The Herald Diary By Lorne Jackson (To be published Sep 20, 2024.) Communication breakdown STROLLING on the prom in Largs, reader Ruaridh McIntyre decided to buy fish and chips.
Reader Ralph Sutherland was at a dinner party in Edinburgh’s Morningside where the hostess was an imperious personage, a snob of the highest rank.
When the couple had their first child, Ken’s mother-in-law whispered a few words in her native tongue over the baby’s cot.
WE mentioned the difficulty some folk have understanding the aquatic world. Which reminds Robin Mather from Musselburgh of the following conversation.
Reader Simon Spencer found himself on the Neilston train travelling out of Glasgow Central.
The Diary likes to celebrate humanity in all its flawed majesty, as you’ll discover when you read the following classic tales from our archives…
We mentioned that Police Scotland is to introduce a survey allowing criminals to rate their stay after an evening banged-up in the cells. Alan Gilston tells us that a pal of his carried out a minor misdemeanour, resulting in the Boys in Blue hauling him off to the cop shop, where he was detained overnight...
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Beds, booze and bampotery: all human life is here
