“Scottish Wit” is a humorous anthology of quotations by and about the Scots, taking in love, alcohol, sport, politics, religion, showbusiness, sex, marriage and a raft of other topics. There are also chapters on places like Edinburgh and Glasgow. (‘A good audience in Glasgow is one that lets you live.)
Bite-sized chunks of abuse are provided by everyone from Sean Connery to Lorraine Keane and Rod Stewart to Billy Connolly. ‘When L iz Taylor married Larry Fortensky,’ A..A. Gill tells us, ‘He was younger than her first wedding dress.’ Quotes about music include conundrums like, ‘How do you know when you’ve tuned the bagpipes?’
The great and good are here, iconic figures like Walter Scott going up against more contemporary ones like Ewan McGregor and Rhona Cameron. There are snatches of songs, lines of poetry and even a clerihew: ‘One often yearns/For the land of Burns/The only snag is/The haggis.’
Bite-sized chunks of abuse are provided by everyone from Sean Connery to Lorraine Keane and Rod Stewart to Billy Connolly. ‘When L iz Taylor married Larry Fortensky,’ A..A. Gill tells us, ‘He was younger than her first wedding dress.’ Quotes about music include conundrums like, ‘How do you know when you’ve tuned the bagpipes?’
The great and good are here, iconic figures like Walter Scott going up against more contemporary ones like Ewan McGregor and Rhona Cameron. There are snatches of songs, lines of poetry and even a clerihew: ‘One often yearns/For the land of Burns/The only snag is/The haggis.’
