odysseus Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) Double post. Sorry! 😕 Edited October 27, 2019 by odysseus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 When I was depping with the lads back a while we had a tit who would not leave us alone coming on stage , wanting to sing etc, the singer and guitar looked lost at how to handle it when he went for a guitar on a stand , so I just stopped playing , got in his way. The rest of the band then stopped and I took the mic to announce if it happened again we would be away . To be fair to the punters , they all came and apologised for the tit at the end , but we were expecting an interesting load out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 hour ago, BreadBin said: This surprises me, although to be fair it is more of a Scottish phrase. Maybe explains it then. My wife hadn't heard it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomed Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 We play metal so naturally it's loud, we were playing a hometown gig a couple of years ago and some blokes walked in mid song, pushed their way through the assembled crowd who had actually come to see us, in this local known rock/metal pub, and went to the bar... When we'd finished the song one of them comes over and says, "Turn it down!", I looked at our guitarist and laughed as did he, and replied, "You best f**k off while we play the next song, because your night isn't going to end well if you're still here when we finish it." Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 38 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Maybe explains it then. My wife hadn't heard it either get tae Falkirk? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 6 hours ago, skankdelvar said: Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: Maybe explains it then. My wife hadn't heard it either Funny, I never considered this could be lost in translation. The punter was Irish, hopefully took the message how it was intended! I speak to English folk all day long for work. Countless other nationalities too. I suppose this one doesn’t slip particularly well in to day to day corporate chat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, geoham said: I speak to English folk all day long for work. Countless other nationalities too. I suppose this one doesn’t slip particularly well in to day to day corporate chat! I guess it depends where you work! But if someone had said it to me, I wouldn't have been offended, I would have just wondered what they were talking about! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, geoham said: Funny, I never considered this could be lost in translation. The punter was Irish, hopefully took the message how it was intended! I speak to English folk all day long for work. Countless other nationalities too. I suppose this one doesn’t slip particularly well in to day to day corporate chat! I lived in Edinburgh and Glasgow for only a decade before moving down south about seven years ago. I’m still saying things and getting blank looks. As a non Scot It’s amazing how much Scots you just pick up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 One of my great sadness’s about living in England is that folk don’t understand many Scottish expressions. I have to speak VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY. And I’m definitely a lot swearier that most English people I know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 5 hours ago, kevin_lindsay said: I did a gig in Glasgow bar where one of the audience stood to the side of us while we were playing our first set, while nodding along with a serious look on his face. He did this for another couple of numbers, the sauntered off. Two songs into our second set, he reappeared, this time with a black padded holdall type thing. He then unzipped it and produced.. a saxophone!!! He then proceeded to parp along with us on the number we were playing, while us in the band were looking at each other quizzically. Turns out we all thought he must be a friend of someone in our band. Wghen the song finished, he put his saxophone bag into his holdall thing, and then disappeared out of the bar! All very odd!! That really is kinda weird but that's Glesga punters for you 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 4 hours ago, fleabag said: After getting no reaction, he wandered up and said in his shell like... " You're a c*nt mate " Never had that from a punter, but me and our guitarist had it from our drummer last week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) I was born in the Northern Isles but spent most of my adult life in England, so can switch in an out of either accent at will. Obviously I love the Scots, but a tiny minority of mainland Scots have a real chip on their shoulder, so on the rare occasion one gets smug with me thinking I'm English I break into Orkneyjar and remind them who the soft southerner really is. Edited October 27, 2019 by Bassfinger 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 4, 2022 by Jus Lukin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Harder Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 6 hours ago, kevin_lindsay said: I did a gig in Glasgow bar where one of the audience stood to the side of us while we were playing our first set, while nodding along with a serious look on his face. He did this for another couple of numbers, the sauntered off. Two songs into our second set, he reappeared, this time with a black padded holdall type thing. He then unzipped it and produced.. a saxophone!!! He then proceeded to parp along with us on the number we were playing, while us in the band were looking at each other quizzically. Turns out we all thought he must be a friend of someone in our band. Wghen the song finished, he put his saxophone bag into his holdall thing, and then disappeared out of the bar! All very odd!! Was he any good? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 4, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Woodinblack said: I guess it depends where you work! But if someone had said it to me, I wouldn't have been offended, I would have just wondered what they were talking about! The body language would be a dead give away when being told to GTF. Facial expressions and hand gestures usually support the vocal anger Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: The body language would be a dead give away when being told to GTF. Probably not to someone as clueless as this in the first place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Surprised you never said this to him:- 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 12 hours ago, odysseus said: And beware the drunken old fart who comes lurching towards the stage clutching a harmonica.... Had that at a gig in Shoreditch. Turned out to be the mildly amusing cheeky girl fiddling inconsequential lib dem MP lembit opek. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 8 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Probably not to someone as clueless as this in the first place Apologies in advance but ye jist cannae plan for stupid Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Our rhythm guitarist is an ex professional wrestler, never needed his services yet but as our drummer is a complete wuss it’s useful to have back up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 After Saturday's gig, during which I had stopped midsong to save the PA speaker going over after whizzed punter fell on to the speaker stand, the barman said "sorry about that whizzed up woman. Unfortunately she's a member of staff". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: After Saturday's gig, during which I had stopped midsong to save the PA speaker going over after whizzed punter fell on to the speaker stand, the barman said "sorry about that whizzed up woman. Unfortunately she's a member of staff". now what the profanity filter has done here, is make it seem like I'm talking about someone who has been sniffing amphetamine sulphate! 😱 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 28 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: now what the profanity filter has done here, is make it seem like I'm talking about someone who has been sniffing amphetamine sulphate! 😱 It’s no worse a story for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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