tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4107472201577473427..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: A Sense of HumourGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-45540190340579265982013-09-30T00:39:10.689+01:002013-09-30T00:39:10.689+01:00Really?? Whoever planted the flag on that "t...Really?? Whoever planted the flag on that "tiny" island has a great sense of humour in my opinion. I wonder if they waited until no one was around to swim out there, or maybe did the deed at night.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-52225203200209956592013-09-23T20:29:15.863+01:002013-09-23T20:29:15.863+01:00Yes CJ in fact I think I wanted to photograph it w...Yes CJ in fact I think I wanted to photograph it when you were last up and drove past and I missed the opportunity (wasn't that the time I was absolutely desperate for the loo?).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26647412218276892432013-09-23T20:27:13.613+01:002013-09-23T20:27:13.613+01:00Something New Zealand knows all about Pauline. It...Something New Zealand knows all about Pauline. It's a bit of an issue here too at times.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10162249284679514792013-09-23T07:16:43.114+01:002013-09-23T07:16:43.114+01:00There has been one in the tip reservoir before som...There has been one in the tip reservoir before some years ago. Are the World Cup qualifiers on at the moment??Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1430906048610153742013-09-22T22:39:53.150+01:002013-09-22T22:39:53.150+01:00It truly leads nowhere, but for many it's stil...It truly leads nowhere, but for many it's still a life philosphy. Mersadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912588798000508495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90763770721272603032013-09-22T22:21:34.775+01:002013-09-22T22:21:34.775+01:00I think you are headed for a foreshore and seabed ...I think you are headed for a foreshore and seabed controversy. Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38543032369048556372013-09-22T19:14:17.990+01:002013-09-22T19:14:17.990+01:00That was brilliant Andrea and one reason why I thi...That was brilliant Andrea and one reason why I think the flags may have a lighter touch than extremism.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6263762407573886002013-09-22T19:13:19.480+01:002013-09-22T19:13:19.480+01:00Knowing many people on the Island Adrian you may w...Knowing many people on the Island Adrian you may well be right.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9770041705364045892013-09-22T19:12:38.100+01:002013-09-22T19:12:38.100+01:00I still have nightmares about things which were on...I still have nightmares about things which were on our television during the civil wars Mersad. What it must have been like to live through it I cannot imagine. It is one of the (many) reasons I detest intolerance, extremism, racism and nationalism.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65230089488849292822013-09-22T19:01:57.736+01:002013-09-22T19:01:57.736+01:00I think we are together on that Meike but I suspec...I think we are together on that Meike but I suspect that there is a lighter touch to these flags.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38816325641654317252013-09-22T18:58:33.236+01:002013-09-22T18:58:33.236+01:00Yvonne you know my views on nationalism and its ev...Yvonne you know my views on nationalism and its evils and on extremism and intolerance of any sort. I have to say that I think the flags appearing on various islands in lochs is quite amusing. The subject of an independent Scotland is, unfortunately, largely a matter of emotion rather than logic (on both sides) just as is the subject of Britain withdrawing from Europe. As you say the whole thing is very depressing.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31855948638411894402013-09-22T18:53:18.103+01:002013-09-22T18:53:18.103+01:00Best one was when a settee, table and chairs appea...Best one was when a settee, table and chairs appeared on one little island for a whileAndrea Ingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71685511955651327632013-09-22T17:38:13.189+01:002013-09-22T17:38:13.189+01:00I think it is about neither. Have Scotland won a f...I think it is about neither. Have Scotland won a football game? That's most likely why folk are scattering Saltaires about. That or they are hoping to win one. A football game not a Saltaire. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-42491025768440162052013-09-22T17:32:53.001+01:002013-09-22T17:32:53.001+01:00Monica. it is called the saltpot, psalter. Salt so...Monica. it is called the saltpot, psalter. Salt something anyway. I think it's proper name is The Flag of St. Andrew.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-23572147725458396142013-09-22T17:30:27.927+01:002013-09-22T17:30:27.927+01:00I come from a corner of the world where this would...I come from a corner of the world where this would certainly not be seen as humor. But If a person manages to rise above little things and looks at the big picture everything will eventually seem funny.<br /><br />Mersad<br /><a href="http://www.mersad-photography.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Mersad Donko Photography</a><br />Mersadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912588798000508495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83158712768814443152013-09-22T15:23:51.297+01:002013-09-22T15:23:51.297+01:00While these make for interesting photo opportuniti...While these make for interesting photo opportunities, I echo mujerlibre's feelings about nationalism.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31166576541888345102013-09-22T14:48:08.651+01:002013-09-22T14:48:08.651+01:00I'm getting increasingly twitchy about nationa...I'm getting increasingly twitchy about nationalism and the vexed question of 'what it means to be Scottish' the closer we get to Indyref. By the Sept 2014 vote I suspect we won't be able to move for the blue n white wavers.<br />Case in point was that 'Yes' rally in Edinburgh yesterday, when the usually hidden, resident extreme-nationalist nutters' wing emerged from the shadows, wearing their pseudo-Braveheart, 'this is what a real Scot looks like' costumes, brandishing their 'Scottish credentials' (generally a tartan plaid wound round and fastened by big black belts, topped off by floppy feathered bonnet and finished by the saltire) congregated - some of them giving the nationalist game away by telling my friend (a long-term resident originally from England) to 'fuck off away hame'.<br />This is what the jingoism of the 'Yes' campaign culminates in. Hate.<br />And I don't kid myself that the 'No' campaign won't have its own bogey men/women. Cameron, Clegg Miliband and that execrable idiot Farage are just four amongst many.<br />The whole thing is depressing.<br />Ugh.sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27892209485979430712013-09-22T12:33:36.788+01:002013-09-22T12:33:36.788+01:00I had to guess, but Wikipedia confirmed that it is...I had to guess, but Wikipedia confirmed that it is the flag of Scotland. Perhaps I should have known, but I didn't. (Have to confess that recognizing flags is not on the list of things I'm good at.) I wonder if the birds do? DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.com