goes on*

I agree trout. The design firm would have done exactly what was asked of them. The problem was that they were dealing with a client that (I can only assume) had absolutely no idea what they wanted or even how they were going to utelise the product. These are always the hardest kind of clients to deal with. Infact, some of the bigger firms will only take on jobs if the client is "smarter" than they are! http://static.flickr.com/99/295411316_188c32425d.jpg I winder if I could get a few grand fir this? It's a whaapony-ewedock. Perfect for SIC letterheads.

That's a bit of a cheeky one Njugle! "Some day", dreamed Njugle... http://static.flickr.com/120/294490713_700715891b_o.jpg Dream on Njuggie!

I completely agree. It's a good, relevant logo. Definately not worth 123K though. Not even worth a third of that. It would be interesting for anyone else to post ideas or possibilities for an alternative. I'll certainly spend the next little while thinking about it. I know a few graphic designers down here who have visited Shetland on at least one occassion. It might be interesting to hear what they have to say about it.

£123,000 ??? Frances please tell me that's a typo!? That's actually got me really mad. £1000 would easily cover that from a DAMN GOOD designer! Any idea who was in charge of making the decisions about that particular investment? Surely they got something more for their money? Shocking.

Absolutely! Listening to them right now. Either my first or second favourite band of all time.