The Diary
Paint a bleak picture of 1980s
EIGHTIES New Romantics band Duran Duran will be back in Glasgow this December for a gig at The Hydro. We recall reader Jim Davis telling us: “I remember walking down Sauchiehall Street in the 1980s dressed in what I thought was the ultimate in cool – white shoes, white jeans, white T-shirt and white jacket. I thought I looked like a member of Duran Duran.
“My perceived style quickly evaporated when I met an elderly neighbour who asked if I’d got a job as a painter.”
Sporting best in wedding wear
A GLASGOW reader confides to us that she was trying on a fascinator in a city department store for a wedding she was invited to, and was admiring the lengthy extensions in the hat bobbing around when a passing chap cheerfully asked her: “Can you get the sports channels on that?”
She decided it wasn’t perhaps as alluring as she thought.
The perils of job hunting
“THE worst part about job hunting,” said the toper in a Glasgow pub at the weekend, “is that if you’re successful, you end up with a job.”
An own goal for stereotypes
THE BBC reported that English Premier League side Aston Villa will be having a meeting with their young midfielder Jack Grealish after photographs emerged of him apparently lying on the street intoxicated while on holiday in Tenerife. Irish bookmakers Paddy Power announced: “Jack Grealish pictured lying in the road in Tenerife, drunk? Naturally we’ve slashed his odds on playing for Ireland.”
Blessed are the Greeks
A PIECE of whimsy from Ian Power who tells us: “As a pub quiz fan, I find my poor knowledge of Greek mythology is my Achilles’ elbow.”
Talking of mythology, a colleague felt the need to say to us: “So Helen of Troy had a face that launched a 1,000 ships. She must have been delighted when they started using Champagne bottles then.”
Speedy start for new manager
SPORTS news yesterday was the appointment of former Brentford manager Mark Warburton as the new Rangers manager. The picture of him with former Rangers player David Weir as his deputy holding up a Rangers jersey prompted Oldfirmfacts on Twitter to declare: “‘He’ll still be quicker than Lee McCulloch,’ insists Mark Warburton as he parades his first signing.”
Lost in Depp space
A FILM buff contacts us to declare: “So the space probe Philae has finally come back to life after months of no discernible activity. There’s hope for Johnny Depp’s film career yet.”
Dear screen place
WE end our search for films set in Glasgow with the final suggestions:
A Bad Day at Blackhill (Andy Cameron). Mad Maxwell Park (Alan Brown). One Flew Over the Coocaddens Nest (Mike Ritchie).
And although it’s not geographically specific we should just mention “A Poke o’ Chips – Now!” (James Robertson).
Thanks as always to our erudite readers.