tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post2534882169662364030..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: JUST FOR A LAUGHMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-69265412813829097242013-08-08T21:40:02.633+01:002013-08-08T21:40:02.633+01:00That sounds like one my granny wouldn't approv...That sounds like one my granny wouldn't approve of Rolfe... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-17315901558907151182013-08-08T21:39:07.906+01:002013-08-08T21:39:07.906+01:00I wouldn't mind betting ours are just as bad, ...I wouldn't mind betting ours are just as bad, Marcia... <br /><br />Well nearly as bad... LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-83335649303137052852013-08-08T21:37:37.755+01:002013-08-08T21:37:37.755+01:00LOL Danny. I remembered how you managed to transla...LOL Danny. I remembered how you managed to translate in the past. French teaching must be better in the States than it is here!<br /><br />Rolfe: There is no more appropriate expression than that. You have left our American cousins stunned by the erudite nature of Scottish discourse! :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-1359825780944592422013-08-08T20:00:14.895+01:002013-08-08T20:00:14.895+01:00I do know a rather similar one that has as it'...I do know a rather similar one that has as it's punchline "the one with the real hair"....Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-87654404112688916922013-08-08T19:59:08.479+01:002013-08-08T19:59:08.479+01:00Sweetheart, if you can point me to an English or e...Sweetheart, if you can point me to an English or even Scots expression that says what "l'esprit d'escalier" encapsulates so pithily, I'll gladly use it.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-65286792204163519802013-08-08T16:14:41.827+01:002013-08-08T16:14:41.827+01:00A bit worrying for the USA who need a lawyer.A bit worrying for the USA who need a lawyer.Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-80861685340706334472013-08-07T23:21:52.207+01:002013-08-07T23:21:52.207+01:00LOL LOL...
That's well above your normal stan...LOL LOL...<br /><br />That's well above your normal standard, John.<br /><br />I'm not sure it will endear you to my mum though...<br /><br />That and cheap plonk? tut very tut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-4957927287587644762013-08-07T23:19:24.915+01:002013-08-07T23:19:24.915+01:00She still missing, CH?
I wonder if Ed's got h...She still missing, CH?<br /><br />I wonder if Ed's got her locked up somewhere in case she says something left of centre...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-53149292458166986492013-08-07T22:17:31.396+01:002013-08-07T22:17:31.396+01:00Brilliant responses there. Reminds me a judge in,...Brilliant responses there. Reminds me a judge in, I think, Ayrshire who asked the accused if he had anything to say before being sentenced. The accused replied "Fuck all". The judge did not hear him properly and said to the Clerk of the Court "What did he say?" The clerk replied "Fuck all, my Lord" and the judge replied "That's funny, I was sure he said something"! <br /><br />I'll get me coat!John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-55847095711710716832013-08-07T21:42:43.642+01:002013-08-07T21:42:43.642+01:00LOL @ Tris.....thank God for my high school French...LOL @ Tris.....thank God for my high school French. Glad to know that this is not exactly the common street talk of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Otherwise American culture would be further behind than I had imagined. And of course it reaffirms my faith in the level of discourse one routinely encounters on Munguin's Republic. ;-)Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-908615695401806792013-08-07T21:33:10.915+01:002013-08-07T21:33:10.915+01:00They have been sent to look for the elusive woman ...They have been sent to look for the elusive woman who is still missing. oops no politics till the morrow.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-92035564693815267922013-08-07T21:14:40.601+01:002013-08-07T21:14:40.601+01:00LOL... These three must be certifiable.
LOL... These three must be certifiable.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-41042349536143744282013-08-07T21:13:58.203+01:002013-08-07T21:13:58.203+01:00Ha ha ha ha ha... That had me rolling about the fl...Ha ha ha ha ha... That had me rolling about the floor...<br /><br />En fait, Danny, on trouve cette expression très rarement en Ecosse, sauf pour, peut-être, parmi les gens très intellectuels et bien cultivés….ou parfois chez la république de Munguin !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-9346443491034170532013-08-07T19:32:56.217+01:002013-08-07T19:32:56.217+01:00Hee hee.
I find this funny as well!
Of 1,015 peo...Hee hee.<br /><br />I find this funny as well!<br /><br /><i>Of 1,015 people polled, the number who think Blair McDougall is “Always telling the truth” about independence is… 3.</i>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-63501700694494658892013-08-07T16:00:33.801+01:002013-08-07T16:00:33.801+01:00You Scots are cool! Here in the States, we can go ...You Scots are cool! Here in the States, we can go for a decade or two and never encounter "esprit d'escalier" in a sentence. <br /><br />Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-16138331851221648652013-08-07T13:36:21.239+01:002013-08-07T13:36:21.239+01:00We aim to please, Derick :)We aim to please, Derick :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-21195124582720039442013-08-07T13:35:49.311+01:002013-08-07T13:35:49.311+01:00Think I might too, Rolfe. It would be difficult no...Think I might too, Rolfe. It would be difficult not to...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-77433620055355162382013-08-07T13:24:09.798+01:002013-08-07T13:24:09.798+01:00Total and utter class!Total and utter class!Dericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-11511459805813334682013-08-07T10:29:18.485+01:002013-08-07T10:29:18.485+01:00Bwahahahaha! I especially like the clever come-ba...Bwahahahaha! I especially like the clever come-backs from the expert witnesses. I'd be overtaken by <i>esprit d'escalier</i> in similar circumstances, I'm sure.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.com